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+/*
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+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ *
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+ *
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+
+package sun.java2d.marlin;
+
+import sun.awt.geom.PathConsumer2D;
+
+final class CollinearSimplifier implements PathConsumer2D {
+
+    enum SimplifierState {
+
+        Empty, PreviousPoint, PreviousLine
+    };
+    // slope precision threshold
+    static final float EPS = 1e-4f; // aaime proposed 1e-3f
+
+    PathConsumer2D delegate;
+    SimplifierState state;
+    float px1, py1, px2, py2;
+    float pslope;
+
+    CollinearSimplifier() {
+    }
+
+    public CollinearSimplifier init(PathConsumer2D delegate) {
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+        this.state = SimplifierState.Empty;
+
+        return this; // fluent API
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void pathDone() {
+        emitStashedLine();
+        state = SimplifierState.Empty;
+        delegate.pathDone();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void closePath() {
+        emitStashedLine();
+        state = SimplifierState.Empty;
+        delegate.closePath();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getNativeConsumer() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void quadTo(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2) {
+        emitStashedLine();
+        delegate.quadTo(x1, y1, x2, y2);
+        // final end point:
+        state = SimplifierState.PreviousPoint;
+        px1 = x2;
+        py1 = y2;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void curveTo(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2,
+                        float x3, float y3) {
+        emitStashedLine();
+        delegate.curveTo(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3);
+        // final end point:
+        state = SimplifierState.PreviousPoint;
+        px1 = x3;
+        py1 = y3;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void moveTo(float x, float y) {
+        emitStashedLine();
+        delegate.moveTo(x, y);
+        state = SimplifierState.PreviousPoint;
+        px1 = x;
+        py1 = y;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void lineTo(final float x, final float y) {
+        switch (state) {
+            case Empty:
+                delegate.lineTo(x, y);
+                state = SimplifierState.PreviousPoint;
+                px1 = x;
+                py1 = y;
+                return;
+
+            case PreviousPoint:
+                state = SimplifierState.PreviousLine;
+                px2 = x;
+                py2 = y;
+                pslope = getSlope(px1, py1, x, y);
+                return;
+
+            case PreviousLine:
+                final float slope = getSlope(px2, py2, x, y);
+                // test for collinearity
+                if ((slope == pslope) || (Math.abs(pslope - slope) < EPS)) {
+                    // merge segments
+                    px2 = x;
+                    py2 = y;
+                    return;
+                }
+                // emit previous segment
+                delegate.lineTo(px2, py2);
+                px1 = px2;
+                py1 = py2;
+                px2 = x;
+                py2 = y;
+                pslope = slope;
+                return;
+            default:
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void emitStashedLine() {
+        if (state == SimplifierState.PreviousLine) {
+            delegate.lineTo(px2, py2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static float getSlope(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2) {
+        float dy = y2 - y1;
+        if (dy == 0f) {
+            return (x2 > x1) ? Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+                   : Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        }
+        return (x2 - x1) / dy;
+    }
+}