paintComponent does not work if its called by the recursive function?
Solution 1:
*SIMPLE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE LAST UPDATE : *
A quote taken from Filthy Rich Clients by Chet Haase and Romain Guy
It is important to note that repaint requests get “coalesced,” or combined.
So, for example, if you request a repaint and there is already one on the
queue that has not yet been serviced, then the second request is ignored
because your request for a repaint will already be fulfilled by the earlier
request. This behavior is particularly helpful in situations where many
repaint requests are being generated, perhaps by very different situations
and components, and Swing should avoid processing redundant requests and
wasting effort.
Try your hands on this, and ask what is not clear to you :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PointsExample
{
private CustomPanel contentPane;
private Timer timer;
private int x = 1;
private int y = 1;
private ActionListener timerAction = new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
contentPane.set(x, y);
x++;
y++;
if (x == 450)
timer.stop();
}
};
/*
* This is just JFrame, that we be
* using as the Base for our Application.
* Though here we are calling our
* JPanel (CustomPanel), whose
* paintComponent(...) method, we had
* override.
*/
private void createAndDisplayGUI()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Locate Mouse Position");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
contentPane = new CustomPanel();
frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
timer = new Timer(100, timerAction);
timer.start();
}
public static void main(String\u005B\u005D args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new PointsExample().createAndDisplayGUI();
}
});
}
}
class CustomPanel extends JComponent
{
private int x;
private int y;
public void set(int a, int b)
{
x = a;
y = b;
repaint();
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
{
return (new Dimension(500, 500));
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.clearRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
Graphics2D g2 =(Graphics2D) g;
g2.fillOval(x, y, 4, 4);
}
}
Here is the code, that will allow you to have a look at your points while iterating inside a for loop, though this approach is highly discouraged, for many cons associated with it. Though try your hands on this instead of calling repaint() call paintImmediately(int ...) or paintImmediately(Rectangle rect)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PointsExample
{
private CustomPanel contentPane;
private Timer timer;
private int x = 1;
private int y = 1;
/*
* This is just JFrame, that we be
* using as the Base for our Application.
* Though here we are calling our
* JPanel (CustomPanel), whose
* paintComponent(...) method, we had
* override.
*/
private void createAndDisplayGUI()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Locate Mouse Position");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
contentPane = new CustomPanel();
frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
contentPane.set(x, y);
x++;
y++;
if (x == 450)
break;
}
}
public static void main(String\u005B\u005D args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
new PointsExample().createAndDisplayGUI();
}
});
}
}
class CustomPanel extends JComponent
{
private int x;
private int y;
public void set(int a, int b)
{
x = a;
y = b;
paintImmediately(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
{
return (new Dimension(500, 500));
}
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
g.fillOval(x, y, 4, 4);
}
}
Solution 2:
1: first line of paintComponent() should be your super.paintComponent()
2: why are you calling super.repaint(), make it simply repaint()
Your Drow should be like this.
public class drow extends JPanel {
...........
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 =(Graphics2D) g;
}
public void set_list(LinkedList <point> p){
Points =p;
repaint();
}
try with this. i hope this is simply a structure, your paintComponent() isn't drawing anything.
EDIT
public void set_list(LinkedList <point> p){
Points =p;
System.out.println("set_ist");// 1:First this line will be displayed then..
repaint();//2: Then this is called, which in turn calls your `paintComponent()`
}
Now when your paintComponent() is called it has
system.out.println("paintComponent");
//3: so now this will be displayed.
Where is the problem here?
EDIT- SWING TIMER
Your code was ok, but the function processing is way faster than GUI updation, thats why you were unable to see the changes in front of you. The way you were doing, of calling thread.sleep() between function calls to slow down it's call, was not a good approach. For any timing thing's in swing, use swing timer, i changed your code for swing timer.
Using Swing Timer:
public class exampe extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
int x;
int y;
int temp = 0;
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.fillOval(x - 2, y - 2, 4, 4);
}
public void set(int X, int Y) {
x = X;
y = Y;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("TEST");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
exampe ex = new exampe();
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(ex);
frame.getContentPane().add(scroll);
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
Timer PointTimer = new Timer(1000, ex);
PointTimer.setInitialDelay(1000);
PointTimer.start();
System.out.println("started");
}
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// set(rand.nextInt(350), rand.nextInt(350));
set(temp+10,temp+10);
temp=temp+2;
repaint();
}
}