public static List extractElements(Geometry geom, boolean skipEmpty) {
List elem = new ArrayList();
if (geom == null) return elem;
for (int i = 0; i < geom.getNumGeometries(); i++) {
Geometry elemGeom = geom.getGeometryN(i);
if (skipEmpty && elemGeom.isEmpty()) continue;
elem.add(elemGeom);
}
return elem;
}
