/// <summary>
/// Calculate Euclidean distance between a point and a finite line segment.
/// </summary>
///
/// <param name="point">The point to calculate the distance to.</param>
///
/// <returns>Returns the Euclidean distance between this line segment and the specified point. Unlike
/// <see cref="Line2D.DistanceToPoint"/>, this returns the distance from the finite segment. (0,0) is 5 units
/// from the segment (0,5)-(0,8), but is 0 units from the line through those points.</returns>
///
public float DistanceToPoint(Vector2 point)
{
float segmentDistance;
switch (LocateProjection(point))
{
case ProjectionLocation.RayA:
segmentDistance = point.DistanceTo(_start);
break;
case ProjectionLocation.RayB:
segmentDistance = point.DistanceTo(_end);
break;
default:
segmentDistance = _line.DistanceToPoint(point);
break;
}
;
return(segmentDistance);
}
