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+package org.gcube.dataanalysis.ecoengine.utils;
+
+import java.awt.Point;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * A class that calculates the nearest neighbor according to a set of points in the space having integer coordinates
+ */
+class Nearest {
+	// Projection axes defines
+	public static final int PROJX = 1;
+	public static final int PROJY = 2;
+
+	int n; // This is the number of point expected to be tested
+	int projaxe; // Current projection axe
+	int compare; // Number of compare made to find the nearest
+	int maxradius; // Maximum radius of search in the array
+	int ndata; // Number of data in the arrays
+	Point data[]; // Point array
+	Point xindex[]; // Index for coordinates X (x is the index, y is the value)
+	Point yindex[]; // Index for coordinates Y (x is the index, y is the value)
+	boolean flags[]; // Array of flags that indicate the validity of point (true or false)
+
+	Point cindex[]; // Pointer to current index
+	int cvalue, cind; // Current values for the search
+	Point cp; // Current point being tested
+
+	// Constructor of NNFinder
+	public Nearest(Vector points) {
+		n = 10; // We expect to test 10 points... (this is arbitrary)
+		// Copy the point vector into an array
+		ndata = points.size();
+		// We create the arrays
+		data = new Point[ndata];
+		xindex = new Point[ndata];
+		yindex = new Point[ndata];
+		flags = new boolean[ndata];
+		// We initialise the data
+		for (int i = 0; i < ndata; i++) {
+			data[i] = (Point) points.elementAt(i);
+			// Create a new point which will have
+			// field x : the index of the original point in the array (data)
+			// field y : the value of the projected point on the axe
+			xindex[i] = new Point(i, data[i].x);
+			yindex[i] = new Point(i, data[i].y);
+			flags[i] = true; // The point is valid
+		}
+		// Sort the index for axe X
+		cindex = xindex;
+		BubbleSort();
+		// Sort the index for axe Y
+		cindex = yindex;
+		BubbleSort();
+		compare = 0;
+	}
+
+	// Simple bubble sort. Uses the index
+	// array to determine the values of the
+	// element of the array
+	public void BubbleSort() {
+		Point ptmp;
+		for (int i = ndata - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+				if (cindex[j].y > cindex[j + 1].y) { // Swap the points
+					ptmp = cindex[j];
+					cindex[j] = cindex[j + 1];
+					cindex[j + 1] = ptmp;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Returns the number of compare done for
+	// finding the nearest point
+	public int getCompare() {
+		return compare;
+	}
+
+	// Returns the maximum radius of search
+	// in the arrays of points.
+	public int getMaxRadius() {
+		return maxradius;
+	}
+
+	// Returns the projection axe used to find
+	// the nearest neighbor.
+	public int getProjectionAxe() {
+		return projaxe;
+	}
+
+	// Dichotomic search in an ordered array using
+	// index
+	private int DichoSearchIndex(int value) {
+		int inf, sup, centre;
+		inf = 0;
+		sup = ndata - 1;
+
+		// Check for obious case
+		if (value <= cindex[inf].y)
+			return inf;
+		else if (value >= cindex[sup].y)
+			return sup;
+
+		// Search until we have at least two elements
+		while (sup > inf) {
+			centre = (inf + sup) / 2;
+			if (cindex[centre].y == value)
+				return centre;
+			else if (cindex[centre].y < value)
+				inf = centre + 1;
+			else
+				sup = centre - 1;
+		}
+		return inf;
+	}
+
+	// This function will reset the all the flags to true
+	private void ResetFlags() {
+		for (int i = 0; i < ndata; i++)
+			flags[i] = true;
+	}
+
+	public Point FindFirstNN(Point p) {
+		int index1, index2, i, j;
+		int sparse1, sparse2;
+		int xdim, ydim;
+		float s1, s2;
+		// Compute the dimension of the pointset
+		xdim = xindex[ndata - 1].y - xindex[0].y;
+		ydim = yindex[ndata - 1].y - yindex[0].y;
+
+		// Remember the point being tested
+		cp = p;
+
+		// Reset the flags
+		ResetFlags();
+
+		// Find the point on the projected axes
+		cindex = xindex;
+		index1 = DichoSearchIndex(p.x);
+		cindex = yindex;
+		index2 = DichoSearchIndex(p.y);
+
+		// Mesure the sparsity of axe X
+		i = index1 - n / 2;
+		if (i < 0)
+			i = 0;
+		j = index1 + n / 2;
+		if (j >= ndata)
+			j = ndata - 1;
+		sparse1 = xindex[j].y - xindex[i].y;
+		// Normalize sparsity
+		s1 = (float) sparse1 / (float) xdim;
+
+		// Mesure the sparsity of axe Y
+		i = index2 - n / 2;
+		if (i < 0)
+			i = 0;
+		j = index2 + n / 2;
+		if (j >= ndata)
+			j = ndata - 1;
+		sparse2 = yindex[j].y - yindex[i].y;
+		// Normalise sparsity
+		s2 = (float) sparse2 / (float) ydim;
+
+		if (s1 > s2) { // We take the x axe
+			cindex = xindex;
+			cvalue = p.x;
+			cind = index1;
+			projaxe = PROJX;
+		} else { // We take the y axe
+			cindex = yindex;
+			cvalue = p.y;
+			cind = index2;
+			projaxe = PROJY;
+		}
+
+		// Init the number of compare
+		compare = 0;
+		maxradius = 0;
+		return FindNextNN();
+	}
+
+	public Point FindNextNN() {
+		float mindist, dist;
+		int mini;
+		int i, il, ir;
+
+		// Find the radius of the circle
+		// cind is already at the left of the test point
+		il = cind;
+		// Find the closest next valid point
+		while (flags[cindex[il].x] == false && il > 0)
+			il--;
+		if (flags[cindex[il].x] == true) {
+			// Compute the distance
+			mindist = ComputeDistance(cp, data[cindex[il].x]);
+			compare++;
+		} else
+			// Put something big no chance of having a distance bigger than that
+			mindist = 500 * 500;
+
+		// Here, we must verify if it's not the end already
+		if (cind < ndata - 1) {
+			ir = cind + 1;
+			while (flags[cindex[ir].x] == false && ir < ndata - 1)
+				ir++;
+			if (flags[cindex[ir].x] == true) {
+				dist = ComputeDistance(cp, data[cindex[ir].x]);
+				compare++;
+			} else
+				dist = 500 * 500;
+
+			if (mindist < dist) {
+				maxradius = (int) Math.sqrt((double) mindist);
+				mini = il;
+			} else {
+				mini = ir;
+				maxradius = (int) Math.sqrt((double) dist);
+				mindist = dist;
+			}
+		} else {
+			mini = il;
+			ir = ndata - 1;
+			maxradius = (int) Math.sqrt((double) mindist);
+		}
+
+		// Search to the left of cind
+		i = il - 1;
+		while (i > 0 && maxradius > Math.abs(cvalue - cindex[i].y)) {
+			if (flags[cindex[i].x] == true) {
+				dist = ComputeDistance(cp, data[cindex[i].x]);
+				compare++;
+				if (dist < mindist) {
+					mindist = dist;
+					mini = i;
+				}
+			}
+			// Go to the left
+			i--;
+		}
+
+		// Search to the right of cind
+		i = ir + 1;
+		while (i < ndata && maxradius > Math.abs(cindex[i].y - cvalue)) {
+			if (flags[cindex[i].x] == true) {
+				dist = ComputeDistance(cp, data[cindex[i].x]);
+				compare++;
+				if (dist < mindist) {
+					mindist = dist;
+					mini = i;
+				}
+			}
+			i++; // Go to the right
+		}
+
+		// Set the flag of the point found to false so that
+		// we don't find it again for next search
+		flags[cindex[mini].x] = false;
+
+		// return the closest point
+		return data[cindex[mini].x];
+	}
+
+	// A crude way to find the nearest neighbor
+	public Point FindNearestNeighborCrude(Point p) {
+		float mindist, dist;
+		int mini = 0;
+		// Init compare
+		compare = 0;
+		mindist = ComputeDistance(p, data[mini]);
+		for (int i = 0; i < ndata; i++) {
+			dist = ComputeDistance(p, data[i]);
+			compare++;
+			if (dist < mindist) {
+				mini = i;
+				mindist = dist;
+			}
+		}
+		return data[mini];
+	}
+
+	// Compute the SQUARED distance between to points
+	public float ComputeDistance(Point p1, Point p2) {
+		float dx, dy;
+		dx = p2.x - p1.x;
+		dy = p2.y - p1.y;
+		return (dx * dx + dy * dy);
+	}
+	
+}