I want to draw a line in java in eclipse. I made this code but I am getting error in line : paint2d.add(paintComponent());
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Game extends JPanel {
public void paintComponent (Graphics2D g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.drawLine(30, 40, 80, 100);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(400, 420);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Game paint2d = new Game();
paint2d.add(paintComponent()); // The method paintComponent(Graphics2D) in the type Game is not applicable for the arguments ()
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
How to fix that error?
Is my code suitable for the purpose of drawing a line?
Thanks.
You're not overriding the method correctly. The argument to paintComponent
is of type Graphics
, not Graphics2D
, but you can cast to Graphics2D
. Also you need to add the Game
panel to the frame as a content pane:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Game extends JPanel
{
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g2.drawLine(30, 40, 80, 100);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(400, 420);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Game game = new Game();
frame.setContentPane(game);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.invalidate();
}
}