code: def touches(a, b, **kwargs):
      """Returns True if the only points shared between A and B are on the
      boundary of A and B.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      a, b : Geometry or array_like
      **kwargs
          See :ref:`NumPy ufunc docs <ufuncs.kwargs>` for other keyword arguments.
  
      See also
      --------
      prepare : improve performance by preparing ``a`` (the first argument)
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> from shapely import LineString, Point, Polygon
      >>> line = LineString([(0, 2), (2, 0)])
      >>> touches(line, Point(0, 2))
      True
      >>> touches(line, Point(1, 1))
      False
      >>> touches(line, LineString([(0, 0), (1, 1)]))
      True
      >>> touches(line, LineString([(0, 0), (2, 2)]))
      False
      >>> area = Polygon([(0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1), (0, 0)])
      >>> touches(area, Point(0.5, 0))
      True
      >>> touches(area, Point(0.5, 0.5))
      False
      >>> touches(area, line)
      True
      >>> touches(area, Polygon([(0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 2), (0, 2), (0, 1)]))
      True
      """
      return lib.touches(a, b, **kwargs)
  
imports: import warnings
  import numpy
  from shapely import lib
  from shapely.decorators import multithreading_enabled, requires_geos
label_desc: Use image node_id 22 for calling a global function with example usage: touches(a, b) and returns: lib