Seperating Graphics from code on Swing application

1)I want to draw simple graphics like rectangles, curves, lines, images etc on top of my swing application. I would like to separate the graphic representation from the code to an external file like XML,XAML , SVG etc.. All these graphics should be editable(i.e. scaling, translating the position, changing font, color etc) . Please let me know the possible technologies?
2)Also is it possible to use HTML5 canvas component oj java swing.
JButton button = new JButton("<html><canvas>...</canvas></html>")
is this possible?.It is not working for me, if it is possible am i missing out something?

Hi,
Thanks for your reply!
I went through the link you provided. This is exactly how my application draws graphics now. But my problem is one of my shape will be a rectagle with circle, another will be rectangle with image.So i have to write seperate classes to draw each of these shapes. My idea is to avoid creating seperate classes but an external file will define all the graphics components and library should be smart enough to identify the drawings required and paint it on my swing components. I am in search for a library or a java feature that can do this. Please help!
Regards,
Anjana

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