Re: paint program

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:00:42 -0700

John Davison wrote:

/ ...

> I'm guessing that Java probably doesn't keep track of the color of each
> pixel of each component. It probably just says "draw whatever" and then
> the underlying OS takes care of the pixels. (Someone correct me if I am
> wrong here.)

You're wrong here.
 
> But you *can* draw to an image, then draw the image onto a component.

And you can "draw" directly onto a component, using that component's paint()
method. This is the most efficient way to address the original problem. 

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

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