Drawing straight lines

Hi,
in my programm I need to draw straight lines(I hope this is the correct translation for an infinit line). Is there a way of doing this?

I just answered my own question.
I checked Illustrator Preferences and under GENERAL: CONSTRAIN ANGLE, mine was set to 0.19 degrees (for reasons unknown).
I changed it to zero and Voila! Who'd have thought this would alter the whole drawing surface?
All I had to do was ask others in order to figure it out myself! Hope this helps anybody else having this bizarre problem.
Vic.

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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