draw item

[mark smith]

hi

i would like to draw some entity like powerdesigner, windesign... do
like when an uml program draw class....




what is the best way in java to do that?

thanks

[Michael Dunn]

if the main problem is the connecting lines, try searching for pre-existing code.

there have been several threads in this forum, here's a couple of them.

http://www.coderanch.com/t/344279/Swing-AWT-SWT-JFace/java/Drawing-lines-between-JPanels-JInternalFrames#1512509

http://www.coderanch.com/t/344586/Swing-AWT-SWT-JFace/java/anybody-help#1513588

[mark smith]

Michael Dunn wrote:if the main problem is the connecting lines, try searching for pre-existing code.

there have been several threads in this forum, here's a couple of them.

http://www.coderanch.com/t/344279/Swing-AWT-SWT-JFace/java/Drawing-lines-between-JPanels-JInternalFrames#1512509

http://www.coderanch.com/t/344586/Swing-AWT-SWT-JFace/java/anybody-help#1513588

i would like to know the way who are the more powerfull to draw item ?

[Michael Dunn]

> i would like to know the way who are the more powerfull to draw item ?

not sure what you're asking here.

if it's about the information boxes - they could be JInternalFrames (if you want to drag-resize them),
or they could be JPanels.