Howdy,
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, don undeen wrote:
> Is there any way with batik/java/svg to detect if two svg shapes have
> "collided" or overlap? For example, if you have two circles of some
> radius, and you move them closer together, I'd like an alert to go up
> when the edges collide. Or perhaps I'd like to know if two lines
> overlap.
In principle, in SVG, the SVGSVGElement methods 'getEnclosureList()',
'getIntersectionList()', 'checkEnclosure()', and 'checkIntersection()' might
be useful (though I don't know if they'd be enough)... but in practice I
don't think they're implemented in Batik yet (at least, that the impression
I got from what I've seen on this list).
In practice with Batik, you can get the GraphicsNode associated with an
SVGElement, and then use GraphicsNode.getOutline() (or if it's a
ShapeNode, use ShapeNode.getShape()) for both nodes, then check if the
returned Shape objects intersect:
BridgeContext bc = svgComponent.getUpdateManager().getBridgeContext();
SVGElement circle1=...., circle2=....;
GraphicsNode g1 = bc.getGraphicsNode(circle1);
GraphicsNode g2 = bc.getGraphicsNode(circle2);
Shape outline1 = g1.getGlobalTransform().createTransformedShape(
g1.getOutline() );
Shape outline2 = g2.getGlobalTransform().createTransformedShape(
g2.getOutline() );
if(outline1.intersects(outline2.getBounds2D()))
// the first shape intersects the bounding-box of the second
else
// blah blah blah
Note that it doesn't actually check if the two /shapes/ intersect, and
especially with circles this could get to be a problem, but at least you now
have Shape objects to work with. :-)
If you need a method to see if two Shapes collide, Mr. Google is your
friend. (e.g.,
http://www.risrani.com/programs/pong/doc-Pong/jPong/PongObject.htmlhttp://www.risrani.com/programs/pong/doc-Pong/jPong/PongObject.html
;-)
Good luck!
- Bibek
> Is there a method to do this that doesn't involve explicitly calculating
> the areas covered by each of my shapes?
>
> I'm guessing the answer is "no," but I'd sure like it to be "yes"!
>
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>
> thanks for everything,
>
> Don Undeen
>
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