Tile collision

Question

Hi all,
I have a sprite climbing a ladder and it works well enough. However the ladder is part of the background and i have the sprite colliding with the back ground in order to enable the sprite to climb. ( eg :- mDiver.collidesWith(mBackground,true) )
Is it possible to have the sprite colliding with the ladder tile rather than the sprite colliding with the entire background?
Any comments or thoughts would be most welcome.
Thank you
private void createBackground(String backgroundImageName) throws IOException
          // Create the tiled layer.
          Image backgroundImage = Image.createImage(backgroundImageName);
          int[] map = {
                    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                    0, 0, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9,
                    0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                    0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
                    10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
          mBackground = new TiledLayer(8, 5, backgroundImage, 48, 48);
          // no. columns, no. rows, image, tileWidth, tileHeight
          mBackground.setPosition(12, 0);    // moved in from left
          for (int i = 0; i < map.length; i++)
               int column = i % 8;
               int row = (i - column) / 8;
               mBackground.setCell(column, row, map);
          mLayerManager.insert(mBackground, 0);
     } // end of createBackground()else if ((keyStates & UP_PRESSED) != 0)
               if(mDiver.collidesWith(mBackground,true))
                    setDirection(kRight);
                    setState(kClimbing);
                    mBackground.move(0, 3);// move scenery left
                    mClimbing = true;
                    mDiver.nextFrame();
               else
                    mClimbing = false;

Answer 1

Look in the API under Graphics2D:
     hit(Rectangle rect, Shape s, boolean onStroke)
          Checks whether or not the specified Shape intersects the specified Rectangle, which is in device space.