Rectangle outcode() not working quite right

[john mattucci]

I wrote the following to try to capture if the rect is top bottom right left, however it doesnt work right. If I replace the statements eg lets say for top to code==2 || code ==6 || code ==3 it works fine. Any idea what im doing wrong

code = nodeRect.outcode(currentRect.getX(), currentRect.getY());

if(code & Rectangle.OUT_TOP) != 0 ||
(code & (Rectangle.OUT_RIGHT | Rectangle.OUT_TOP)) != 0 ||
(code & (Rectangle.OUT_LEFT | Rectangle.OUT_TOP) ) != 0)
{
//This means the point is above the rectangle
}
else if(code & Rectangle.OUT_BOTTOM) != 0 ||
(code & (Rectangle.OUT_RIGHT | Rectangle.OUT_BOTTOM) ) != 0 ||
(code & (Rectangle.OUT_LEFT | Rectangle.OUT_BOTTOM) ) != 0 )
{
//This means the point is below the rectangle
}
else if(code & Rectangle.OUT_RIGHT) != 0 )
{
//This means the point is to the right of the rectangle
}
else if(code & Rectangle.OUT_LEFT) != 0 )
{
//This means the point is to the left of the rectangle
}

[Craig Wood]

Try something like this

String s = "UNKNOWN";
int code = rectangle.outcode(p.x, p.y))
if((code & Rectangle.OUT_TOP) == Rectangle.OUT_TOP)
s = "TOP";
if((code & Rectangle.OUT_RIGHT) == Rectangle.OUT_RIGHT)
s = "RIGHT";
if((code & Rectangle.OUT_LEFT) == Rectangle.OUT_LEFT)
s = "LEFT";
if((code & Rectangle.OUT_BOTTOM) == Rectangle.OUT_BOTTOM)
s = "BOTTOM";
System.out.println("direction = " + s);

Here's a page in the tutorial that may be helpful
Shift and Logical Operators