LabelIndex (Geotools modules 34-SNAPSHOT API)

Object
- LabelIndex

```
public class LabelIndex
extends Object
```
Stores label items and helps in finding the interferering ones, either by pure overlap or within a certain distance from the specified bounds

Author:

Andrea Aime

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LabelIndex()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addLabel(LabelCacheItem item, Rectangle2D bounds)`	Adds a label into the index
`boolean`	`labelsWithinDistance(Rectangle2D bounds, double distance)`	Returns true if there is any label in the index within the specified distance from the bounds.
`void`	`reserveArea(List<Rectangle2D> reserved)`	Reserve the area indicated by these Geometry.

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - LabelIndex
```
public LabelIndex()
```
- Method Detail
  - labelsWithinDistance
```
public boolean labelsWithinDistance(Rectangle2D bounds,
                                    double distance)
```
    Returns true if there is any label in the index within the specified distance from the bounds. For speed reasons the bounds will be simply expanded by the distance, no curved buffer will be generated
  - addLabel
```
public void addLabel(LabelCacheItem item,
                     Rectangle2D bounds)
```
    Adds a label into the index
  - reserveArea
```
public void reserveArea(List<Rectangle2D> reserved)
```
    Reserve the area indicated by these Geometry.