1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/segment.hpp b/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/segment.hpp
index 486289dabe..0b60890dc0 100644
--- a/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/segment.hpp
+++ b/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/segment.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
 
-// Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
 // Contributed and/or modified by Menelaos Karavelas, on behalf of Oracle
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/geometry/algorithms/assign.hpp>
 #include <boost/geometry/algorithms/equals.hpp>
+#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/validity_failure_type.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/geometry/algorithms/dispatch/is_valid.hpp>
 
@@ -40,13 +41,22 @@ namespace dispatch
 template <typename Segment>
 struct is_valid<Segment, segment_tag>
 {
-    static inline bool apply(Segment const& segment)
+    template <typename VisitPolicy>
+    static inline bool apply(Segment const& segment, VisitPolicy& visitor)
     {
         typename point_type<Segment>::type p[2];
         detail::assign_point_from_index<0>(segment, p[0]);
         detail::assign_point_from_index<1>(segment, p[1]);
 
-        return !geometry::equals(p[0], p[1]);
+        if(! geometry::equals(p[0], p[1]))
+        {
+            return visitor.template apply<no_failure>();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return
+                visitor.template apply<failure_wrong_topological_dimension>();
+        }
     }
 };