/**
* Takes a point and the corners of a rectangle and returns the two corners representing the side
* of the rectangle closest to the point.
*
* @param point the point which is being checked
* @param corners the corners of the rectangle
* @return two corners representing the side of the rectangle
*/
public static float[] closestSide(float[] point, float[] corners) {
int len = corners.length;
float oldMag = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
float[] bestLine = null;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
float[] line = {
corners[i], corners[(i + 1) % len],
corners[(i + 2) % len], corners[(i + 3) % len]
};
float mag =
GeometryMathUtils.vectorLength(
GeometryMathUtils.shortestVectorFromPointToLine(point, line));
if (mag < oldMag) {
oldMag = mag;
bestLine = line;
}
}
return bestLine;
}
