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java.lang.Object | +--java.awt.Component | +--java.awt.Canvas
A Canvas
component represents a blank rectangular
area of the screen onto which the application can draw or from
which the application can trap input events from the user.
An application must subclass the Canvas
class in
order to get useful functionality such as creating a custom
component. The paint
method must be overridden
in order to perform custom graphics on the canvas.
Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component |
BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT,
CENTER_ALIGNMENT,
LEFT_ALIGNMENT,
RIGHT_ALIGNMENT,
TOP_ALIGNMENT |
Constructor Summary | |
Canvas()
Constructs a new Canvas. |
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Canvas(GraphicsConfiguration config)
Constructs a new Canvas given a GraphicsConfiguration object. |
Method Summary | |
void |
addNotify()
Creates the peer of the canvas. |
void |
paint(Graphics g)
This method is called to repaint this canvas. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone,
equals,
finalize,
getClass,
hashCode,
notify,
notifyAll,
wait,
wait,
wait |
Constructor Detail |
public Canvas()
public Canvas(GraphicsConfiguration config)
config
- a reference to a GraphicsConfiguration object.GraphicsConfiguration
Method Detail |
public void addNotify()
public void paint(Graphics g)
Canvas
should override this method in
order to perform some useful operation.
The paint
method provided by Canvas
redraws this canvas's rectangle in the background color.
The graphics context's origin (0, 0) is the top-left corner of this canvas. Its clipping region is the area of the context.
g
- the graphics context.Graphics
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