Max Points on a Line

LintCode-186.Max Points on a Line

Given n points on a 2D plane, find the maximum number of points that lie on the same straight line.

Example

Given 4 points: (1,2), (3,6), (0,0), (1,3).

The maximum number is 3.

/**
 * Definition for a point.
 * class Point {
 *     int x;
 *     int y;
 *     Point() { x = 0; y = 0; }
 *     Point(int a, int b) { x = a; y = b; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param points an array of point
     * @return an integer
     */
    public int maxPoints(Point[] points) {
        if (points == null || points.length == 0) {
            return 0;
        }
            
        int max = 1;
        HashMap<Double, Integer> map = new HashMap<Double, Integer>();
        
        for (int i = 0; i < points.length - 1; i++) {  
            int duplicate = 0;
            int localmax = 1;
            double slope = 0.0;
            
            for (int j = i + 1; j < points.length; j++) {
                if (points[i].x == points[j].x && points[i].y == points[j].y) {
                    duplicate++;
                    continue;
                } else if (points[i].x == points[j].x) {
                    slope = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
                } else if (points[i].y == points[j].y) {
                    slope = 0.0;
                 } else {
                    slope = ((double)(points[i].y - points[j].y))/(points[i].x - points[j].x);
                }
                
                if (map.containsKey(slope)) {
                    map.put(slope, map.get(slope) + 1);
                } else { 
                    map.put(slope, 2);// two points form a line
                }
            }
            
            for (Integer value : map.values()) {
                localmax = Math.max(localmax, value);
            }
          
            localmax += duplicate;
            max = Math.max(max, localmax);
            
            map.clear();
        }
        
        return max; 
    }
}

Hope this helps,
Michael