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clear

Clears a linestring, ring or polygon (exterior+interiors) or multi*.

Description

Generic function to clear a geometry. All points will be removed from the collection or collections making up the geometry. In most cases this is equivalent to the .clear() method of a std::vector<...>. In the case of a polygon, this clear functionality is automatically called for the exterior ring, and for the interior ring collection. In the case of a point, boxes and segments, nothing will happen.

Synopsis

template<typename Geometry>
void clear(Geometry & geometry)

Parameters

Type

Concept

Name

Description

Geometry &

Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept

geometry

A model of the specified concept which will be cleared

Header

Either

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>

Or

#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/clear.hpp>

Conformance

The function clear is not defined by OGC.

The function clear conforms to the clear() method of the C++ std-library.

Supported geometries

Geometry

Status

Point

ok

Segment

ok

Box

ok

Linestring

ok

Ring

ok

Polygon

ok

MultiPoint

ok

MultiLinestring

ok

MultiPolygon

ok

Variant

ok

Behavior

Case

Behavior

Point

Nothing happens, geometry is unchanged

Segment

Nothing happens, geometry is unchanged

Box

Nothing happens, geometry is unchanged

Linestring

Linestring is cleared

Ring

Ring is cleared

Polygon

The exterior ring is cleared and all interior rings are removed

Multi Point

Multi Point is cleared

Multi Linestring

Multi Linestring is cleared

Multi Polygon

Multi Polygon is cleared

Complexity

Constant

Example

Shows how to clear a ring or polygon

#include <iostream>

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/polygon.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/ring.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/adapted/boost_tuple.hpp>

BOOST_GEOMETRY_REGISTER_BOOST_TUPLE_CS(cs::cartesian)

#include <boost/assign.hpp>

int main()
{
    using boost::assign::tuple_list_of;

    typedef boost::tuple<float, float> point;
    typedef boost::geometry::model::polygon<point> polygon;
    typedef boost::geometry::model::ring<point> ring;

    polygon poly;

    // Fill the polygon (using its own methods + Boost.Assign)
    poly.outer() = tuple_list_of(0, 0)(0, 9)(10, 10)(0, 0);
    poly.inners().push_back(tuple_list_of(1, 2)(4, 6)(2, 8)(1, 2));

    std::cout << boost::geometry::dsv(poly) << std::endl;
    boost::geometry::clear(poly);
    std::cout << boost::geometry::dsv(poly) << std::endl;

    // Create a ring using Boost.Assign
    ring r = tuple_list_of(0, 0)(0, 9)(8, 8)(0, 0);

    std::cout << boost::geometry::dsv(r) << std::endl;
    boost::geometry::clear(r);
    std::cout << boost::geometry::dsv(r) << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

Output:

(((0, 0), (0, 10), (11, 11), (0, 0)), ((0, 0), (0, 10), (11, 11), (0, 0)))
(())
((0, 0), (0, 9), (8, 8), (0, 0))
()

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