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public Class Rectangle

extends Object
Class Inheritance

A Rectangle specifies an area in a coordinate space that is enclosed by the Rectangle object's upper-left point (x,y) in the coordinate space, its width, and its height.

A Rectangle object's width and height are public fields. The constructors that create a Rectangle, and the methods that can modify one, do not prevent setting a negative value for width or height.

A Rectangle whose width or height is exactly zero has location along those axes with zero dimension, but is otherwise considered empty. The isEmpty method will return true for such a Rectangle. Methods which test if an empty Rectangle contains or intersects a point or rectangle will always return false if either dimension is zero. Methods which combine such a Rectangle with a point or rectangle will include the location of the Rectangle on that axis in the result as if the add(Point) method were being called.

A Rectangle whose width or height is negative has neither location nor dimension along those axes with negative dimensions. Such a Rectangle is treated as non-existant along those axes. Such a Rectangle is also empty with respect to containment calculations and methods which test if it contains or intersects a point or rectangle will always return false. Methods which combine such a Rectangle with a point or rectangle will ignore the Rectangle entirely in generating the result. If two Rectangle objects are combined and each has a negative dimension, the result will have at least one negative dimension.

Methods which affect only the location of a Rectangle will operate on its location regardless of whether or not it has a negative or zero dimension along either axis.

Note that a Rectangle constructed with the default no-argument constructor will have dimensions of 0x0 and therefore be empty. That Rectangle will still have a location of (0,0) and will contribute that location to the union and add operations. Code attempting to accumulate the bounds of a set of points should therefore initially construct the Rectangle with a specifically negative width and height or it should use the first point in the set to construct the Rectangle. For example:

    Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(0, 0, -1, -1);
    for (int i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
        bounds.add(points[i]);
    }
or if we know that the points array contains at least one point:
    Rectangle bounds = new Rectangle(points[0]);
    for (int i = 1; i < points.length; i++) {
        bounds.add(points[i]);
    }

This class uses 32-bit integers to store its location and dimensions. Frequently operations may produce a result that exceeds the range of a 32-bit integer. The methods will calculate their results in a way that avoids any 32-bit overflow for intermediate results and then choose the best representation to store the final results back into the 32-bit fields which hold the location and dimensions. The location of the result will be stored into the x and y fields by clipping the true result to the nearest 32-bit value. The values stored into the width and height dimension fields will be chosen as the 32-bit values that encompass the largest part of the true result as possible. Generally this means that the dimension will be clipped independently to the range of 32-bit integers except that if the location had to be moved to store it into its pair of 32-bit fields then the dimensions will be adjusted relative to the "best representation" of the location. If the true result had a negative dimension and was therefore non-existant along one or both axes, the stored dimensions will be negative numbers in those axes. If the true result had a location that could be represented within the range of 32-bit integers, but zero dimension along one or both axes, then the stored dimensions will be zero in those axes.

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
public int
height

The height of the Rectangle.

public int
width

The width of the Rectangle.

public int
x

The X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the Rectangle.

public int
y

The Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the Rectangle.

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
Rectangle()

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is at (0, 0) in the coordinate space, and whose width and height are both zero.

public
Rectangle(BaseBounds b)

Constructs a new Rectangle, initialized to match the values of the specified Rectangle.

public
Rectangle(Rectangle
the BaseBounds from which to copy initial values to a newly constructed Rectangle
r
)

Constructs a new Rectangle, initialized to match the values of the specified BaseBounds.

public
Rectangle(int
the specified X coordinate
x
,
int
the specified Y coordinate
y
,
int
the width of the Rectangle
width
,
int
the height of the Rectangle
height
)

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is specified as (x,y) and whose width and height are specified by the arguments of the same name.

public
Rectangle(int
the width of the Rectangle
width
,
int
the height of the Rectangle
height
)

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is at (0, 0) in the coordinate space, and whose width and height are specified by the arguments of the same name.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public void
add(int
the X coordinate of the new point
newx
,
int
the Y coordinate of the new point
newy
)

Adds a point, specified by the integer arguments newx,newy to the bounds of this Rectangle.

public void
add(Rectangle
the specified Rectangle
r
)

Adds a Rectangle to this Rectangle.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the point (cx,cy) is inside this Rectangle; false otherwise.
contains
(int
the specified X coordinate
cx
,
int
the specified Y coordinate
cy
)

Checks whether or not this Rectangle contains the point at the specified location (cx,cy).

public boolean

Returns:

true if the Rectangle is contained entirely inside this Rectangle; false otherwise
contains
(Rectangle
the specified Rectangle
r
)

Checks whether or not this Rectangle entirely contains the specified Rectangle.

public boolean

Returns:

true if the Rectangle specified by (cx, cy, cw, ch) is entirely enclosed inside this Rectangle; false otherwise.
contains
(int
the specified X coordinate
cx
,
int
the specified Y coordinate
cy
,
int
the width of the Rectangle
cw
,
int
the height of the Rectangle
ch
)

Checks whether this Rectangle entirely contains the Rectangle at the specified location (cx,cy) with the specified dimensions (cw,ch).

public boolean

Returns:

true if the objects are equal; false otherwise.
equals
(Object
the Object to compare with this Rectangle
obj
)

Overrides java.lang.Object.equals.

Checks whether two rectangles are equal.

public void
grow(int
the horizontal expansion
h
,
int
the vertical expansion
v
)

Resizes the Rectangle both horizontally and vertically.

public int
hashCode()

Overrides java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Returns a hash code value for this object.

public Rectangle
public void
public boolean
private void
reshape(int x, int y, int width, int height)

public void
setBounds(Rectangle
the specified Rectangle
r
)

Sets the bounding Rectangle of this Rectangle to match the specified Rectangle.

public void
setBounds(int
the new X coordinate for the upper-left corner of this Rectangle
x
,
int
the new Y coordinate for the upper-left corner of this Rectangle
y
,
int
the new width for this Rectangle
width
,
int
the new height for this Rectangle
height
)

Sets the bounding Rectangle of this Rectangle to the specified x, y, width, and height.

public void
public RectBounds
public String

Returns:

a String representing this Rectangle object's coordinate and size values.
toString
()

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a String representing this Rectangle and its values.

public void
translate(int
the distance to move this Rectangle along the X axis
dx
,
int
the distance to move this Rectangle along the Y axis
dy
)

Translates this Rectangle the indicated distance, to the right along the X coordinate axis, and downward along the Y coordinate axis.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:
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Field Detail

heightback to summary
public int height

The height of the Rectangle.

widthback to summary
public int width

The width of the Rectangle.

xback to summary
public int x

The X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the Rectangle.

yback to summary
public int y

The Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the Rectangle.

Constructor Detail

Rectangleback to summary
public Rectangle()

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is at (0, 0) in the coordinate space, and whose width and height are both zero.

Rectangleback to summary
public Rectangle(BaseBounds b)

Constructs a new Rectangle, initialized to match the values of the specified Rectangle.

Rectangleback to summary
public Rectangle(Rectangle r)

Constructs a new Rectangle, initialized to match the values of the specified BaseBounds. Since BaseBounds has float values, the Rectangle will be created such that the bounding rectangle of the specified BaseBounds would always lie within the bounding box specified by this Rectangle.

Parameters
r:Rectangle

the BaseBounds from which to copy initial values to a newly constructed Rectangle

Rectangleback to summary
public Rectangle(int x, int y, int width, int height)

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is specified as (x,y) and whose width and height are specified by the arguments of the same name.

Parameters
x:int

the specified X coordinate

y:int

the specified Y coordinate

width:int

the width of the Rectangle

height:int

the height of the Rectangle

Rectangleback to summary
public Rectangle(int width, int height)

Constructs a new Rectangle whose upper-left corner is at (0, 0) in the coordinate space, and whose width and height are specified by the arguments of the same name.

Parameters
width:int

the width of the Rectangle

height:int

the height of the Rectangle

Method Detail

addback to summary
public void add(int newx, int newy)

Adds a point, specified by the integer arguments newx,newy to the bounds of this Rectangle.

If this Rectangle has any dimension less than zero, the rules for non-existant rectangles apply. In that case, the new bounds of this Rectangle will have a location equal to the specified coordinates and width and height equal to zero.

After adding a point, a call to contains with the added point as an argument does not necessarily return true. The contains method does not return true for points on the right or bottom edges of a Rectangle. Therefore, if the added point falls on the right or bottom edge of the enlarged Rectangle, contains returns false for that point. If the specified point must be contained within the new Rectangle, a 1x1 rectangle should be added instead:

    r.add(newx, newy, 1, 1);
Parameters
newx:int

the X coordinate of the new point

newy:int

the Y coordinate of the new point

addback to summary
public void add(Rectangle r)

Adds a Rectangle to this Rectangle. The resulting Rectangle is the union of the two rectangles.

If either Rectangle has any dimension less than 0, the result will have the dimensions of the other Rectangle. If both Rectangles have at least one dimension less than 0, the result will have at least one dimension less than 0.

If either Rectangle has one or both dimensions equal to 0, the result along those axes with 0 dimensions will be equivalent to the results obtained by adding the corresponding origin coordinate to the result rectangle along that axis, similar to the operation of the add(Point) method, but contribute no further dimension beyond that.

If the resulting Rectangle would have a dimension too large to be expressed as an int, the result will have a dimension of Integer.MAX_VALUE along that dimension.

Parameters
r:Rectangle

the specified Rectangle

containsback to summary
public boolean contains(int cx, int cy)

Checks whether or not this Rectangle contains the point at the specified location (cx,cy).

Parameters
cx:int

the specified X coordinate

cy:int

the specified Y coordinate

Returns:boolean

true if the point (cx,cy) is inside this Rectangle; false otherwise.

containsback to summary
public boolean contains(Rectangle r)

Checks whether or not this Rectangle entirely contains the specified Rectangle.

Parameters
r:Rectangle

the specified Rectangle

Returns:boolean

true if the Rectangle is contained entirely inside this Rectangle; false otherwise

containsback to summary
public boolean contains(int cx, int cy, int cw, int ch)

Checks whether this Rectangle entirely contains the Rectangle at the specified location (cx,cy) with the specified dimensions (cw,ch).

Parameters
cx:int

the specified X coordinate

cy:int

the specified Y coordinate

cw:int

the width of the Rectangle

ch:int

the height of the Rectangle

Returns:boolean

true if the Rectangle specified by (cx, cy, cw, ch) is entirely enclosed inside this Rectangle; false otherwise.

equalsback to summary
public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides java.lang.Object.equals.

Checks whether two rectangles are equal.

The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Rectangle object that has the same upper-left corner, width, and height as this Rectangle.

Parameters
obj:Object

the Object to compare with this Rectangle

Returns:boolean

true if the objects are equal; false otherwise.

Annotations
@Override
growback to summary
public void grow(int h, int v)

Resizes the Rectangle both horizontally and vertically.

This method modifies the Rectangle so that it is h units larger on both the left and right side, and v units larger at both the top and bottom.

The new Rectangle has (x - h, y - v) as its upper-left corner, width of (width + 2h), and a height of (height + 2v).

If negative values are supplied for h and v, the size of the Rectangle decreases accordingly. The grow method will check for integer overflow and underflow, but does not check whether the resulting values of width and height grow from negative to non-negative or shrink from non-negative to negative.

Parameters
h:int

the horizontal expansion

v:int

the vertical expansion

hashCodeback to summary
public int hashCode()

Overrides java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Doc from java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Returns a hash code value for this object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by java.util.HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

  • Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
  • If two objects are equal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
  • It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.
Annotations
@Override
intersectionback to summary
public Rectangle intersection(Rectangle r)
intersectWithback to summary
public void intersectWith(Rectangle r)
isEmptyback to summary
public boolean isEmpty()
reshapeback to summary
private void reshape(int x, int y, int width, int height)
setBoundsback to summary
public void setBounds(Rectangle r)

Sets the bounding Rectangle of this Rectangle to match the specified Rectangle.

This method is included for completeness, to parallel the setBounds method of Component.

Parameters
r:Rectangle

the specified Rectangle

See Also
getBounds, java.awt.Component#setBounds(java.awt.Rectangle)
setBoundsback to summary
public void setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)

Sets the bounding Rectangle of this Rectangle to the specified x, y, width, and height.

This method is included for completeness, to parallel the setBounds method of Component.

Parameters
x:int

the new X coordinate for the upper-left corner of this Rectangle

y:int

the new Y coordinate for the upper-left corner of this Rectangle

width:int

the new width for this Rectangle

height:int

the new height for this Rectangle

See Also
getBounds, java.awt.Component#setBounds(int, int, int, int)
setBoundsback to summary
public void setBounds(BaseBounds b)
toRectBoundsback to summary
public RectBounds toRectBounds()
toStringback to summary
public String toString()

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a String representing this Rectangle and its values.

Returns:String

a String representing this Rectangle object's coordinate and size values.

Annotations
@Override
translateback to summary
public void translate(int dx, int dy)

Translates this Rectangle the indicated distance, to the right along the X coordinate axis, and downward along the Y coordinate axis.

Parameters
dx:int

the distance to move this Rectangle along the X axis

dy:int

the distance to move this Rectangle along the Y axis

See Also
java.awt.Rectangle#setLocation(int, int), java.awt.Rectangle#setLocation(java.awt.Point)