/**
* Write a single Geometry to this shapefile. The Geometry must be compatable with the ShapeType
* assigned during the writing of the headers.
*/
public void writeGeometry(final Geometry g) throws IOException {
if (shapeBuffer == null) throw new IOException("Must write headers first");
lp = shapeBuffer.position();
// see doc for handling null geometries
// http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
int length;
if (g == null) {
length = writeNullGeometry();
} else {
length = writeNonNullGeometry(g);
}
assert (length * 2 == (shapeBuffer.position() - lp) - 8);
lp = shapeBuffer.position();
// write to the shx
shx.writeRecord(offset, length);
offset += length + 4;
drain();
assert (shapeBuffer.position() == 0);
}
