Rotate Rectangle in Java

Question

I need to create rectangles that are rotated around their center (so they don\'t need to be parallel to the axes of the coordinate system). So basicelly each rectangle can b

Answer 1

You can use Rectangle2D to check for containment, if instead of rotating your rectangle by an angle, say, counterclockwise, you rotate each of the points you need to check by the same angle clockwise, relative to the center of the rectangle. Something like

double dx = point.x - rectangleCenter.x;
double dy = point.y - rectangleCenter.y;
double newX = rectangleCenter.x - dx*Math.cos(angle) + dy*Math.sin(angle);
double newY = rectangleCenter.x - dx*Math.sin(angle) - dy*Math.cos(angle);