Custom object to paint

Question

hi ,
i need to paint a special object on canvas. this object must look like rectangle with some text or image inside . i looked in Graphics class but didn't find what i want.
how can i specify this object?
thank you in advance

Answer 1

Hi Hans,
In order to successfully round-trip MessageItems which are strongly-typed
classes, you need to call MessageItem.registerBodyClass(PlayerData) - call
this just once as the session synchronizes, and it will remember that this
class should be preserved. If PlayerData contains any other classes (other
than the plain player classes like String, etc), then register those as
well.
However, this really only works when the class you've registered is at the
top level of what you're sending - we don't introspect your objects to see
if one of the registered classes is contained inside what you're sending.
So, to make this work, I'd recommend adding "userId" as a property inside
PlayerData, and sending a PlayerData object :
PlayerDataCollection.addItem(playerData); // playerData has userID inside of
it.
On a semi-related note, I wonder somewhat if a customUserField might not be
a better place to store player data? In this way, your custom playerData can
be attached right to the UserDescriptor of each user - it will be removed
when the player leaves, etc. Might be less management work for you. See
UserManager.registerCustomUserField() and UserManager.setCustomUserField()
in the API reference for more. The same registerBodyClass rules apply there.
  hope that helps.
   nigel