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# OGRGeometryFactory Class Reference

`#include <ogr_geometry.h>`

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## Static Public Member Functions
static OGRErr | createFromWkb (unsigned char *, OGRSpatialReference *, OGRGeometry **, int=-1)
static OGRErr | createFromWkt (char **, OGRSpatialReference *, OGRGeometry **)
static OGRErr | createFromFgf (unsigned char *, OGRSpatialReference *, OGRGeometry **, int=-1, int *=NULL)
static OGRGeometry * | createFromGML (const char *)
static void | destroyGeometry (OGRGeometry *)
static OGRGeometry * | createGeometry (OGRwkbGeometryType)
static OGRGeometry * | forceToPolygon (OGRGeometry *)
static OGRGeometry * | forceToMultiPolygon (OGRGeometry *)
static OGRGeometry * | forceToMultiPoint (OGRGeometry *)
static OGRGeometry * | forceToMultiLineString (OGRGeometry *)
static OGRGeometry * | organizePolygons (OGRGeometry **papoPolygons, int nPolygonCount, int *pbResultValidGeometry, const char **papszOptions=NULL)
static int | haveGEOS ()

## Detailed Description

Create geometry objects from well known text/binary.

## Member Function Documentation

OGRErr OGRGeometryFactory::createFromWkb | ( | unsigned char * | pabyData,
|  | OGRSpatialReference * | poSR,
|  | OGRGeometry ** | ppoReturn,
|  | int | nBytes = `-1` |
| ) |  |  | `[static]`

Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from it's well known binary representation.

Note that if nBytes is passed as zero, no checking can be done on whether the pabyData is sufficient. This can result in a crash if the input data is corrupt. This function returns no indication of the number of bytes from the data source actually used to represent the returned geometry object. Use OGRGeometry::WkbSize() on the returned geometry to establish the number of bytes it required in WKB format.

Also note that this is a static method, and that there is no need to instantiate an OGRGeometryFactory object.

The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkb() is the same as this method.

Parameters:

  | pabyData | pointer to the input BLOB data.
  | poSR | pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.
  | ppoReturn | the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL in case of failure.
  | nBytes | the number of bytes available in pabyData, or -1 if it isn't known.

Returns:
  OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

OGRErr OGRGeometryFactory::createFromWkt | ( | char ** | ppszData,
|  | OGRSpatialReference * | poSR,
|  | OGRGeometry ** | ppoReturn |
| ) |  |  | `[static]`

Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from it's well known text representation.

The C function OGR_G_CreateFromWkt() is the same as this method.

Parameters:

  | ppszData | input zero terminated string containing well known text representation of the geometry to be created. The pointer is updated to point just beyond that last character consumed.
  | poSR | pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.
  | ppoReturn | the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL if the method fails.

Example:

        const char* wkt= "POINT(0 0)";

        // cast because OGR_G_CreateFromWkt will move the pointer
        char* pszWkt = (char*) wkt.c_str();
        OGRSpatialReferenceH ref = OSRNewSpatialReference(NULL);
        OGRGeometryH new_geom;
        OGRErr err = OGR_G_CreateFromWkt(&pszWkt, ref, &new_geom);

Returns:
  OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

OGRErr OGRGeometryFactory::createFromFgf | ( | unsigned char * | pabyData,
|  | OGRSpatialReference * | poSR,
|  | OGRGeometry ** | ppoReturn,
|  | int | nBytes = `-1`,
|  | int * | pnBytesConsumed = `NULL` |
| ) |  |  | `[static]`

Create a geometry object of the appropriate type from it's FGF (FDO Geometry Format) binary representation.

Also note that this is a static method, and that there is no need to instantiate an OGRGeometryFactory object.

The C function OGR_G_CreateFromFgf() is the same as this method.

Parameters:

  | pabyData | pointer to the input BLOB data.
  | poSR | pointer to the spatial reference to be assigned to the created geometry object. This may be NULL.
  | ppoReturn | the newly created geometry object will be assigned to the indicated pointer on return. This will be NULL in case of failure.
  | nBytes | the number of bytes available in pabyData.
  | pnBytesConsumed | if not NULL, it will be set to the number of bytes consumed (at most nBytes).

Returns:
  OGRERR_NONE if all goes well, otherwise any of OGRERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, OGRERR_UNSUPPORTED_GEOMETRY_TYPE, or OGRERR_CORRUPT_DATA may be returned.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::createFromGML | ( | const char * | pszData | ) | `[static]`

Create geometry from GML.

This method translates a fragment of GML containing only the geometry portion into a corresponding OGRGeometry. There are many limitations on the forms of GML geometries supported by this parser, but they are too numerous to list here.

The C function OGR_G_CreateFromGML() is the same as this method.

Parameters:

  | pszData | The GML fragment for the geometry.

Returns:
  a geometry on succes, or NULL on error.

void OGRGeometryFactory::destroyGeometry | ( | OGRGeometry * | poGeom | ) | `[static]`

Destroy geometry object.

Equivalent to invoking delete on a geometry, but it guaranteed to take place within the context of the GDAL/OGR heap.

This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_DestroyGeometry().

Parameters:

  | poGeom | the geometry to deallocate.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::createGeometry | ( | OGRwkbGeometryType | eGeometryType | ) | `[static]`

Create an empty geometry of desired type.

This is equivelent to allocating the desired geometry with new, but the allocation is guaranteed to take place in the context of the GDAL/OGR heap.

This method is the same as the C function OGR_G_CreateGeometry().

Parameters:

  | eGeometryType | the type code of the geometry class to be instantiated.

Returns:
  the newly create geometry or NULL on failure.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::forceToPolygon | ( | OGRGeometry * | poGeom | ) | `[static]`

Convert to polygon.

Tries to force the provided geometry to be a polygon. Currently this just effects a change on multipolygons. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

Returns:
  new geometry.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::forceToMultiPolygon | ( | OGRGeometry * | poGeom | ) | `[static]`

Convert to multipolygon.

Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multipolygon. Currently this just effects a change on polygons. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

Returns:
  new geometry.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::forceToMultiPoint | ( | OGRGeometry * | poGeom | ) | `[static]`

Convert to multipoint.

Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multipoint. Currently this just effects a change on points. The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

Returns:
  new geometry.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::forceToMultiLineString | ( | OGRGeometry * | poGeom | ) | `[static]`

Convert to multilinestring.

Tries to force the provided geometry to be a multilinestring.

- linestrings are placed in a multilinestring.
- geometry collections will be converted to multilinestring if they only contain linestrings.
- polygons will be changed to a collection of linestrings (one per ring).

The passed in geometry is consumed and a new one returned (or potentially the same one).

Returns:
  new geometry.

OGRGeometry * OGRGeometryFactory::organizePolygons | ( | OGRGeometry ** | papoPolygons,
|  | int | nPolygonCount,
|  | int * | pbIsValidGeometry,
|  | const char ** | papszOptions = `NULL` |
| ) |  |  | `[static]`

Organize polygons based on geometries.

Analyse a set of rings (passed as simple polygons), and based on a geometric analysis convert them into a polygon with inner rings, or a MultiPolygon if dealing with more than one polygon.

All the input geometries must be OGRPolygons with only a valid exterior ring (at least 4 points) and no interior rings.

The passed in geometries become the responsibility of the method, but the papoPolygons "pointer array" remains owned by the caller.

For faster computation, a polygon is considered to be inside another one if a single point of its external ring is included into the other one. (unless 'OGR_DEBUG_ORGANIZE_POLYGONS' configuration option is set to TRUE. In that case, a slower algorithm that tests exact topological relationships is used if GEOS is available.)

In cases where a big number of polygons is passed to this function, the default processing may be really slow. You can skip the processing by adding METHOD=SKIP to the option list (the result of the function will be a multi-polygon with all polygons as toplevel polygons) or only make it analyze counterclockwise polygons by adding METHOD=ONLY_CCW to the option list if you can assume that the outline of holes is counterclockwise defined (this is the convention for shapefiles e.g.)

If the OGR_ORGANIZE_POLYGONS configuration option is defined, its value will override the value of the METHOD option of papszOptions (usefull to modify the behaviour of the shapefile driver)

Parameters:

  | papoPolygons | array of geometry pointers - should all be OGRPolygons. Ownership of the geometries is passed, but not of the array itself.
  | nPolygonCount | number of items in papoPolygons
  | pbIsValidGeometry | value will be set TRUE if result is valid or FALSE otherwise.
  | papszOptions | a list of strings for passing options

Returns:
  a single resulting geometry (either OGRPolygon or OGRMultiPolygon).

int OGRGeometryFactory::haveGEOS | ( |  | ) | `[static]`

Test if GEOS enabled.

This static method returns TRUE if GEOS support is built into OGR, otherwise it returns FALSE.

Returns:
  TRUE if available, otherwise FALSE.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- ogr_geometry.h
- ogrgeometryfactory.cpp

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