Drawing with paintComponent(Graphics g) problem?

Question

hey, i just recently learnt from a response to previous posts not to put logic type stuff like if statements in the paintComponent method, but how do i get around the issue of drawing something different based on a boolean expression?
i want to be able to do something like,
paintComponent(Graphics g) {
      if(drawCircle == true) {
          g.drawCircle(....)
     }else{
          g.drawRectangle(......)
}Yes, i know i shouldn't do that as i said i've been told NEVER to do this, but how do i work around this issue?
thanks

Answer 1

hey, i just recently learnt from a response to previous posts not to put logic type stuff like if statements in the paintComponent method, but how do i get around the issue of drawing something different based on a boolean expression?If you refer to that [my reply in your former thread|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10929900#10929900] , note that I warned you against putting business logic (+if (player.hasCollectedAllDiamonds()&&timer.hasNotTimedOut()&&allEnnemies.areDead()) { game.setState(FINISHED);}+) into your paintComponent(...) method, I didn't ask you to ban logic altogether (+if (player.hasCollectedAllDiamonds()) { Graphics.setColor(Color.GREEN); }+)
EDIT: Oh, how pretentious I was; obviously you merely refer to [this Encephalopathic's post|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10929668#10929668], who warns against program logic in paint code; same misunderstanding though, he certainly only meant that the paintXXx's job is not to determine whether the game is over, only to render the game state (whichever it is, it has been determined somewhere else, not in painting code).