Graphics 2D in program

Question

Im new to java and was wondering how id go about using Graphics in a program as apposed to an applet. All of the graphics examples ive seen have been for applets...
I apologize if this is a very obvious and stupid question...

Answer 1

At the level of Graphics, there's nothing different between Applet and "regular" application. Every Component is given a Graphics into which it draws its stuff. Therefore, if you want a graphically oriented application, just subclass Canvas, and draw away, and it doesn't matter whether it's an Applet or not.
BTW, you can make an Applet launchable as a regular application approximately as follows (if you look at Applet's class hierarchy, you find it's just a Panel)
public class B extends java.applet.Applet {
... set up Components for Applet ...
public void init() {
..normal initialization, including Component setup..
public void start() {
..start stuff ...
... implement other Applet methods...
void makeFrame() {
Frame f = new Frame("Title");
f.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
... set up listener to close the Frame properly
f.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
f.add(this, "Center");
... Depending on your application, you might want to
set up a toolbar in another section of the Frame
f.pack();
f.show();
public static void main(String[] args) {
...process args...
B b = new B();
b.init();
b.makeFrame();
b.start();