Cannot See Components Added To JComponent

Question

Hi,
It seems that components added to direct descendents of JComponent are not visible. Please see the following pseudocode:
// In the following b is NOT visible:
class MyComponent extends JComponent{}
b = JButton("OK")
p = MyComponent()
p.add(b)
f = JFrame()
f.contentPane.add(p)
f.show()
// In the following b IS visible:
b = JButton("OK")
p = JPanel()
p.add(b)
f = JFrame()
f.contentPane.add(p)
f.show()
How does one make JComponent-added components visible?
Thanx
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Answer 1

Components and Containers are a bit different. Try calling paintChildren on your custom component like this:
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
   ...//do what you need to
   paintChildren(g);