lude thrown exceptions 
 (in particular, <A HREF="../../../../../../com/vividsolutions/jts/geom/TopologyException.html" title="class in com.vividsolutions.jts.geom"><CODE>TopologyException</CODE></A>)
 and invalid overlay computations.
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<DT><B>Version:</B></DT>
  <DD>1.7</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
  <DD>Martin Davis</DD>
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