Elements in JPanel not painting when positioned absolutely

Question

I am designing a superclass that extends JPanel which will have methods like addTextField(int x, int y, int w, int h). Basically it just creates the named component at the given coordinates, positioned absolutely on the panel.
Here's the important snipits of my code... but nothing shows up on the window when I run the applet that uses these panels. It's just blank. Can anyone tell me why?
public class MinionsGCPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener, ListSelectionListener
<snip>
     // Constructor
     public MinionsGCPanel(MinionsGC svr){
          super();
          server = svr;
          setLayout(null);
          setSize(800, 600);
          setVisible(true);
          components = new ArrayList<Component>();
     // Add a component
     protected void add(Component com, int x, int y, int w, int h){
          com.setBounds(x, y, w, h);
          components.add(com);
     // Add a label
     protected MLabel addLabel(int x, int y, int w, int h, String text){
          MLabel l = new MLabel(text);
          add(l, x, y, w, h);
          return l;
<snip>
     // Repaint
     public void paint(Graphics g){
          super.paint(g);
          Iterator it = components.iterator();
          while(it.hasNext()){
               Component c = (Component) it.next();
               c.repaint();
}Edited by: L4E_WakaMol-King on Oct 29, 2007 10:23 PM

Answer 1

Here's an actual instance of a subclass of that class:
public class LoginPanel extends MinionsGCPanel
<snip>
     // Constructor
     public LoginPanel(MinionsGC svr){
          super(svr);
     // Draw GUI
     public void refresh(){
          super.refresh();
          username = addTextField(50, 50, 200, 20);
          password = addPasswordField(50, 80, 200, 20);
          loginButton = addButton(50, 110, 100, 20, "Login");
<snip>
}And the applet itself:
public class MinionsGC extends JApplet
<snip>
     // Prompt for login
     public void dologin(){
          switchPanels(loginPanel);
<snip>
     // Load Panels
     public void loadPanels(){
          loginPanel = new LoginPanel(this);
          chatPanel = new ChatPanel(this);
          logoffPanel = new LogoffPanel(this);
<snip>
     // Switch panels
     public void switchPanels(MinionsGCPanel p){
          p.refresh();
          setContentPane(p);
          currentPanel = p;
          validate();
<snip>
}Edited by: L4E_WakaMol-King on Oct 30, 2007 8:52 AM