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+/*
+ *    This file is part of the Distant Horizons mod (formerly the LOD Mod),
+ *    licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License.
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2020-2022  James Seibel
+ *
+ *    This program 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, version 3.
+ *
+ *    This program 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 this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package tests;
+
+import com.seibel.lod.core.logging.DhLoggerBuilder;
+import com.seibel.lod.core.pos.DhLodPos;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SquareIntersectTest
+{
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = DhLoggerBuilder.getLogger();
+	
+	static
+	{
+		Configurator.setRootLevel(Level.ALL);
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	public static boolean DoSquaresOverlap(DhLodPos rect1Min, int rect1Width, DhLodPos rect2Min, int rect2Width)
+	{
+		// Determine the coordinates of the rectangles
+		float rect1MinX = rect1Min.x;
+		float rect1MaxX = rect1Min.x + rect1Width;
+		float rect1MinZ = rect1Min.z;
+		float rect1MaxZ = rect1Min.z + rect1Width;
+		
+		float rect2MinX = rect2Min.x;
+		float rect2MaxX = rect2Min.x + rect2Width;
+		float rect2MinZ = rect2Min.z;
+		float rect2MaxZ = rect2Min.z + rect2Width;
+		
+		// Check if the rectangles overlap
+		return rect1MinX < rect2MaxX && rect1MaxX > rect2MinX && rect1MinZ < rect2MaxZ && rect1MaxZ > rect2MinZ;
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	// The first test case checks that two overlapping rectangles are detected as overlapping.
+	@Test
+	public void TestOverlappingSquares()
+	{
+		DhLodPos rect1Min = new DhLodPos((byte) 0, 1, 1);
+		int rect1Width = 4;
+		
+		DhLodPos rect2Min = new DhLodPos((byte) 0, 3, 3);
+		int rect2Width = 4;
+		
+		boolean result = DoSquaresOverlap(rect1Min, rect1Width, rect2Min, rect2Width);
+		Assert.assertTrue(result);
+	}
+	
+	// The second test case checks that two non-overlapping rectangles are detected as not overlapping.
+	@Test
+	public void TestNonOverlappingSquares()
+	{
+		DhLodPos rect1Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 1, 1);
+		int rect1Width = 2;
+		
+		DhLodPos rect2Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 4, 4);
+		int rect2Width = 2;
+		
+		boolean result = DoSquaresOverlap(rect1Min, rect1Width, rect2Min, rect2Width);
+		Assert.assertFalse(result);
+	}
+		
+	// The third test case checks that two rectangles with different sizes and overlapping are detected as overlapping.
+	@Test
+	public void TestSquaresWithDifferentSizes()
+	{
+		DhLodPos rect1Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 1, 1);
+		int rect1Width = 4;
+		
+		DhLodPos rect2Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 3, 3);
+		int rect2Width = 3;
+		
+		boolean result = DoSquaresOverlap(rect1Min, rect1Width, rect2Min, rect2Width);
+		Assert.assertTrue(result);
+	}
+	
+	// The fourth test case checks that a rectangle that contains another rectangle is detected as overlapping.
+	@Test
+	public void TestOneRectangleContainsTheOther()
+	{
+		DhLodPos rect1Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 1, 1);
+		int rect1Width = 9;
+		
+		DhLodPos rect2Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 3, 3);
+		int rect2Width = 3;
+		
+		boolean result = DoSquaresOverlap(rect1Min, rect1Width, rect2Min, rect2Width);
+		Assert.assertTrue(result);
+	}
+	
+	// The fifth test case checks that the same as the fourth, but with the rectangles swapped to make sure the method can detect overlapping in any configuration.
+	@Test
+	public void TestOneRectangleContainsTheOtherInverted()
+	{
+		DhLodPos rect1Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 3, 3);
+		int rect1Width = 3;
+		
+		DhLodPos rect2Min = new DhLodPos((byte)0, 1, 1);
+		int rect2Width = 9;
+		
+		boolean result = DoSquaresOverlap(rect1Min, rect1Width, rect2Min, rect2Width);
+		Assert.assertTrue(result);
+	}
+	
+}