[postgis-devel] Fixed crash on Centroid('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION EMPTY')

[strk at refractions.net]

Ok. I've made Centroid(EMPTY) return NULL, it still seems to be
the right thing.
--strk;

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 06:30:26PM +0100, strk at refractions.net wrote:
> Oops... sorry, it was Centroid(), not getBoundary.
> Boundary(GEOMETRYCOLLECTION) actually throws an IllegalArgumentException.
> It is intended to return a point, but can't on EMPTY geom.
> 
> --strk;
> 
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:13:58PM -0500, Carl Anderson wrote:
> > strk at refractions.net wrote:
> > 
> > >I've fixed a GEOS bug crashing on EMPTYGEOM->getBoundary().
> > >In postgis, I've handled this situation returning again an
> > >EMPTY GEOMETRY.
> > >Do you think NULL is more appropriate?.
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > if getBoundary() is supposed to return a Geometry with a lesser dimension
> > then dimension 0 - 1 =  -1   ... not valid   so it would be a NULL.
> > 
> > C.
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