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| <h1>The GNU Implementation of FlatteningPathIterator</h1>
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| 
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| <p><i><a href="http://www.dandelis.ch/people/brawer/">Sascha
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| Brawer</a>, November 2003</i></p>
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| 
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| <p>This document describes the GNU implementation of the class
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| <code>java.awt.geom.FlatteningPathIterator</code>. It does
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| <em>not</em> describe how a programmer should use this class; please
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| refer to the generated API documentation for this purpose. Instead, it
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| is intended for maintenance programmers who want to understand the
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| implementation, for example because they want to extend the class or
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| fix a bug.</p>
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| 
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| 
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| <h2>Data Structures</h2>
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| 
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| <p>The algorithm uses a stack. Its allocation is delayed to the time
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| when the source path iterator actually returns the first curved
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| segment (either <code>SEG_QUADTO</code> or <code>SEG_CUBICTO</code>).
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| If the input path does not contain any curved segments, the value of
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| the <code>stack</code> variable stays <code>null</code>. In this quite
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| common case, the memory consumption is minimal.</p>
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| 
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| <dl><dt><code>stack</code></dt><dd>The variable <code>stack</code> is
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| a <code>double</code> array that holds the start, control and end
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| points of individual sub-segments.</dd>
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| 
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| <dt><code>recLevel</code></dt><dd>The variable <code>recLevel</code>
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| holds how many recursive sub-divisions were needed to calculate a
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| segment. The original curve has recursion level 0. For each
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| sub-division, the corresponding recursion level is increased by
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| one.</dd>
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| 
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| <dt><code>stackSize</code></dt><dd>Finally, the variable
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| <code>stackSize</code> indicates how many sub-segments are stored on
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| the stack.</dd></dl>
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| 
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| <h2>Algorithm</h2>
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| 
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| <p>The implementation separately processes each segment that the
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| base iterator returns.</p>
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| 
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| <p>In the case of <code>SEG_CLOSE</code>,
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| <code>SEG_MOVETO</code> and <code>SEG_LINETO</code> segments, the
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| implementation simply hands the segment to the consumer, without actually
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| doing anything.</p>
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| 
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| <p>Any <code>SEG_QUADTO</code> and <code>SEG_CUBICTO</code> segments
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| need to be flattened. Flattening is performed with a fixed-sized
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| stack, holding the coordinates of subdivided segments. When the base
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| iterator returns a <code>SEG_QUADTO</code> and
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| <code>SEG_CUBICTO</code> segments, it is recursively flattened as
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| follows:</p>
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| 
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| <ol><li>Intialization: Allocate memory for the stack (unless a
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| sufficiently large stack has been allocated previously). Push the
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| original quadratic or cubic curve onto the stack. Mark that segment as
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| having a <code>recLevel</code> of zero.</li>
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| 
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| <li>If the stack is empty, flattening the segment is complete,
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| and the next segment is fetched from the base iterator.</li>
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| 
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| <li>If the stack is not empty, pop a curve segment from the
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| stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>If its <code>recLevel</code> exceeds the recursion limit,
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|   hand the current segment to the consumer.</li>
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| 
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|   <li>Calculate the squared flatness of the segment. If it smaller
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|   than <code>flatnessSq</code>, hand the current segment to the
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|   consumer.</li>
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| 
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|   <li>Otherwise, split the segment in two halves. Push the right
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|   half onto the stack. Then, push the left half onto the stack.
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|   Continue with step two.</li></ul></li>
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| </ol>
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| 
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| <p>The implementation is slightly complicated by the fact that
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| consumers <em>pull</em> the flattened segments from the
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| <code>FlatteningPathIterator</code>. This means that we actually
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| cannot “hand the curent segment over to the consumer.”
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| But the algorithm is easier to understand if one assumes a
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| <em>push</em> paradigm.</p>
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| 
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| 
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| <h2>Example</h2>
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| 
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| <p>The following example shows how a
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| <code>FlatteningPathIterator</code> processes a
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| <code>SEG_QUADTO</code> segment. It is (arbitrarily) assumed that the
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| recursion limit was set to 2.</p>
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| 
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| <blockquote>
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| <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th>
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|     <th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th><th>G</th><th>H</th>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[0]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>ll</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[1]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>ll</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[2]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>ll</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[3]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>ll</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[4]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>l</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>ll</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>lr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>lr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>rl</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[5]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>l</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>ll</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>lr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>lr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>rl</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[6]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>l</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>lr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>lr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rl</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[7]</code></th>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>l</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>lr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>lr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rl</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[8]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>S.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>l</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>lr</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>lr</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rl</sub>.x</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[9]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>S.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>l</sub>.y</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>lr</sub>.y</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>lr</sub>.y</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rl</sub>.y</i>
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|              = <i>S<sub>rr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>S<sub>rr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[10]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>C.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[11]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>C.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>C<sub>rr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[12]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>E.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|     <th><code>stack[13]</code></th>
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|     <td><i>E.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>r</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rr</sub>.y</i></td>
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|     <td><i>E<sub>rr</sub>.x</i></td>
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|     <td>—</td>
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|   </tr>
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|   <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|      <th><code>stackSize</code></th>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>3</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>0</td>
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|    </tr>
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|    <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|      <th><code>recLevel[2]</code></th>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|    </tr>
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|    <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|      <th><code>recLevel[1]</code></th>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|    </tr>
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|    <tr align="center" valign="baseline">
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|      <th><code>recLevel[0]</code></th>
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|      <td>0</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>1</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>2</td>
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|      <td>—</td>
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|    </tr>
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|  </table>
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| </blockquote>
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| 
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| <ol>
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| 
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| <li>The data structures are initialized as follows.
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|    
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| <ul><li>The segment’s end point <i>E</i>, control point
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| <i>C</i>, and start point <i>S</i> are pushed onto the stack.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>Currently, the curve in the stack would be approximated by one
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|   single straight line segment (<i>S</i> – <i>E</i>).
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|   Therefore, <code>stackSize</code> is set to 1.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>This single straight line segment is approximating the original
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|   curve, which can be seen as the result of zero recursive
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|   splits. Therefore, <code>recLevel[0]</code> is set to
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|   zero.</li></ul>
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|    
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| Column A shows the state after the initialization step.</li>
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|    
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| <li>The algorithm proceeds by taking the topmost curve segment
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| (<i>S</i> – <i>C</i> – <i>E</i>) from the stack.
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|    
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[0]</code>) is zero, which is smaller than
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|   the limit 2.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>The method <code>java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D.getFlatnessSq</code>
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|   is called to calculate the squared flatness.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>For the sake of argument, we assume that the squared flatness is
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|   exceeding the threshold stored in <code>flatnessSq</code>. Thus, the
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|   curve segment <i>S</i> – <i>C</i> – <i>E</i> gets
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|   subdivided into a left and a right half, namely
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|   <i>S<sub>l</sub></i> – <i>C<sub>l</sub></i> –
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|   <i>E<sub>l</sub></i> and <i>S<sub>r</sub></i> –
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|   <i>C<sub>r</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>r</sub></i>. Both halves are
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|   pushed onto the stack, so the left half is now on top.
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|    
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|   <br /> <br />The left half starts at the same point
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|   as the original curve, so <i>S<sub>l</sub></i> has the same
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|   coordinates as <i>S</i>.  Similarly, the end point of the right
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|   half and of the original curve are identical
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|   (<i>E<sub>r</sub></i> = <i>E</i>).  More interestingly, the left
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|   half ends where the right half starts. Because
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|   <i>E<sub>l</sub></i> = <i>S<sub>r</sub></i>, their coordinates need
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|   to be stored only once, which amounts to saving 16 bytes (two
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|   <code>double</code> values) for each iteration.</li></ul>
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| 
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| Column B shows the state after the first iteration.</li>
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| 
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| <li>Again, the topmost curve segment (<i>S<sub>l</sub></i>
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| – <i>C<sub>l</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>l</sub></i>) is
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| taken from the stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[1]</code>) is 1, which is smaller than
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|   the limit 2.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>The method <code>java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D.getFlatnessSq</code>
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|   is called to calculate the squared flatness.</li>
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| 
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|   <li>Assuming that the segment is still not considered
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|   flat enough, it gets subdivided into a left
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|   (<i>S<sub>ll</sub></i> – <i>C<sub>ll</sub></i> –
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|   <i>E<sub>ll</sub></i>) and a right (<i>S<sub>lr</sub></i>
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|   – <i>C<sub>lr</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>lr</sub></i>)
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|   half.</li></ul>
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| 
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| Column C shows the state after the second iteration.</li>
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|  
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| <li>The topmost curve segment (<i>S<sub>ll</sub></i> –
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| <i>C<sub>ll</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>ll</sub></i>) is popped from
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| the stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[2]</code>) is 2, which is <em>not</em> smaller than
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|   the limit 2. Therefore, a <code>SEG_LINETO</code> (from
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|   <i>S<sub>ll</sub></i> to <i>E<sub>ll</sub></i>) is passed to the
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|   consumer.</li></ul>
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| 
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|   The new state is shown in column D.</li>
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| 
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| 
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| <li>The topmost curve segment (<i>S<sub>lr</sub></i> –
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| <i>C<sub>lr</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>lr</sub></i>) is popped from
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| the stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[1]</code>) is 2, which is <em>not</em> smaller than
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|   the limit 2. Therefore, a <code>SEG_LINETO</code> (from
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|   <i>S<sub>lr</sub></i> to <i>E<sub>lr</sub></i>) is passed to the
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|   consumer.</li></ul>
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| 
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|   The new state is shown in column E.</li>
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| 
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| <li>The algorithm proceeds by taking the topmost curve segment
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| (<i>S<sub>r</sub></i> – <i>C<sub>r</sub></i> –
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| <i>E<sub>r</sub></i>) from the stack.
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|    
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[0]</code>) is 1, which is smaller than
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|   the limit 2.</li>
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|   
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|   <li>The method <code>java.awt.geom.QuadCurve2D.getFlatnessSq</code>
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|   is called to calculate the squared flatness.</li>
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|    
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|   <li>For the sake of argument, we again assume that the squared
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|   flatness is exceeding the threshold stored in
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|   <code>flatnessSq</code>. Thus, the curve segment
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|   (<i>S<sub>r</sub></i> – <i>C<sub>r</sub></i> –
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|   <i>E<sub>r</sub></i>) is subdivided into a left and a right half,
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|   namely
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|   <i>S<sub>rl</sub></i> – <i>C<sub>rl</sub></i> –
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|   <i>E<sub>rl</sub></i> and <i>S<sub>rr</sub></i> –
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|   <i>C<sub>rr</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>rr</sub></i>. Both halves
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|   are pushed onto the stack.</li></ul>
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| 
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|   The new state is shown in column F.</li>
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| 
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| <li>The topmost curve segment (<i>S<sub>rl</sub></i> –
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| <i>C<sub>rl</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>rl</sub></i>) is popped from
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| the stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[2]</code>) is 2, which is <em>not</em> smaller than
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|   the limit 2. Therefore, a <code>SEG_LINETO</code> (from
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|   <i>S<sub>rl</sub></i> to <i>E<sub>rl</sub></i>) is passed to the
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|   consumer.</li></ul>
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| 
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|   The new state is shown in column G.</li>
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| 
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| <li>The topmost curve segment (<i>S<sub>rr</sub></i> –
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| <i>C<sub>rr</sub></i> – <i>E<sub>rr</sub></i>) is popped from
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| the stack.
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| 
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|   <ul><li>The recursion level of this segment (stored in
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|   <code>recLevel[2]</code>) is 2, which is <em>not</em> smaller than
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|   the limit 2. Therefore, a <code>SEG_LINETO</code> (from
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|   <i>S<sub>rr</sub></i> to <i>E<sub>rr</sub></i>) is passed to the
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|   consumer.</li></ul>
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| 
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|   The new state is shown in column H.</li>
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| 
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| <li>The stack is now empty. The FlatteningPathIterator will fetch the
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| next segment from the base iterator, and process it.</li>
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| 
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| </ol>
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| 
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| <p>In order to split the most recently pushed segment, the
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| <code>subdivideQuadratic()</code> method passes <code>stack</code>
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| directly to
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| <code>QuadCurve2D.subdivide(double[],int,double[],int,double[],int)</code>.
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| Because the stack grows towards the beginning of the array, no data
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| needs to be copied around: <code>subdivide</code> will directly store
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| the result into the stack, which will have the contents shown to the
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| right.</p>
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