lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoOutsideDistance.java

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package org.apache.lucene.spatial3d.geom;

/**
 * Implemented by Geo3D shapes that can compute the distance from a point to the closest outside edge.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public interface GeoOutsideDistance extends Membership {
  
  // The following methods compute distances from the shape to a point
  // expected to be OUTSIDE the shape.  Typically a value of 0.0
  // is returned for points that happen to be within the shape.
  
  /**
   * Compute this shape's distance to the GeoPoint.
   * A return value of 0.0 should be returned for
   * points inside of the shape.
   * @param distanceStyle is the distance style.
   * @param point is the point to compute the distance to.
   * @return the distance.
   */
  public default double computeOutsideDistance(final DistanceStyle distanceStyle, final GeoPoint point) {
    return computeOutsideDistance(distanceStyle, point.x, point.y, point.z);
  }

  /**
   * Compute this shape's distance to the GeoPoint.
   * A return value of 0.0 should be returned for
   * points inside of the shape.
   * @param distanceStyle is the distance style.
   * @param x is the point's unit x coordinate (using U.S. convention).
   * @param y is the point's unit y coordinate (using U.S. convention).
   * @param z is the point's unit z coordinate (using U.S. convention).
   * @return the distance.
   */
  public double computeOutsideDistance(final DistanceStyle distanceStyle, final double x, final double y, final double z);

}