File: System\Windows\Media\Geometry.cs
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// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
//
//
// Description: Implementation of the class Geometry
//
//
 
using MS.Internal;
using MS.Win32.PresentationCore;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Media.Composition;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
namespace System.Windows.Media
{
    #region Geometry
    /// <summary>
    /// This is the base class for all Geometry classes.  A geometry has bounds,
    /// can be used to clip, fill or stroke.
    /// </summary>
    [Localizability(LocalizationCategory.None, Readability = Readability.Unreadable)]
    public abstract partial class Geometry : Animatable, DUCE.IResource
    {
        #region Constructors
 
        internal Geometry()
        {
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        #region Public properties
        /// <summary>
        ///     Singleton empty model.
        /// </summary>
        public static Geometry Empty
        {
            get
            {
                return s_empty;
            }
        }
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the bounds of this Geometry as an axis-aligned bounding box
        /// </summary>
        public virtual Rect Bounds 
        { 
            get
            {
                return PathGeometry.GetPathBounds(
                    GetPathGeometryData(),
                    null,   // pen
                    Matrix.Identity, 
                    StandardFlatteningTolerance, 
                    ToleranceType.Absolute,
                    false); // Do not skip non-fillable figures
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Standard error tolerance (0.25) used for polygonal approximation of curved segments 
        /// </summary>
        public static double StandardFlatteningTolerance
        {
            get
            {
                return c_tolerance;
            }
        }
 
        #endregion Public properties
 
        #region GetRenderBounds
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the axis-aligned bounding rectangle when stroked with a pen.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        public virtual Rect GetRenderBounds(Pen pen, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            Matrix matrix = Matrix.Identity;
            return GetBoundsInternal(pen, matrix, tolerance, type);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the axis-aligned bounding rectangle when stroked with a pen.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen</param>
        public Rect GetRenderBounds(Pen pen)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            Matrix matrix = Matrix.Identity;
            return GetBoundsInternal(pen, matrix, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion GetRenderBounds
 
 
        #region Internal Methods
 
        /// <summary>
        ///     Used to optimize Visual.ChangeVisualClip. This is not meant
        ///     to be used generically since not all geometries implement
        ///     the method (currently only RectangleGeometry is implemented).
        /// </summary>
        internal virtual bool AreClose(Geometry geometry)
        {
           return false;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the axis-aligned bounding rectangle when stroked with a pen, after applying
        /// the supplied transform (if non-null).
        /// </summary>
        internal virtual Rect GetBoundsInternal(Pen pen, Matrix matrix, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return Rect.Empty;
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            return PathGeometry.GetPathBounds(
                pathData,
                pen,
                matrix,
                tolerance,
                type,
                true); /* skip hollows */
        }
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the axis-aligned bounding rectangle when stroked with a pen, after applying
        /// the supplied transform (if non-null).
        /// </summary>
        internal Rect GetBoundsInternal(Pen pen, Matrix matrix)
        {
            return GetBoundsInternal(pen, matrix, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
 
        internal unsafe static Rect GetBoundsHelper(
            Pen pen, 
            Matrix *pWorldMatrix, 
            Point* pPoints, 
            byte *pTypes, 
            uint pointCount,
            uint segmentCount,
            Matrix *pGeometryMatrix,
            double tolerance, 
            ToleranceType type,
            bool fSkipHollows)
        {
            MIL_PEN_DATA penData;
            double[] dashArray = null;
 
            // If the pen contributes to the bounds, populate the CMD struct
            bool fPenContributesToBounds = Pen.ContributesToBounds(pen);
 
            if (fPenContributesToBounds)
            {
                pen.GetBasicPenData(&penData, out dashArray);
            }
 
            MilMatrix3x2D geometryMatrix;
            if (pGeometryMatrix != null)
            {
                geometryMatrix = CompositionResourceManager.MatrixToMilMatrix3x2D(ref (*pGeometryMatrix));
            }
 
            Debug.Assert(pWorldMatrix != null);
            MilMatrix3x2D worldMatrix =
                CompositionResourceManager.MatrixToMilMatrix3x2D(ref (*pWorldMatrix));
 
            Rect bounds;
 
            fixed (double *pDashArray = dashArray)
            {
                int hr = MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PolygonBounds(
                    &worldMatrix,
                    (fPenContributesToBounds) ? &penData : null,
                    (dashArray == null) ? null : pDashArray,
                    pPoints,
                    pTypes,
                    pointCount,
                    segmentCount,
                    (pGeometryMatrix == null) ? null : &geometryMatrix,
                    tolerance,
                    type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                    fSkipHollows,
                    &bounds
                );
 
                if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                {
                    // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                    // nothing. To be consistent, we report that the geometry has empty bounds.
                    bounds = Rect.Empty;
                }
                else
                {
                    HRESULT.Check(hr);
                }
            }
 
            return bounds;
        }
 
        internal virtual void TransformPropertyChangedHook(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            // Do nothing here -- Overriden by PathGeometry to clear cached bounds.
        }
 
        internal Geometry GetTransformedCopy(Transform transform)
        {
            Geometry copy = Clone();
            Transform internalTransform = Transform;
 
            if (transform != null && !transform.IsIdentity)
            {
                if (internalTransform == null || internalTransform.IsIdentity)
                {
                    copy.Transform = transform;
                }
                else
                {
                    copy.Transform = new MatrixTransform(internalTransform.Value * transform.Value);
                }
            }
 
            return copy;
        }
 
        #endregion Internal Methods
 
        /// <summary>
        /// ShouldSerializeTransform - this is called by the serializer to determine whether or not to
        /// serialize the Transform property.
        /// </summary>
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool ShouldSerializeTransform()
        {
            Transform transform = Transform;
            return transform != null && !(transform.IsIdentity);
        }
 
        #region Public Methods
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the area of this geometry
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// </summary>
        public virtual double GetArea(double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return 0;
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            if (pathData.IsEmpty())
            {
                return 0;
            }
 
            double area;
 
            unsafe
            {
                // Call the core method on the path data
                fixed (byte* pbPathData = pathData.SerializedData)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(pbPathData != (byte*)0);
 
                    int hr = MilCoreApi.MilUtility_GeometryGetArea(
                        pathData.FillRule,
                        pbPathData,
                        pathData.Size,
                        &pathData.Matrix,
                        tolerance,
                        type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                        &area);
 
                    if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                    {
                        // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                        // nothing. To be consistent, we report that the geometry has 0 area.
                        area = 0.0;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        HRESULT.Check(hr);
                    }
                }
            }
 
            return area;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the area of this geometry
        /// </summary>
        public double GetArea()
        {
            return GetArea(StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if this geometry is empty
        /// </summary>
        public abstract bool IsEmpty();
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if this geometry may have curved segments
        /// </summary>
        public abstract bool MayHaveCurves();
 
        #endregion Public Methods
        
        #region Hit Testing
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if point is inside the fill region defined by this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="hitPoint">The point tested for containment</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">Acceptable margin of error in distance computation</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        public bool FillContains(Point hitPoint, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            return ContainsInternal(null, hitPoint, tolerance, type);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if point is inside the fill region defined by this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="hitPoint">The point tested for containment</param>
        public bool FillContains(Point hitPoint)
        {
            return ContainsInternal(null, hitPoint, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if point is inside the stroke of a pen on this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen used to define the stroke</param>
        /// <param name="hitPoint">The point tested for containment</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">Acceptable margin of error in distance computation</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        public bool StrokeContains(Pen pen, Point hitPoint, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            if (pen == null)
            {
                return false;
            }
 
            return ContainsInternal(pen, hitPoint, tolerance, type);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if point is inside the stroke of a pen on this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen used to define the stroke</param>
        /// <param name="hitPoint">The point tested for containment</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        internal virtual bool ContainsInternal(Pen pen, Point hitPoint, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return false;
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            if (pathData.IsEmpty())
            {
                return false;
            }
 
            bool contains = false;
 
            unsafe
            {   
                MIL_PEN_DATA penData;
                double[] dashArray = null;
 
                // If we have a pen, populate the CMD struct
                if (pen != null)
                {
                    pen.GetBasicPenData(&penData, out dashArray);
                }
 
                fixed (byte* pbPathData = pathData.SerializedData)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(pbPathData != (byte*)0);
 
                    fixed (double * dashArrayFixed = dashArray)
                    {
                        int hr = MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PathGeometryHitTest(
                                &pathData.Matrix,
                                (pen == null) ? null : &penData,
                                dashArrayFixed,
                                pathData.FillRule,
                                pbPathData,
                                pathData.Size,
                                tolerance,
                                type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                                &hitPoint,
                                out contains);
 
                        if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                        {
                            // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                            // nothing. To be consistent, we report that the geometry is never hittable.
                            contains = false;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            HRESULT.Check(hr);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
 
            return contains;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Helper method to be used by derived implementations of ContainsInternal.
        /// </summary>
        internal unsafe bool ContainsInternal(Pen pen, Point hitPoint, double tolerance, ToleranceType type, 
                                                Point *pPoints, uint pointCount, byte *pTypes, uint typeCount)
        {
            bool contains = false;
 
            MilMatrix3x2D matrix = CompositionResourceManager.TransformToMilMatrix3x2D(Transform);
 
            MIL_PEN_DATA penData;
            double[] dashArray = null;
 
            if (pen != null)
            {
                pen.GetBasicPenData(&penData, out dashArray);
            }
 
            fixed (double *dashArrayFixed = dashArray)
            {
                int hr = MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PolygonHitTest(
                        &matrix,
                        (pen == null) ? null : &penData,
                        dashArrayFixed,
                        pPoints,
                        pTypes,
                        pointCount,
                        typeCount,
                        tolerance,
                        type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                        &hitPoint,
                        out contains);
 
                if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                {
                    // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                    // nothing. To be consistent, we report that the geometry is never hittable.
                    contains = false;
                }
                else
                {
                    HRESULT.Check(hr);
                }
            }
 
            return contains;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if point is inside the stroke of a pen on this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen used to define the stroke</param>
        /// <param name="hitPoint">The point tested for containment</param>
        public bool StrokeContains(Pen pen, Point hitPoint)
        {
            return StrokeContains(pen, hitPoint, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if a given geometry is contained inside this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry tested for containment</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">Acceptable margin of error in distance computation</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        public bool FillContains(Geometry geometry, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            IntersectionDetail detail = FillContainsWithDetail(geometry, tolerance, type);
 
            return (detail == IntersectionDetail.FullyContains);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if a given geometry is contained inside this geometry.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry tested for containment</param>
        public bool FillContains(Geometry geometry)
        {
            return FillContains(geometry, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if a given geometry is inside this geometry.
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry to test for containment in this Geometry</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">Acceptable margin of error in distance computation</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IntersectionDetail FillContainsWithDetail(Geometry geometry, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty() || geometry == null || geometry.IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return IntersectionDetail.Empty;
            }
 
            return PathGeometry.HitTestWithPathGeometry(this, geometry, tolerance, type);
        }
 
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns if geometry is inside this geometry.
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry to test for containment in this Geometry</param>
        /// </summary>
        public IntersectionDetail FillContainsWithDetail(Geometry geometry)
        {
            return FillContainsWithDetail(geometry, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns if a given geometry is inside the stroke defined by a given pen on this geometry.
        /// <param name="pen">The pen</param>
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry to test for containment in this Geometry</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">Acceptable margin of error in distance computation</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// </summary>
        public IntersectionDetail StrokeContainsWithDetail(Pen pen, Geometry geometry, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty() || geometry == null || geometry.IsObviouslyEmpty() || pen == null)
            {
                return IntersectionDetail.Empty;
            }
 
            PathGeometry pathGeometry1 = GetWidenedPathGeometry(pen);
 
            return PathGeometry.HitTestWithPathGeometry(pathGeometry1, geometry, tolerance, type);
        }               
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns if a given geometry is inside the stroke defined by a given pen on this geometry.
        /// <param name="pen">The pen</param>
        /// <param name="geometry">The geometry to test for containment in this Geometry</param>
        /// </summary>
        public IntersectionDetail StrokeContainsWithDetail(Pen pen, Geometry geometry)
        {
            return StrokeContainsWithDetail(pen, geometry, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        #region Geometric Flatten
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Approximate this geometry with a polygonal PathGeometry
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The approximation error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// <returns>Returns the polygonal approximation as a PathGeometry.</returns>
        public virtual PathGeometry GetFlattenedPathGeometry(double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            if (pathData.IsEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometry resultGeometry = null;
 
            unsafe
            {
                fixed (byte *pbPathData = pathData.SerializedData)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(pbPathData != (byte*)0);
 
                    FillRule fillRule = FillRule.Nonzero;
 
                    PathGeometry.FigureList list = new PathGeometry.FigureList();
                    
                    int hr = UnsafeNativeMethods.MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PathGeometryFlatten(
                        &pathData.Matrix,
                        pathData.FillRule,
                        pbPathData,
                        pathData.Size,
                        tolerance,
                        type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                        new PathGeometry.AddFigureToListDelegate(list.AddFigureToList),
                        out fillRule);
 
                    if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                    {
                        // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                        // nothing. To be consistent, we return an empty geometry.
                        resultGeometry = new PathGeometry();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        HRESULT.Check(hr);
 
                        resultGeometry = new PathGeometry(list.Figures, fillRule, null);
                    }
                }
 
                return resultGeometry;
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Approximate this geometry with a polygonal PathGeometry
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Returns the polygonal approximation as a PathGeometry.</returns>
        public PathGeometry GetFlattenedPathGeometry()
        {
            // Use the default tolerance interpreted as absolute
            return GetFlattenedPathGeometry(StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion Flatten
 
        #region Geometric Widen
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Create the contour of the stroke defined by given pen when it draws this path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen used for stroking this path</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// <returns>Returns the contour as a PathGeometry.</returns>
        public virtual PathGeometry GetWidenedPathGeometry(Pen pen, double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(pen);
 
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            if (pathData.IsEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometry resultGeometry = null;
 
            unsafe
            {
                MIL_PEN_DATA penData;
                double[] dashArray = null;
 
                pen.GetBasicPenData(&penData, out dashArray);
 
                fixed (byte *pbPathData = pathData.SerializedData)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(pbPathData != (byte*)0);
 
                    FillRule fillRule = FillRule.Nonzero;
 
                    PathGeometry.FigureList list = new PathGeometry.FigureList();
 
                    // The handle to the pDashArray, if we have one.
                    // Since the dash array is optional, we may not need to Free it.
                    GCHandle handle = new GCHandle();
 
                    // Pin the pDashArray, if we have one.
                    if (dashArray != null)
                    {
                        handle = GCHandle.Alloc(dashArray, GCHandleType.Pinned);
                    }
 
                    try
                    {
                        int hr = UnsafeNativeMethods.MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PathGeometryWiden(
                            &penData,
                            (dashArray == null) ? null : (double*)handle.AddrOfPinnedObject(),
                            &pathData.Matrix,
                            pathData.FillRule,
                            pbPathData,
                            pathData.Size,
                            tolerance,
                            type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                            new PathGeometry.AddFigureToListDelegate(list.AddFigureToList),
                            out fillRule);
 
                        if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                        {
                            // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                            // nothing. To be consistent, we return an empty geometry.
                            resultGeometry = new PathGeometry();
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            HRESULT.Check(hr);
 
                            resultGeometry = new PathGeometry(list.Figures, fillRule, null);
                        }
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        if (handle.IsAllocated)
                        {
                            handle.Free();
                        }
                    }
}
 
                return resultGeometry;
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Create the contour of the stroke defined by given pen when it draws this path
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pen">The pen used for stroking this path</param>
        /// <returns>Returns the contour as a PathGeometry.</returns>
        public PathGeometry GetWidenedPathGeometry(Pen pen)
        {
            // Use the default tolerance interpreted as absolute
            return GetWidenedPathGeometry(pen, StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion Widen
       
        #region Combine
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the result of a Boolean combination of two Geometry objects.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="geometry1">The first Geometry object</param>
        /// <param name="geometry2">The second Geometry object</param>
        /// <param name="mode">The mode in which the objects will be combined</param>
        /// <param name="transform">A transformation to apply to the result, or null</param>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        public static PathGeometry Combine(
            Geometry geometry1,
            Geometry geometry2,
            GeometryCombineMode mode,
            Transform transform,
            double tolerance,
            ToleranceType type)
        {
            return PathGeometry.InternalCombine(geometry1, geometry2, mode, transform, tolerance, type);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the result of a Boolean combination of two Geometry objects.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="geometry1">The first Geometry object</param>
        /// <param name="geometry2">The second Geometry object</param>
        /// <param name="mode">The mode in which the objects will be combined</param>
        /// <param name="transform">A transformation to apply to the result, or null</param>
        public static PathGeometry Combine(
            Geometry geometry1,
            Geometry geometry2,
            GeometryCombineMode mode,
            Transform transform)
        {
            return PathGeometry.InternalCombine(
                geometry1, 
                geometry2, 
                mode, 
                transform, 
                Geometry.StandardFlatteningTolerance, 
                ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion Combine
 
        #region Outline
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Get a simplified contour of the filled region of this PathGeometry
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tolerance">The computational error tolerance</param>
        /// <param name="type">The way the error tolerance will be interpreted - relative or absolute</param>
        /// <returns>Returns an equivalent geometry, properly oriented with no self-intersections.</returns>
        public virtual PathGeometry GetOutlinedPathGeometry(double tolerance, ToleranceType type)
        {
            ReadPreamble();
 
            if (IsObviouslyEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometryData pathData = GetPathGeometryData();
 
            if (pathData.IsEmpty())
            {
                return new PathGeometry();
            }
 
            PathGeometry resultGeometry = null;
 
            unsafe
            {
                fixed (byte* pbPathData = pathData.SerializedData)
                {
                    Invariant.Assert(pbPathData != (byte*)0);
 
                    FillRule fillRule = FillRule.Nonzero;
                    PathGeometry.FigureList list = new PathGeometry.FigureList();
 
                    int hr = UnsafeNativeMethods.MilCoreApi.MilUtility_PathGeometryOutline(
                        &pathData.Matrix,
                        pathData.FillRule,
                        pbPathData,
                        pathData.Size,
                        tolerance,
                        type == ToleranceType.Relative,
                        new PathGeometry.AddFigureToListDelegate(list.AddFigureToList),
                        out fillRule);
 
                    if (hr == (int)MILErrors.WGXERR_BADNUMBER)
                    {
                        // When we encounter NaNs in the renderer, we absorb the error and draw
                        // nothing. To be consistent, we return an empty geometry.
                        resultGeometry = new PathGeometry();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        HRESULT.Check(hr);
 
                        resultGeometry = new PathGeometry(list.Figures, fillRule, null);
                    }
                }
            }
 
            return resultGeometry;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Get a simplified contour of the filled region of this PathGeometry
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Returns an equivalent geometry, properly oriented with no self-intersections.</returns>
        public PathGeometry GetOutlinedPathGeometry()
        {
            return GetOutlinedPathGeometry(StandardFlatteningTolerance, ToleranceType.Absolute);
        }
 
        #endregion Outline
 
        #region Internal
 
        internal abstract PathGeometry GetAsPathGeometry();
        
        /// <summary>
        /// GetPathGeometryData - returns a struct which contains this Geometry represented
        /// as a path geometry's serialized format.
        /// </summary>
        internal abstract PathGeometryData GetPathGeometryData();
 
        internal PathFigureCollection GetPathFigureCollection()
        {
            return GetTransformedFigureCollection(null);
        }
 
        // Get the combination of the internal transform with a given transform.
        // Return true if the result is nontrivial.
        internal Matrix GetCombinedMatrix(Transform transform)
        {
            Matrix matrix = Matrix.Identity;
            Transform internalTransform = Transform;
 
            if (internalTransform != null && !internalTransform.IsIdentity)
            {
                matrix = internalTransform.Value;
 
                if (transform != null && !transform.IsIdentity)
                {
                    matrix *= transform.Value;
                }
            }
            else if (transform != null && !transform.IsIdentity)
            {
                matrix = transform.Value;
            }
 
            return matrix;
        }
 
        internal abstract PathFigureCollection GetTransformedFigureCollection(Transform transform);
 
        // This method is used for eliminating unnecessary work when the geometry is obviously empty.
        // For most Geometry types the definite IsEmpty() query is just as cheap.  The exceptions will 
        // be CombinedGeometry and GeometryGroup.
        internal virtual bool IsObviouslyEmpty() { return IsEmpty(); }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Can serialize "this" to a string
        /// </summary>
        internal virtual bool CanSerializeToString()
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        internal struct PathGeometryData
        {
            internal bool IsEmpty()
            {
                if ((SerializedData == null) || (SerializedData.Length <= 0))
                {
                    return true;
                }
 
                unsafe
                {
                    fixed (byte *pbPathData = SerializedData)
                    {
                        MIL_PATHGEOMETRY* pPathGeometry = (MIL_PATHGEOMETRY*)pbPathData;
 
                        return pPathGeometry->FigureCount <= 0;
                    }
                }
            }
 
            internal FillRule FillRule;
            internal MilMatrix3x2D Matrix;
            internal byte[] SerializedData;
 
            internal uint Size
            {
                get
                {
                    if ((SerializedData == null) || (SerializedData.Length <= 0))
                    {
                        return 0;
                    }
 
                    unsafe
                    {
                        fixed (byte *pbPathData = SerializedData)
                        {
                            MIL_PATHGEOMETRY* pPathGeometryData = (MIL_PATHGEOMETRY*)pbPathData;
                            uint size = pPathGeometryData == null ? 0 : pPathGeometryData->Size;
                            
                            Invariant.Assert(size <= (uint)SerializedData.Length);
 
                            return size;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
 
        internal static PathGeometryData GetEmptyPathGeometryData()
        {
            return s_emptyPathGeometryData;
        }
        
        #endregion Internal 
 
        #region Private
 
        private static PathGeometryData MakeEmptyPathGeometryData()
        {
            PathGeometryData data = new PathGeometryData();
            data.FillRule = FillRule.EvenOdd;
            data.Matrix = CompositionResourceManager.MatrixToMilMatrix3x2D(Matrix.Identity);
 
            unsafe
            {
                int size = sizeof(MIL_PATHGEOMETRY);
 
                data.SerializedData = new byte[size];
 
                fixed (byte *pbData = data.SerializedData)
                {
                    MIL_PATHGEOMETRY *pPathGeometry = (MIL_PATHGEOMETRY*)pbData;
 
                    // implicitly set pPathGeometry->Flags = 0;
                    pPathGeometry->FigureCount = 0;
                    pPathGeometry->Size = (UInt32)size;
                }
            }
 
            return data;
        }
 
        private static Geometry MakeEmptyGeometry()
        {
            Geometry empty = new StreamGeometry();
            empty.Freeze();
            return empty;
        }
        
        private const double c_tolerance = 0.25;
 
        private static Geometry s_empty = MakeEmptyGeometry();
        private static PathGeometryData s_emptyPathGeometryData = MakeEmptyPathGeometryData();
        #endregion Private
    }
    #endregion
}