How can I rotate a Rectangle?

Question

I'm attempting to rotate a Rectangle (the Java class) created with

Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(x, y, width, height);

I cannot appear to find anything in the API for it. If I google "Java rotate a rectangle", then I can only find threads telling me how to draw it rotated, and not just rotate the object.

Answer 1

AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(angle).createTransformedShape(rect) creates a Shape representing the rotated rectangle. (It can't return another Rectangle because Rectangle expects to just be straight along the x/y axes.)