Class Point

java.lang.Object
  Point

public class Point

A Point object represents an ordered pair of (x, y) coordinates in the 2D Cartesian plane.

Method Summary

double

distance(Point p) Computes and returns the distance between this point and the given other point.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Point

public Point()

Method Detail

distance

public double distance(Point p)

Computes and returns the distance between this point and the given other point.

Parameters:

p - The point to which the distance is computed.

Returns:

The distance, computed as the square root of the sums of the squares of the differences between the two points' x-coordinates (dx) and between their y-coordinates (dy).

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if p is null.