Painting area between two nested arcs ?

Question

Hi,
Is there anyone that can provide a solution for this problem ?
Can't use a loop drawing smaller arcs since I need to paint the area with a gradient.
I tried to append the inner arc to a GeneralPath derived from the outer arc but
It doesn't work.
This was my attempt :
Arc2D.Float arc2D = new Arc2D.Float(20.0f, 20.0f, 160.0f, 160.0f, 0.0f, 180.0f, Arc2D.CHORD);
GeneralPath generalPath = new GeneralPath(arc2D);
generalPath.setWindingRule(GeneralPath.WIND_EVEN_ODD);
arc2D.x += 20;
arc2D.y += 20;
arc2D.width -= 20 << 1;
arc2D.height -= 20 << 1;
generalPath.append(arc2D, true); // true or false
graphics2D.setPaint(gradient);
graphics2D.fill(generalPath);thanks in advance
Lucio

Answer 1

Stupidity ? well yes
Here's the solution :
Arc2D.Float arc2D = new Arc2D.Float(20.0f, 20.0f, 160.0f, 160.0f, 0.0f, 180.0f, Arc2D.CHORD);
GeneralPath generalPath = new GeneralPath(arc2D);
generalPath.setWindingRule(GeneralPath.WIND_EVEN_ODD);
arc2D.x += 20;
arc2D.y += 10;
arc2D.width -= 20 << 1;
arc2D.height -= 20 << 1;
generalPath.append(arc2D, false);
graphics2D.setPaint(gradient);
graphics2D.fill(generalPath);