Rotate Graphics object

I need to implement rotation on graphics objects in a project that does NOT used graphics2d. Changing the code so that it does not use Graphics but Graphics2D would take a really long time. Is there a way to cast from one type of object to the other or is there some fast way to convert the code?

I am not sure what you are asking for. Are you saying that the Graphics object that you have been using so far in your project is not an instance of Graphics2D, i.e., if your Graphics object is g then
g instanceof Graphics2D evaluates to false?
I don't even know how to get an such an instance, so in that case I may not be able to help you. All Graphics objects that I have encountered are instances of Graphics2D although references to this object may have been declared as Graphics. If that is also the case for your Graphics object, then all you need to do is to declare a new Graphics2D reference and set it to point to your Graphics object cast into Graphics2D (which is one line of code, which I showed you earlier). Then you could rename all usages of the old reference to the new reference (if you are using an IDE, then chances are that it will have refactoring support that will make this easy).
*Actually, you do not need to rename all usages, only those usages where you call a method that is not in Graphics.*
I don't think you need to convert any of you shapes. I don't understand what you mean by converting shapes to 2D shapes.
Edited by: James_Vagabond on Jan 3, 2008 9:12 AM

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Problem in moving Rotated Shape object

Hi All,
I want to move the rotated shape object based on the mouse movement
m able to move the object which is not rotated, but m facing the problem when i move the rotated object its moving position is not correct . I am expecting to maintain both shape objects movement is same, i mean if i did mouse movement to right rotated object moves upwards and normal object moves towards right insted of moving both r moving towards to right.
Pls help me
the following code is m using to moving the object
The one which in red color is not rotated and the one which is in black color has rotated.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import com.clinapps.LDPConstants;
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          int origin = 0;
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               g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
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               g2.translate(origin, origin);
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Edited by: DoraiRaj on Sep 16, 2009 12:51 PM
Edited by: DoraiRaj on Sep 16, 2009 1:00 PM
Edited by: DoraiRaj on Sep 16, 2009 1:07 PM

Thanks for replay and suggestion morgalr,
I mean MoveRotatedObj1 is MoveRotatedObj only jsut m maintaing a copy on my system like MoveRotatedObj1.
finally i solved my problem like this ,
Is this correct approach m followinig or not pls let me know .
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import com.clinapps.LDPConstants;
public class MoveRotatedObj extends JFrame
public MoveRotatedObj()
JPanel pane = new Dorairaj();
add(pane);
public static void main(String[] args)
MoveRotatedObj f = new MoveRotatedObj();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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f.setLocation(200, 200);
f.setVisible(true);
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   y2 = e.getY();
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   dy = y2 - y1;
   x = x + dx;
   y = y + dy;
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   bottm = dy > 0;
   left = dx < 0;
   right = dx > 0;
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public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
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Painting a SVG file to a Graphics object

I'd like to import a SVG file and paint it's contents on a Graphics object.
Something like this:
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Edited by: KaoroSorane on Aug 25, 2009 9:45 AM
Edited by: KaoroSorane on Aug 25, 2009 11:05 AM

Hi,
Perhaps using ScalableGraphics could help you...
No guarantees 'cause I'm just learning too but here's some pseudo code to play around with:
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B
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How to change font/ font color etc in a graphic object using JCombobox?

Hello
My program im writing recently is a small tiny application which can change fonts, font sizes, font colors and background color of the graphics object containing some strings. Im planning to use Jcomboboxes for all those 4 ideas in implementing those functions. Somehow it doesnt work! Any help would be grateful.
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Another problem is that to set the color of font - i need to use it with a graphics object in the paintcomponent method. In this case i dnt want to create several diff paint.. method with different property settings (font/ size/ color)
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public class main...
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It is the completely correct code
I hope that's what you need
Just put DrawingBoard into JFrame and run
Good luck!
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-Js
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Create your callout. If you will use it often, you can actually grab it and drag it to the desktop for reuse in any Document; it becomes an InDesign Snippet (.inds).
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This is where you want to read up on Anchored Objects. You can highlight and baseline shift the callout (often necessay for anchored objects) , change leading, apply text wrap with standoff (you would select it with the selection tool for this), all of which are way beyond what I have ever tried, but managed it in less than 3 minutes. Basically treat it as a selection of type. The challenges will be line breaks, keep with, gosh knows.
Bob mentioned CS5.5 has more friendly features, which I am not familiar with, and are beyond quick replies.
Work through the above at your discretion, ask more DIRECT questions as needed, and you will get help.

I cant get it to work! NullPointerExeption at first awt.Graphics Object

I am writing a game with AWT having it as an applet. I intend NOT to use anything outside of Java 1.1
For my Game i thought that i ATLEAST need the following classes:
MainGame, Level, Unit.
I Started writing Level. wrote a fewe methods for it such as
drawGras(int grastype) And started to write MainGame to see if they would work together. it's is/is going to be my first Java application where i actually know what object orienting is... I have already wrote a game in Java but with out knowing what a class or what object orienting realy is(the game works rather good to) but this time i wanted to use object orienting but came up with problems =( if first posted in "New to Javaprogramming" but they couldn't help me and advice me here
My previous post: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=54&thread=290558
Here's my code:
import java.awt.*;
public class MainGame extends java.applet.Applet
     implements Runnable {
     Thread runner;
     Image ImgLevel, ImgUnit;
     public MainGame() {
          Level nr1 = new Level();
          nr1.init();
          nr1.setGround(300);
          nr1.drawGras(1);
          nr1.CalcGraphics();
          nr1.drawSky(1);
          Image ImgLevel = nr1.getLevelImage();
     public void paint(Graphics g) {
          g.drawImage(ImgLevel,0,0,this);
     public void update(Graphics g) {
          paint(g);
     public void init() {
          MainGame Game = new MainGame();
     public void stop() {
          runner = null;
          System.exit(1);
     public void start() {
          if(runner == null) {
               runner = new Thread(this);
               runner.start();
     void Pause(int time) {
         try {
             Thread.sleep(time);
         } catch(InterruptedException e) {
           System.out.println(e.toString());
     public void run() {
          Thread thisThread = Thread.currentThread();
               while(thisThread == runner) {
class Level extends java.applet.Applet {
    Font BigText = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 36);
    Font Normal = new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 14);
    Font Bold = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 14);
    Graphics GrLevel;
    int pattern, sky, GroundtoWalk, Ground;
    Color BgColor = new Color(166,202,240);
    Color gras1 = new Color(0,255,0);
    Color gras2 = new Color(0,200,0);
    Color gras3 = new Color(0,100,0);
    Image ImgLevel;
    void setBgColor(int r, int g, int b) {
        BgColor = new Color(r,g,b);
    void CalcGraphics() {
        ImgLevel = createImage(800,600);
        GrLevel = ImgLevel.getGraphics();
    void setGround(int GrounD) {
        Ground = GrounD;
    void GroundToWalkADD(int addToGround) {
        GroundtoWalk = Ground + addToGround;
    void setGroundToWalk(int GrToWalk) {
        GroundtoWalk = GrToWalk;
    public void init() {
          System.out.println("Init 1"); // This was placed here when i was checking how far it got when debuging
          CalcGraphics();
          System.out.println("Init 2");
          drawGras(1);
          System.out.println("Init 3");
          repaint();
          System.out.println("Init 4");
    Image getLevelImage() {
        return ImgLevel;
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
          g.drawImage(ImgLevel,0,0,this);
    public void update(Graphics g) {
        paint(g);
    void drawGras(int pt) {
     GrLevel.setColor(BgColor);
     GrLevel.fillRect(0,0,800,600);
     switch(pt) {
          case 1:
               GrLevel.setColor(gras1);
               GrLevel.fillRect(0,GroundtoWalk,800,300);
               GrLevel.setClip(0,GroundtoWalk,800,300);
               for(int i = 0; 890>i;i=i+5) {
                    GrLevel.setColor(gras2);
                    GrLevel.drawLine(0+i,GroundtoWalk,-190+i,GroundtoWalk+300);
               for(int i=950; 0<i; i=i-5) {
                    GrLevel.setColor(gras3);
                    GrLevel.drawLine(890-i,GroundtoWalk,1000-i,GroundtoWalk+300);
          break;
          case 2:
               GrLevel.setColor(gras2);
               GrLevel.fillRect(0,GroundtoWalk+5,800,300);
               for(int i = 0; 890>i;i=i+5) {
                    GrLevel.setColor(gras3);
                    GrLevel.drawLine(0+i,GroundtoWalk,-190+i,GroundtoWalk+300);
               for(int i=950; 0<i; i=i-5) {
                    GrLevel.setColor(gras1);
                    GrLevel.drawLine(890-i,GroundtoWalk,1000-i,GroundtoWalk+300);
          break;
          case 3:
               GrLevel.setColor(gras3);
               GrLevel.fillRect(0,GroundtoWalk+10,800,300);
               for(int i = 0; 800>i; i=i+20) {
                    GrLevel.fillArc(0+i,GroundtoWalk,20,20,180,-180);
          break;
     pattern = pt;
    int getGrasPattern() {
         return pattern;
    void drawSky(int cl) {
            GrLevel.setColor(BgColor);
            GrLevel.fillRect(0,0,800,155);
            switch(cl) {
                case 1:
               for(int y = 0;y<7;y++) {
               for(int x = 0;x<800;x=x+20) {
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.white);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20,20,20,180,180);
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.red);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20+4,20,20,180,180);
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.yellow);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20+2,20,20,180,180);
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.green);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20+8,20,20,180,180);
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.blue);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20+12,20,20,180,180);
                            GrLevel.setColor(Color.pink);
                            GrLevel.drawArc(x,y*20+16,20,20,180,180);
          break;
          case 2:
                    GrLevel.setColor(Color.gray);
          break;
     sky = cl;
     GrLevel.setFont(BigText);
     GrLevel.setColor(Color.black);
     GrLevel.fillRect(0,0,800,50);
     GrLevel.setColor(Color.white);
     GrLevel.drawString("Score Tabel - comming someday",((size().width)/2)-260, 40);
    int getSkyTyp() {
         return sky;
}I tested running the code of class Level by puting it into Level.java and compiled it...ran it with appletviewer and it worked as it was intended to.
But when i compiled it with MainGame... and in the HTML started MainGame.class,.....applet didn't intializeand i got the following error messege:
Init 1
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at Level.CalcGraphics(MainGame.java:84)
        at MainGame.<init>(MainGame.java:11)Line 82: void CalcGraphics() {
Line 83: ImgLevel = createImage(800,600);
Line 84: GrLevel = ImgLevel.getGraphics(); // The First awt.Graphics object
Line 85: }
Line 9:      public MainGame() {
Line 10:     Level nr1 = new Level();
Line 11:     nr1.CalcGraphics(); // calling the method above -> same error first awt.Graphics Object.
If i change it os that "drawGras" comes first it's first awt.Graphics Line will show the same error
Hope some one can and will help me

As per the documentation of
java.awt.Component.createImage(int,int):
Creates an off-screen drawable image to be used for
double buffering.
Parameters:
width - the specified width
height - the specified height
Returns:
an off-screen drawable image, which can be used for
double buffering. The return value may be null if the
component is not displayable. This will always happen
if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.
Since:
JDK1.0 its not
ImgLevel = createImage(800,600); that's making the problem but The first awt.Graphics Object in class Level, no mather which on it is =((
>
The key part is '...may be null if the component is
not displayable.'
You should put your graphics initialization code in
start(), which will be called when your applet is
ready to go. Before then, your applet is not
displayable. (Also, remember to dispose() your
graphics in your stop() method, if not sooner.)for the part writen above...I'll try to change it like you are saying.
Thanx for your help!

Is there a way to initialize a Graphics object (indirectly)?

Hi,
I've a problem with Graphics Abstract class;
how must I do to initialize a Graphics object?
I must execute this code:
Graphics gr;
gr.drawString("Image",30,0);
gr.drawString("not",30,30);
gr.drawString("Found",30,60);
image.paintIcon(null,gr,0,0);
the compiler returns my the error:
"gr not initialized"
How can I do to initialize this last?
Thank.

Infact with
gr=null;
i've a null pointer exception;
but I've also try
jLabel2.setText("Prova");
Graphics gr = jLabel2.getGraphics();
gr.drawString("Image",30,0);
gr.drawString("not",30,30);
gr.drawString("Found",30,60);
image.paintIcon(this,gr,0,0);
jLabel3.setIcon(image);
and I've always a null pointer exception.
Why?
Thank.

How must I initialize a graphics object?

Hi,
I've a problem with Graphics Abstract class;
how must I do to initialize a Graphics object?
I must execute this code:
Graphics gr;
gr.drawString("Image",30,0);
gr.drawString("not",30,30);
gr.drawString("Found",30,60);
image.paintIcon(null,gr,0,0);
the compiler returns my the error:
"gr not initialized"
How can I do to initialize this last?
Thank.

Or you can call getGraphics() on any Component, but most likely you will do any graphics in the paint method as tjacobs said.

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