Graphics to Buffered Image

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Hello there.
Ill try to explain this the simplest way possible. Lets say i have a map, and sprites on that map. The map by itself its static, it will only move along as a camera move. Im calling, methods directly in Paint from my applet to draw the map, and draw the sprites. What i am willing to do it, Drawing the map into a separate Graphics or a BufferedImage, so i can draw the map on the final graphics. This would also make i draw the map only once, witch would be good as well, cause actually map drawing is on a loop.
Thanx in advance for any help.
For a better undestanding:
I have a map, and i have sprites, and a window class. Each is drawd by a different class. My Paint method is something similar to this:
public void paint(Graphics g) {
   MapClass.drawMap(g);
   SpriteClass.drawSprites(g);
   WindowClass.drawWindows(g);
}now, this makes me draw the map on the game loop, and if i wanted to move the map around i would have to translate the graphics to move only the map and sprites. However, i belive this could be easyer if i have a separate map for example, and i could use my paint method like this:
public void paint(Graphics g) {
   g.drawImage(MapClass.getMap(), camX, camY, screenX, screenY);
   g.drawImage(SpriteClass.getSprites(),  camX, camY, screenX, screenY);
   WindowClass.drawWindows(g);
}So i could control camera movements easy, and i can save the map into memory so i dont have to draw it over and over again. Ive googled into how to create a buffered image from a graphics but couldnt do it. Lets say i have this method doing the paint ( a simple one )
// class Sprites
public void drawSprites(Graphics g) {
    g.drawImage( sprite, spriteX, spriteY, sizeX, sizeY);
}Now, i would have something like that
public BufferedImage getSprites() {
   Graphics g = new Graphics();
   g.drawImage( sprite, spriteX, spriteY, sizeX, sizeY);
   BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(parms, parms2);
   img = g; // ?
   return img;
}So i could just paint this img on the main graphics, and move it easy, and pheraphs store it in memory.
Thanx for any kind of help.
[]´s Ziden

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