Didn't see a Java implementation here, so I translated the Javascript function from the accepted answer to Java code:
static double sqr(double x) {
return x * x;
}
static double dist2(DoublePoint v, DoublePoint w) {
return sqr(v.x - w.x) + sqr(v.y - w.y);
}
static double distToSegmentSquared(DoublePoint p, DoublePoint v, DoublePoint w) {
double l2 = dist2(v, w);
if (l2 == 0) return dist2(p, v);
double t = ((p.x - v.x) * (w.x - v.x) + (p.y - v.y) * (w.y - v.y)) / l2;
if (t < 0) return dist2(p, v);
if (t > 1) return dist2(p, w);
return dist2(p, new DoublePoint(
v.x + t * (w.x - v.x),
v.y + t * (w.y - v.y)
));
}
static double distToSegment(DoublePoint p, DoublePoint v, DoublePoint w) {
return Math.sqrt(distToSegmentSquared(p, v, w));
}
static class DoublePoint {
public double x;
public double y;
public DoublePoint(double x, double y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
}