public abstract class

Ellipse2D

extends RectangularShape
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.awt.geom.RectangularShape
     ↳ java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D
Known Direct Subclasses

Class Overview

The Ellipse2D class describes an ellipse that is defined by a framing rectangle.

This class is only the abstract superclass for all objects which store a 2D ellipse. The actual storage representation of the coordinates is left to the subclass.

Summary

Nested Classes
class Ellipse2D.Double The Double class defines an ellipse specified in double precision. 
class Ellipse2D.Float The Float class defines an ellipse specified in float precision. 
Protected Constructors
Ellipse2D()
This is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated directly.
Public Methods
boolean contains(double x, double y)
boolean contains(double x, double y, double w, double h)
boolean equals(Object obj)
Determines whether or not the specified Object is equal to this Ellipse2D.
PathIterator getPathIterator(AffineTransform at)
Returns an iteration object that defines the boundary of this Ellipse2D.
int hashCode()
Returns the hashcode for this Ellipse2D.
boolean intersects(double x, double y, double w, double h)
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Inherited Methods
From class java.awt.geom.RectangularShape
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.awt.Shape

Protected Constructors

protected Ellipse2D ()

This is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated directly. Type-specific implementation subclasses are available for instantiation and provide a number of formats for storing the information necessary to satisfy the various accessor methods below.

Public Methods

public boolean contains (double x, double y)

public boolean contains (double x, double y, double w, double h)

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Determines whether or not the specified Object is equal to this Ellipse2D. The specified Object is equal to this Ellipse2D if it is an instance of Ellipse2D and if its location and size are the same as this Ellipse2D.

Parameters
obj an Object to be compared with this Ellipse2D.
Returns
  • true if obj is an instance of Ellipse2D and has the same values; false otherwise.

public PathIterator getPathIterator (AffineTransform at)

Returns an iteration object that defines the boundary of this Ellipse2D. The iterator for this class is multi-threaded safe, which means that this Ellipse2D class guarantees that modifications to the geometry of this Ellipse2D object do not affect any iterations of that geometry that are already in process.

Parameters
at an optional AffineTransform to be applied to the coordinates as they are returned in the iteration, or null if untransformed coordinates are desired
Returns
  • the PathIterator object that returns the geometry of the outline of this Ellipse2D, one segment at a time.

public int hashCode ()

Returns the hashcode for this Ellipse2D.

Returns
  • the hashcode for this Ellipse2D.

public boolean intersects (double x, double y, double w, double h)