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package java.awt.geom;

/**
 * This stores a dimension in 2-dimensional space - a width (along the x-axis)
 * and height (along the y-axis). The storage is left to subclasses.
 *
 * @author Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @since 1.2
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public abstract class Dimension2D implements Cloneable
{
  /**
   * The default constructor.
   */
  protected Dimension2D()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Get the width of this dimension. A negative result, while legal, is
   * undefined in meaning.
   *
   * @return the width
   */
  public abstract double getWidth();

  /**
   * Get the height of this dimension. A negative result, while legal, is
   * undefined in meaning.
   *
   * @return the height
   */
  public abstract double getHeight();

  /**
   * Set the size of this dimension to the requested values. Loss of precision
   * may occur.
   *
   * @param w the new width
   * @param h the new height
   */
  public abstract void setSize(double w, double h);

  /**
   * Set the size of this dimension to the requested value. Loss of precision
   * may occur.
   *
   * @param d the dimension containing the new values
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if d is null
   */
  public void setSize(Dimension2D d)
  {
    setSize(d.getWidth(), d.getHeight());
  }

  /**
   * Create a new dimension of the same run-time type with the same contents
   * as this one.
   *
   * @return the clone
   *
   * @exception OutOfMemoryError If there is not enough memory available.
   *
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public Object clone()
  {
    try
      {
        return super.clone();
      }
    catch (CloneNotSupportedException e)
      {
        throw (Error) new InternalError().initCause(e); // Impossible
      }
  }
} // class Dimension2D