Swing II - Java - page 1013

Display 18.21 Using drawString (part 2 of 3)

37 JButton theButton = new JButton("The Button");

38 theButton.addActionListener( this );

39 buttonPanel.add(theButton, BorderLayout.CENTER);

40 add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

41 }

42 public void paint(Graphics g)

43 {

44 super .paint(g);

45 g.setFont(fontObject);

46 g.setColor(penColor);

47 g.drawString(theText, X_START, Y_START);

48 }

49 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

50 {

51 penColor = Color.RED;

52 fontObject =

53 new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD|Font.ITALIC, POINT_SIZE);

54 theText = "Thank you. I needed that.";

55 repaint();

56 }

57 }

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