repaint() method problem

[kedar parundekar]

/*Code: */
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Demoswing extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
JButton b1,b2;
String str;
Demoswing()
{
str="";
b1=new JButton("Rect");
b2=new JButton("Circ");

Container cp= getContentPane();
cp.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
b1.addActionListener(this);
b2.addActionListener(this);
cp.add(b1);
cp.add(b2);

}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
if(ae.getSource()==b1)
{
str="Rectangle";

}
if(ae.getSource()==b2)
{
str="Circle";
}
repaint();

}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
g.drawString(str,50,50);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Demoswing obj=new Demoswing();
obj.setSize(100,100);
obj.show();

}
}

Q : when I press "Rect" button then it displaying "Rectangle" String at 50,50 position & then if I press "Circ" button then it displaying "Circle" String at same position but overwritting on "Rectangle" string.
My question is how to clear "Rectangle" String first & then display "Circle" string on same position.

[Michael Dunn]

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
super.paint(g);//<------------------------
g.drawString(str,50,50);
}

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Originally posted by Michael Dunn:

super.paint(g);//<------------------------

Close, although really not the best solution. You shouldn't override paint(), but rather paintComponent(); and when you do, you should call super.paintComponent() first. Overriding paint() in a Swing component just makes a mess of things.

[Michael Dunn]

didn't realize JFrame had a paintComponent()

[memati bas]

Try to use the following method to cear all the Frame screen:
clearRect(int x, int y, int width, int height)

[memati bas]

Oh, sorry for forgetting the tell the class that the above method belongs to.
It is kept in Graphics class.

[memati bas]

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:


Close, although really not the best solution. You shouldn't override paint(), but rather paintComponent(); and when you do, you should call super.paintComponent() first. Overriding paint() in a Swing component just makes a mess of things.

I think he is correct by suggesting paint method for drawing.
Because, I know that paintComponent(Graphics g) should be used for Java Swing components, not containers. If you draw something on JPanel or JDialog, use paintComponent(Graphics g), otherwise use paint(Graphics g).

[memati bas]

Sorry I said that JDialog has paintComponent(Graphics g) method but it does not have.
Only, JPanel has paintComponent(Graphics g) method

[memati bas]

Sorry, I mean that the only familiar one is JPanel

The others;

AbstractButton, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane, Box, Box.Filler, JColorChooser, JComboBox, JFileChooser, JInternalFrame, JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon, JLabel, JLayeredPane, JList, JMenuBar, JOptionPane, JPanel, JPopupMenu, JProgressBar, JRootPane, JScrollBar, JScrollPane, JSeparator, JSlider, JSpinner, JSplitPane, JTabbedPane, JTable, JTableHeader, JTextComponent, JToolBar, JToolTip, JTree, JViewport