Difficulty Rotating Text w/ Java 1.4

Question

I've used the following code to rotate a line of text successfully
using Java 1.3. However, when I run the same code under 1.4, the
text is not rotated. Anyone have any idea why, and some suggestions
for a successful workaround?
Thanks in advance!
Jeff
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class AffineTransformTest extends JPanel
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
AffineTransform af = new AffineTransform();
af.setToRotation(Math.PI/2);
FontRenderContext renderContext = new FontRenderContext(af, false, false);
TextLayout layout = new TextLayout("This text should be rotated 90 degrees from horizontal." , g2d.getFont(), renderContext);
layout.draw(g2d, 100, 50);
public static void main(String [] args)
AffineTransformTest app = new AffineTransformTest();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Affine Transform Test");
frame.getContentPane().add(app);
frame.setSize(300,400);
frame.setVisible(true);
}

Answer 1

Apply both a translation and rotation transform to g2d, leaving the RenderContext transform null and the drawing coordinates 0,0.    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
        AffineTransform af = new AffineTransform();
        af.translate(100.,50.);
        af.rotate(Math.PI / 2);
        FontRenderContext renderContext = new FontRenderContext(null, false, false);
        g2d.transform(af);
        TextLayout layout =
            new TextLayout(
                "This text should be rotated 90 degrees from horizontal.",
                g2d.getFont(),
                renderContext);
        layout.draw(g2d, 0, 0);
    }Note that you can create the FontRenderContext outside of paintComponent since it never changes.