Point findIntersection(Point p1,Point p2, Point p3,Point p4)
{
float xD1,yD1,xD2,yD2,xD3,yD3;
float dot,deg,len1,len2;
float segmentLen1,segmentLen2;
float ua,ub,div;
//calculate differencesxD1=p2.x-p1.x;
xD2=p4.x-p3.x;
yD1=p2.y-p1.y;
yD2=p4.y-p3.y;
xD3=p1.x-p3.x;
yD3=p1.y-p3.y;
// calculate the lengths of the two lines
len1=sqrt(xD1*xD1+yD1*yD1);
len2=sqrt(xD2*xD2+yD2*yD2);
// calculate angle between the two lines.
dot=(xD1*xD2+yD1*yD2); // dot product
deg=dot/(len1*len2);
// if abs(angle)==1 then the lines are parallell,
// so no intersection is possible
if(abs(deg)==1) return null;
// find intersection Pt between two lines
Point pt=new Point(0,0);
div=yD2*xD1-xD2*yD1;
ua=(xD2*yD3-yD2*xD3)/div;
ub=(xD1*yD3-yD1*xD3)/div;
pt.x=p1.x+ua*xD1;
pt.y=p1.y+ua*yD1;
// calculate the combined length of the two segments
// between Pt-p1 and Pt-p2
xD1=pt.x-p1.x;
xD2=pt.x-p2.x;
yD1=pt.y-p1.y;
yD2=pt.y-p2.y;
segmentLen1=sqrt(xD1*xD1+yD1*yD1)+sqrt(xD2*xD2+yD2*yD2);
// calculate the combined length of the two segments
// between Pt-p3 and Pt-p4
xD1=pt.x-p3.x;
xD2=pt.x-p4.x;
yD1=pt.y-p3.y;
yD2=pt.y-p4.y;
segmentLen2=sqrt(xD1*xD1+yD1*yD1)+sqrt(xD2*xD2+yD2*yD2);
// if the lengths of both sets of segments are the same as
// the lenghts of the two lines the point is actually
// on the line segment.
// if the point isn't on the line, return null
if(abs(len1-segmentLen1)>0.01 abs(len2-segmentLen2)>0.01)
return null;
// return the valid intersection
return pt;
}class Point
{
float x,y;
Point(float x, float y)
{ this.x = x; this.y = y; }
void set(float x, float y)
{
this.x = x; this.y = y;
}
}
