Java Program to Find the Convex Hull using Jarvis March

This is a Java Program to Implement Jarvis Algorithm. Jarvis algorithm or the gift wrapping algorithm is an algorithm for computing the convex hull of a given set of points.

Here is the source code of the Java Program to Implement Jarvis Algorithm. The Java program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system. The program output is also shown below.

  1. /**
  2.  ** Java Program to Implement Jarvis Algorithm
  3.  **/
  4.  
  5. import java.util.Scanner;
  6. import java.util.Arrays;
  7.  
  8. /** Class point **/
  9. class Point
  10. {
  11.     int x, y;
  12. }
  13.  
  14. /** Class Jarvis **/
  15. public class Jarvis
  16. {    
  17.     private boolean CCW(Point p, Point q, Point r)
  18.     {
  19.         int val = (q.y - p.y) * (r.x - q.x) - (q.x - p.x) * (r.y - q.y);
  20.  
  21.          if (val >= 0)
  22.              return false;
  23.          return true;
  24.     }
  25.     public void convexHull(Point[] points)
  26.     {
  27.         int n = points.length;
  28.         /** if less than 3 points return **/        
  29.         if (n < 3) 
  30.             return;     
  31.         int[] next = new int[n];
  32.         Arrays.fill(next, -1);
  33.  
  34.         /** find the leftmost point **/
  35.         int leftMost = 0;
  36.         for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
  37.             if (points[i].x < points[leftMost].x)
  38.                 leftMost = i;
  39.         int p = leftMost, q;
  40.         /** iterate till p becomes leftMost **/
  41.         do
  42.         {
  43.             /** wrapping **/
  44.             q = (p + 1) % n;
  45.             for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
  46.               if (CCW(points[p], points[i], points[q]))
  47.                  q = i;
  48.  
  49.             next[p] = q;  
  50.             p = q; 
  51.         } while (p != leftMost);
  52.  
  53.         /** Display result **/
  54.         display(points, next);
  55.     }
  56.     public void display(Point[] points, int[] next)
  57.     {
  58.         System.out.println("\nConvex Hull points : ");
  59.         for (int i = 0; i < next.length; i++)
  60.             if (next[i] != -1)
  61.                System.out.println("("+ points[i].x +", "+ points[i].y +")");
  62.     }
  63.     /** Main function **/
  64.     public static void main (String[] args) 
  65.     {
  66.         Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
  67.         System.out.println("Jarvis Algorithm Test\n");
  68.         /** Make an object of Jarvis class **/
  69.         Jarvis j = new Jarvis();        
  70.  
  71.         System.out.println("Enter number of points n :");
  72.         int n = scan.nextInt();
  73.         Point[] points = new Point[n];
  74.         System.out.println("Enter "+ n +" x, y cordinates");
  75.         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
  76.         {
  77.             points[i] = new Point();
  78.             points[i].x = scan.nextInt();
  79.             points[i].y = scan.nextInt();
  80.         }        
  81.         j.convexHull(points);        
  82.     }
  83. }

Jarvis Algorithm Test
 
Enter number of points n :
8
Enter 8 x, y cordinates
0 3
4 2
3 5
5 3
3 0
1 1
1 2
2 2
 
Convex Hull points :
(0, 3)
(3, 5)
(5, 3)
(3, 0)
(1, 1)

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