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class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.synopsis">Synopsis</a> 37 </h6> 38<p> 39</p> 40<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Geometry</span><span class="special">></span> 41<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_valid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Geometry</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">)</span></pre> 42<p> 43 </p> 44<h6> 45<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h1"></a> 46 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.parameters">Parameters</a> 47 </h6> 48<div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 49<colgroup> 50<col> 51<col> 52<col> 53<col> 54</colgroup> 55<thead><tr> 56<th> 57 <p> 58 Type 59 </p> 60 </th> 61<th> 62 <p> 63 Concept 64 </p> 65 </th> 66<th> 67 <p> 68 Name 69 </p> 70 </th> 71<th> 72 <p> 73 Description 74 </p> 75 </th> 76</tr></thead> 77<tbody> 78<tr> 79<td> 80 <p> 81 Geometry const & 82 </p> 83 </td> 84<td> 85 <p> 86 Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept 87 </p> 88 </td> 89<td> 90 <p> 91 geometry 92 </p> 93 </td> 94<td> 95 <p> 96 A model of the specified concept 97 </p> 98 </td> 99</tr> 100<tr> 101<td> 102 <p> 103 std::string & 104 </p> 105 </td> 106<td> 107 </td> 108<td> 109 <p> 110 message 111 </p> 112 </td> 113<td> 114 <p> 115 A string containing a message stating if the geometry is valid 116 or not, and if not valid a reason why 117 </p> 118 </td> 119</tr> 120</tbody> 121</table></div> 122<h6> 123<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h2"></a> 124 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.returns"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.returns">Returns</a> 125 </h6> 126<p> 127 Returns true if the geometry is valid (in the OGC sense); furthermore, 128 the following geometries are considered valid: multi-geometries with 129 no elements, linear geometries containing spikes, areal geometries with 130 duplicate (consecutive) points 131 </p> 132<h6> 133<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h3"></a> 134 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.header">Header</a> 135 </h6> 136<p> 137 Either 138 </p> 139<p> 140 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code> 141 </p> 142<p> 143 Or 144 </p> 145<p> 146 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">algorithms</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">is_valid</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code> 147 </p> 148<h6> 149<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h4"></a> 150 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.conformance"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.conformance">Conformance</a> 151 </h6> 152<p> 153 The function is_valid is not defined by OGC. 154 </p> 155<h6> 156<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h5"></a> 157 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.supported_geometries"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.supported_geometries">Supported 158 geometries</a> 159 </h6> 160<div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 161<colgroup> 162<col> 163<col> 164</colgroup> 165<thead><tr> 166<th> 167 <p> 168 Geometry 169 </p> 170 </th> 171<th> 172 <p> 173 Status 174 </p> 175 </th> 176</tr></thead> 177<tbody> 178<tr> 179<td> 180 <p> 181 Point 182 </p> 183 </td> 184<td> 185 <p> 186 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 187 </p> 188 </td> 189</tr> 190<tr> 191<td> 192 <p> 193 Segment 194 </p> 195 </td> 196<td> 197 <p> 198 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 199 </p> 200 </td> 201</tr> 202<tr> 203<td> 204 <p> 205 Box 206 </p> 207 </td> 208<td> 209 <p> 210 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 211 </p> 212 </td> 213</tr> 214<tr> 215<td> 216 <p> 217 Linestring 218 </p> 219 </td> 220<td> 221 <p> 222 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 223 </p> 224 </td> 225</tr> 226<tr> 227<td> 228 <p> 229 Ring 230 </p> 231 </td> 232<td> 233 <p> 234 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 235 </p> 236 </td> 237</tr> 238<tr> 239<td> 240 <p> 241 Polygon 242 </p> 243 </td> 244<td> 245 <p> 246 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 247 </p> 248 </td> 249</tr> 250<tr> 251<td> 252 <p> 253 MultiPoint 254 </p> 255 </td> 256<td> 257 <p> 258 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 259 </p> 260 </td> 261</tr> 262<tr> 263<td> 264 <p> 265 MultiLinestring 266 </p> 267 </td> 268<td> 269 <p> 270 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 271 </p> 272 </td> 273</tr> 274<tr> 275<td> 276 <p> 277 MultiPolygon 278 </p> 279 </td> 280<td> 281 <p> 282 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 283 </p> 284 </td> 285</tr> 286<tr> 287<td> 288 <p> 289 Variant 290 </p> 291 </td> 292<td> 293 <p> 294 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../img/ok.png" alt="ok"></span> 295 </p> 296 </td> 297</tr> 298</tbody> 299</table></div> 300<h6> 301<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h6"></a> 302 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.complexity"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.complexity">Complexity</a> 303 </h6> 304<p> 305 Constant-time for points, segments, boxes and multi-points 306 </p> 307<p> 308 Linear for linestrings and multi-linestrings 309 </p> 310<p> 311 Linearithmic for rings 312 </p> 313<p> 314 Currently, worst-case quadratic for polygons and multi-polygons 315 </p> 316<h6> 317<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h7"></a> 318 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.example"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.example">Example</a> 319 </h6> 320<p> 321 Checks whether a geometry is valid and, if not valid, prints a message 322 describing the reason 323 </p> 324<p> 325</p> 326<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> 327<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">></span> 328 329<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 330<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">point_xy</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 331<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">geometries</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 332 333 334<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> 335<span class="special">{</span> 336 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">d2</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">point_xy</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">point_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 337 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">model</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">point_type</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">polygon_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 338 339 <span class="identifier">polygon_type</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">;</span> 340 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">read_wkt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"POLYGON((0 0,0 10,10 10,10 0,0 0),(0 0,9 1,9 2,0 0),(0 0,2 9,1 9,0 0),(2 9,9 2,9 9,2 9))"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">);</span> 341 342 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">;</span> 343 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">valid</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">geometry</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_valid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">message</span><span class="special">);</span> 344 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"is valid? "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">valid</span> <span class="special">?</span> <span class="string">"yes"</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="string">"no"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> 345 <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(!</span> <span class="identifier">valid</span><span class="special">)</span> 346 <span class="special">{</span> 347 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"why not valid? "</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">message</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span> 348 <span class="special">}</span> 349 350 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> 351<span class="special">}</span> 352</pre> 353<p> 354 </p> 355<p> 356 Output: 357 </p> 358<pre class="programlisting">is valid? no 359why not valid? Geometry has disconnected interior 360 361<img src="../../../../img/algorithms/is_valid_example.png" alt="is_valid_example"> 362 363</pre> 364<h6> 365<a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.h8"></a> 366 <span class="phrase"><a name="geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.see_also"></a></span><a class="link" href="is_valid_2_with_message.html#geometry.reference.algorithms.is_valid.is_valid_2_with_message.see_also">See 367 also</a> 368 </h6> 369<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 370 <a class="link" href="../is_simple.html" title="is_simple">is_simple</a> 371 </li></ul></div> 372</div> 373<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 374<td align="left"></td> 375<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2009-2019 Barend Gehrels, Bruno Lalande, Mateusz Loskot, Adam 376 Wulkiewicz, Oracle and/or its affiliates<p> 377 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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