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  # or alternatively:
  my $rect = $bor->get_rectangles_as_array_ref;
  print "[@$_]\n" for (@$rect);


=head1 DESCRIPTION

Given a set of rectangles that can overlap, break them in a set of non
overlapping ones.

This module is highly optimized and can handle big sets efficiently.


=head2 API

The following methods are provided:

=over 4

=item Algorithm::BreakOverlappingRectangles->new()

Creates a new object.

=item $bor->add_rectangle($x0, $y0, $x1, $y1, @names)

Adds a new rectangle to the set.

C<$x0, $y0, $x1, $y1> are the coordinates of the extremes. C<@names>
can be anything you like and will be attached to the output rectangles
contained inside this one.

=item $bor->get_rectangles()

Returns the set of non-overlapping rectangles. Every entry is an array
of the form C<[$x0, $y0, $x1, $y1, @names]>.

=item $bor->get_rectangles_as_array_ref()

Returns an array ref (actually a tied one) containing the broken
rectangles.

Rectangles are stored inside Algorithm::BreakOverlappingRectangles
objects as packed data to reduce memory comsumption, but calling the
C<get_rectangles> method expands them and so can eat lots of memory
when the number of rectangles is high. This alternative method returns
a reference to a tied array that unpacks the rectangles on the fly.

For instance:

  my $r = $abor->get_rectangles_as_array_ref;
  for (@$r) {
    print "@$_\n";
  }

=back


=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008 by Salvador FandiE<ntilde>o (sfandino@yahoo.com)

Copyright (C) 2008 by Qindel Formacion y Servicios S.L.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.


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