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Question

Hello, This code is copied from a Sun tutorial and I am getting a compiler error that states that
init:
deps-jar:
Compiling 1 source file to C:\271\SwingPaintDemo1\build\classes
C:\271\SwingPaintDemo1\src\SwingPaintDemo1.java:67: addMouseMotionListener(java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener) in java.awt.Component cannot be applied to (<anonymous java.awt.event.MouseAdapter>)
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
1 error
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)
Here is the code: Can someone help please?
* SwingPaintDemo1.java
* Created on October 8, 2007, 8:07 AM
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package painting;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter;
public class SwingPaintDemo1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        System.out.println("Created GUI on EDT? "+
        SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread());
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Swing Paint Demo");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.add(new MyPanel());
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);
class MyPanel extends JPanel {
    private int squareX = 50;
    private int squareY = 50;
    private int squareW = 20;
    private int squareH = 20;
    public MyPanel() {
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
        addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                moveSquare(e.getX(),e.getY());
        addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
                moveSquare(e.getX(),e.getY());
    private void moveSquare(int x, int y) {
        int OFFSET = 1;
        if ((squareX!=x) || (squareY!=y)) {
            repaint(squareX,squareY,squareW+OFFSET,squareH+OFFSET);
            squareX=x;
            squareY=y;
            repaint(squareX,squareY,squareW+OFFSET,squareH+OFFSET);
    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
        return new Dimension(250,200);
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);      
        g.drawString("This is my custom Panel!",10,20);
        g.setColor(Color.RED);
        g.fillRect(squareX,squareY,squareW,squareH);
        g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
        g.drawRect(squareX,squareY,squareW,squareH);
}

Answer 1

Use
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter()