Using text in a GUI without using .swing classes

Question

In a Java application, is there any way to create a text object that can be positioned in a GUI like an ImageIcon (using a class from the standard Java API)? For example, when using ImageIcon, you feed the x and y-coordinates, whereas with .swing, you'd have to create a new panel, position the panel, and re-position the panel using BorderLayout.(direction).
Ex. (with ImageIcon, you'd place it like so):
//construct ImageIcon w/ URL
ImageIcon myImage = new ImageIcon(new URL("http://..."));
//x and y are pixels to the right and to the bottom from the top left corner
myImage.paintIcon( (Component), (Graphics), x, y);
//I'm looking for one that does the same, like this (without using an image, preferrably), TextMessage is what the class might be:
TextMessage myText = new TextMessage("Here is some string to print out");
myText.printText( (Component), (Graphics), x, y)

Answer 1

or you can paint a string, like this
public void paint(Graphics g) {
     super.paint(g);
     g.drawString("Hello World!", x,y);  // replace x, y with your own coordinates
}hope that helps