Question

How can I obtain the vertices of a GeneralPath object? It seems like this should be possible, since the path is constructed from points (lineTo, curveTo, etc).

I’m trying to create a double[][] of point data (an array of x/y coordinates).

Answer 1

You can get the points back from the PathIterator.

I’m not sure what your constraints are, but if your shape always has just one closed subpath and has only straight edges (no curves) then the following will work:

static double[][] getPoints(Path2D path) {
    List<double[]> pointList = new ArrayList<double[]>();
    double[] coords = new double[6];
    int numSubPaths = 0;
    for (PathIterator pi = path.getPathIterator(null);
         ! pi.isDone();
         pi.next()) {
        switch (pi.currentSegment(coords)) {
        case PathIterator.SEG_MOVETO:
            pointList.add(Arrays.copyOf(coords, 2));
            ++ numSubPaths;
            break;
        case PathIterator.SEG_LINETO:
            pointList.add(Arrays.copyOf(coords, 2));
            break;
        case PathIterator.SEG_CLOSE:
            if (numSubPaths > 1) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path contains multiple subpaths");
            }
            return pointList.toArray(new double[pointList.size()][]);
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path contains curves");
        }
    }
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unclosed path");
}

If your path may contain curves, you can use the flattening version of getPathIterator().