Here you can find the source of intersect(Shape shape1, Shape shape2)
public static Area intersect(Shape shape1, Shape shape2)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w.j a va 2 s . c om * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur. * * This file is part of ICY. * * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.Shape; import java.awt.geom.Area; public class Main { /** * Intersect 2 shapes and return result in an {@link Area} type shape. */ public static Area intersect(Shape shape1, Shape shape2) { final Area result = new Area(shape1); result.intersect(new Area(shape2)); return result; } }