2.5 General Geometric Objects in CLIM
2.5.4 Lines in CLIM
A line is a special case of a polyline having only one segment. The functions for making and dealing with lines are the following: line [Protocol Class]
- Summary:
- The protocol class that corresponds to a mathematical line segment, that is, a polyline with only a single segment. This is a subclass of polyline. If you want to create a new class that behaves like a line, it should be a subclass of line. Subclasses of line must obey the line protocol.
linep [Function]
- Arguments:
- object
- Summary:
- Returns t if object is a line; otherwise, it returns nil.
standard-line [Class]
- Summary:
- An instantiable class that implements a line segment. This is a subclass of line. This is the class that make-line and make-line* instantiate. Members of this class are immutable.
make-line [Function]
- Arguments:
- start-point end-point
make-line* [Function]
- Arguments:
- start-x start-y end-x end-y
- Summary:
- Returns an object of class standard-line that connects the two points start-point and end-point (or the positions (start-x, start-y) and (end-x, end-y)).
- These functions capture their mutable inputs; the consequences of modifying those objects are unspecified.
The following generic functions comprise the line Application Programmer Interface. Only line-start-point* and line-end-point* are in the line protocol; that is, all classes that are subclasses of line must implement methods for line-start-point* and line-end-point*, but need not implement methods for line-start-point and line-end-point. line-start-point* [Generic Function]
- Arguments:
- line
line-end-point* [Generic Function]
- Arguments:
- line
- Summary:
- Returns the starting or ending point, respectively, of the line line as two real numbers representing the coordinates of the point.
line-start-point [Generic Function]
- Arguments:
- line
line-end-point [Generic Function]
- Arguments:
- line
- Summary:
- Returns the starting or ending point of the line line, respectively.
CLIM will supply default methods for line-start-point and line-end-point on the protocol class line that are implemented by calling line-start-point* and line-end-point*.
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