Not able to compile this piece of code

Hi, i am not able to compile this piece of code.what s the issue? Is it that it is not having the main method?

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

class MyDrawPanel extends JPanel{

public void paintComponent( Graphics g){
g.setColor(Color.orange);
g.fillRect(20,50,100,1000);
}
}

sorry its working

oops the issue is that I am not able to run this piece code after successful compilation.Error coming is
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

Is it because of the main body is missing?

Hi Rakhee,

Well if it said NoSuchMethodException thats exactly what it misses, the main() method. The snippet will compile but you wont be able to execute it unless it has the public static void main(String arg[]) {} method.

Cheers,
Raj.

well then i tried putting this code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

class MyDrawPanel extends JPanel{

public static void main (String[] args){
MyDrawPanel mydrawpanel = new MyDrawPanel();
mydrawpanel.paintComponent();
}

public void paintComponent( Graphics g){
g.setColor(Color.orange);
g.fillRect(20,50,100,1000);
}
}

but this code is not even compiling.
error thrown is :

MyDrawPanel.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : method paintComponent()
location: class MyDrawPanel
mydrawpanel.paintComponent();

Hey,

You don't have a paintComponent() method declared for MyDrawPanel. The one you have expects a Graphics object as argument.

Cheers,
Raj.
[ May 15, 2008: Message edited by: Raj Kamal ]

Well compiler compains correctly
Have a look at your error message

MyDrawPanel.java:8: cannot find symbol symbol : method paintComponent() location: class MyDrawPanel mydrawpanel.paintComponent();[/QB][/quote]

You don't have paintComponent() method in your MyDrawPanel class.
You have only paintComponent(Graphics g) defined in your class.

ok got it...then how to run this program.I am not able to do this.please help me out

Hi,

Find JPanel tutorial and sample code => Here

Cheers,
Raj.
[ May 15, 2008: Message edited by: Raj Kamal ]

You also need to choose a top-level container to add your panel to, otherwise you will never see it. Most popular type of top-level container would be a JFrame. You need to go through the whole of the Swing Tutorial which you quoted earlier.