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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner

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// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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// C++ includes

// Local includes
#include "libmesh/plane.h"

namespace libMesh
{



// ------------------------------------------------------------
// Plane class member functions
Plane::Plane ()
{
}



Plane::Plane (const Point& p,
              const Point& n)
{
  this->create_from_point_normal (p, n);
}



Plane::Plane (const Point& p0,
              const Point& p1,
              const Point& p2)
{
  this->create_from_three_points (p0, p1, p2);
}



Plane::Plane (const Plane& other_plane) :
  Surface()
{
  this->create_from_point_normal(other_plane._point,
                                 other_plane._normal);
}



Plane::~Plane ()
{
}



void Plane::create_from_point_normal (const Point& p, const Point& n)
{
  _normal = n.unit();
  _point  = p;
}



void Plane::create_from_three_points (const Point& p0,
                                      const Point& p1,
                                      const Point& p2)
{
  // Just use p0 for the point.
  _point = p0;

  const Point e0 = p1 - p0;
  const Point e1 = p2 - p0;
  const Point n  = e0.cross(e1);

  _normal = n.unit();
}



void Plane::xy_plane (const Real zpos)
{
  const Point p (0., 0., zpos);
  const Point n (0., 0., 1.);

  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}



void Plane::xz_plane (const Real ypos)
{
  const Point p (0., ypos, 0.);
  const Point n (0., 1., 0.);

  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}



void Plane::yz_plane (const Real xpos)
{
  const Point p (xpos, 0., 0.);
  const Point n (1., 0., 0.);

  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}



bool Plane::above_surface (const Point& p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;

  // The point is above the surface if the projection
  // of that vector onto the normal is positive
  const Real proj = w*this->normal();

  if (proj > 0.)
    return true;

  return false;
}



bool Plane::below_surface (const Point& p) const
{
  return ( !this->above_surface (p) );
}



bool Plane::on_surface (const Point& p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;

  // If the projection of that vector onto the
  // plane's normal is 0 then the point is in
  // the plane.
  const Real proj = w * this->normal();

  if (std::abs(proj) < 1.e-10)
    return true;

  return false;
}



Point Plane::closest_point (const Point& p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;

  // The closest point in the plane to point p
  // is in the negative normal direction
  // a distance w (dot) p.
  const Point cp = p - this->normal()*(w*this->normal());

  return cp;
}



Point Plane::unit_normal (const Point&) const
{
  return _normal;
}

const Point & Plane::get_planar_point() const
{
  return _point;
}

} // namespace libMesh