Here you can find the source of contains(Rectangle rect1, Rectangle rect2)
true if the first rectangle completely contains the second one.
public static boolean contains(Rectangle rect1, Rectangle rect2)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w ww.j av a 2 s .c om * The utillib library. * More information is available at http://www.jinchess.com/. * Copyright (C) 2002 Alexander Maryanovsky. * All rights reserved. * * The utillib library is free software; you can redistribute * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * The utillib library 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 Lesser * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with utillib library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.awt.Rectangle; public class Main { /** * Returns <code>true</code> if the first rectangle completely contains the * second one. Returns <code>false</code> otherwise. This method is needed * because there is no Rectangle.contains(Rectangle) method in JDK 1.1 * (unlike claimed in the 1.2 documentation). */ public static boolean contains(Rectangle rect1, Rectangle rect2) { return (rect2.x >= rect1.x) && (rect2.y >= rect1.y) && (rect2.x + rect2.width <= rect1.x + rect1.width) && (rect2.y + rect2.height <= rect1.y + rect1.height); } }