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Adding Start, Stop, Reset button to simple java game

I am a new coder. I am having trouble adding a start and stop button for this piece of example code that i am working off. I'm sure i have to mess with with Thread.sleep(10); in the game class. This code starts the game when the program is run. is there a way i could add start button to start the thread. I have created j button already. Thanks.
Game Class
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Game extends JPanel {
Ball ball = new Ball(this);
Racquet racquet = new Racquet(this);
public Game() {
addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
racquet.keyReleased(e);
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
racquet.keyPressed(e);
}
});
setFocusable(true);
}
private void move() {
ball.move();
racquet.move();
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
ball.paint(g2d);
racquet.paint(g2d);
}
public void gameOver() {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Game Over", "Game Over", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
System.exit(ABORT);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Mini Tennis");
Game game = new Game();
frame.add(game);
frame.setSize(300, 400);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
while (true) {
game.move();
game.repaint();
Thread.sleep(10);
}
}
}
Ball Class
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
public class Ball {
private static final int DIAMETER = 30;
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int xa = 1;
int ya = 1;
private Game game;
public Ball(Game game) {
this.game= game;
}
void move() {
if (x + xa < 0)
xa = 1;
if (x + xa > game.getWidth() - DIAMETER)
xa = -1;
if (y + ya < 0)
ya = 1;
if (y + ya > game.getHeight() - DIAMETER)
game.gameOver();
if (collision()){
ya = -1;
y = game.racquet.getTopY() - DIAMETER;
}
x = x + xa;
y = y + ya;
}
private boolean collision() {
return game.racquet.getBounds().intersects(getBounds());
}
public void paint(Graphics2D g) {
g.fillOval(x, y, DIAMETER, DIAMETER);
}
public Rectangle getBounds() {
return new Rectangle(x, y, DIAMETER, DIAMETER);
}
}
Racquet Class
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
public class Racquet {
private static final int Y = 330;
private static final int WIDTH = 60;
private static final int HEIGHT = 10;
int x = 0;
int xa = 0;
private Game game;
public Racquet(Game game) {
this.game = game;
}
public void move() {
if (x + xa > 0 && x + xa < game.getWidth() - WIDTH)
x = x + xa;
}
public void paint(Graphics2D g) {
g.fillRect(x, Y, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
xa = 0;
}
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT)
xa = -1;
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT)
xa = 1;
}
public Rectangle getBounds() {
return new Rectangle(x, Y, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
}
public int getTopY() {
return Y;
}
}

This is an mcve demonstrating the structure outlined in Hovercraft Full Of Eels comment :
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Area;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class AnimationUsingTimer {
private Timer timer;
AnimationUsingTimer() {
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
AnimationPanel animationPanel = new AnimationPanel();
window.add(animationPanel);
JButton start = new JButton("Start");
start.addActionListener(e -> animationPanel.start());
window.add(start, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
JButton stop = new JButton("Stop");
stop.addActionListener(e -> animationPanel.stop());
window.add(stop, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
window.pack();
window.setVisible(true);
}
class AnimationPanel extends JPanel{
private BufferedImage img;
private Area ball, walls;
private final static int W = 450, H = 300, DIAMETER = 20;
private int x = W/2, y = H/2, xDelta = 3, yDelta = 2;
AnimationPanel() {
img = new BufferedImage(W, H, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
JLabel imageLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(img));
add(imageLabel);
walls = new Area(new Rectangle(0,0,W,H));
ActionListener animate = e -> {
animate();
repaint();
};
timer = new Timer(50, animate);
}
public void animate() {
x+=xDelta; y+=yDelta;
ball = new Area(new Ellipse2D.Double(x, y, DIAMETER, DIAMETER));
if (checkCollision(ball,walls)) {
if ( x+DIAMETER>img.getWidth() || x<0 ) {
xDelta *= -1;
}
if(y+DIAMETER>img.getHeight() || y<0 ) {
yDelta *= -1;
}
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2D = img.createGraphics();
g2D.setRenderingHint(
RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2D.setColor(Color.CYAN);
g2D.fillRect(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
if(ball != null){
g2D.setColor(Color.RED);
g2D.fill(ball);
}
g2D.dispose();
}
void start(){
timer.start();
}
void stop(){
timer.stop();
}
private boolean checkCollision(Area area1, Area area2) {
return area1.getBounds().intersects(area2.getBounds());
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> new AnimationUsingTimer());
}
}

Laying grids above images

What I have implemented till now in java is ask the user to upload an image from the directory. My next step is that when the image is loaded a grid is placed above that image just for visual purpose so that the image gets divided in a, say 10 x 10 grids. How do I implement this stuff? Here's what I have implemented till now.
JFileChooser choose=new JFileChooser();
choose.showOpenDialog(null);
File f=choose.getSelectedFile();
String filename=f.getAbsolutePath();
path.setText(filename);
BufferedImage img;
try {
img=ImageIO.read(f);
Image dimg = img.getScaledInstance(500,500,Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(dimg);
image_label.setIcon(imageIcon);
}
catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}

paint the image in a panel
protected void paintComponent(Grapchics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
}
Then based on the the number of cells you want, say 10x10, just draw 100 cells (drawRect()) over the image. Something like
protected void paintComponent(Grapchics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
int cellHeight = (int)(getHeight() / 10);
int cellWidth = (int)(getWidth() / 10);
for (int y = 0; y < getWidth(); y += cellHeight) {
for (int x = 0; x < getHeight(); x += cellWidth){
g.drawRect(x, y, cellWidth, cellHeight);
}
}
}
I haven't test it, but the basic concept is there. You may also want to use variables (a constant probably) for the 10.
UPDATE 1
You can see the precision's a little off because I used int, but you can use doubles and draw by using Grapchics2D Rectangle2D.Double. I'm too lazy to change it
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class ImageGrid extends JPanel {
private static final int CELLS = 10;
BufferedImage img;
public ImageGrid() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/resources/stackoverflow5.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ImageGrid.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
int cellHeight = (int) (getHeight() / CELLS);
int cellWidth = (int) (getWidth() / CELLS);
for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y += cellHeight) {
for (int x = 0; x < getWidth(); x += cellWidth) {
g.drawRect(x, y, cellWidth, cellHeight);
}
}
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return img == null ? new Dimension(300, 300)
: new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel wrapperPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
wrapperPanel.add(new ImageGrid());
frame.add(wrapperPanel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
UPDATE 2 With JLabel
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class ImageGrid extends JLabel {
private static final int CELLS = 10;
BufferedImage img;
public ImageGrid() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/resources/stackoverflow5.png"));
setIcon(new ImageIcon(img));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ImageGrid.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
int cellHeight = (int) (getHeight() / CELLS);
int cellWidth = (int) (getWidth() / CELLS);
for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y += cellHeight) {
for (int x = 0; x < getWidth(); x += cellWidth) {
g.drawRect(x, y, cellWidth, cellHeight);
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel wrapperPanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
wrapperPanel.add(new ImageGrid());
frame.add(wrapperPanel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}

MouseListener on Sprites

I am creating a 6x6 grid memory game. Its requirements is to use an image in a panel as a replacement for the buttons.
210 x 70
The project requires to implement MouseListeners on the following conditions:
The button will show first pokebell.
When the mouse hovers over the pokeball, it changes into the second pokeball.
When the mouse moves away from the pokeball, it reverts back to the first pokeball.
When the mouse clicks the pokeball, it changes to the 3rd pokeball.
Grid MouseEvents
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
for(i = 0; i < 36; i++){
if(e.getSource() == pkm[i]){
pkb[i].repaint();
}
}
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
for(i = 0; i < 36; i++){
if(e.getSource() == pkm[i]){
pkb[i].repaint();
}
}
}
PokeBall class
int start = 0;
int ht = 0, wt = 0;
URL url;
BufferedImage img, sp1;
public PokeBall(String imgLink, int w, int h, int x){
wt = w;
ht = h;
start = x;
url = this.getClass().getResource(imgLink);
try{
img = ImageIO.read(url);
}
catch(Exception e){
}
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
sp1 = img.getSubimage(start, 0, wt, ht);
g2d.drawImage(sp1,20,10,null);
if(start == 70) {
start = 0;
}
else {
start += 70;
}
}
My thought was that the change of sprite will be invoked on the corresponding mouse event, but instead I got the whole pokeball to animate in an infinite loop even when the mouse didn't invoke any event.
I need some ideas or suggestions on how to stop it from looping by itself and to actually call the designated pokeball.

Basically, the responsibility for painting the balls is the PokeBall class, it needs to know when the state has changed, so it makes sense to apply an MouseListener and MouseMotionListener to it. Then you don't need to care about trying to update grid locations and other fun stuff.
On your GridPane, I would then attach another MouseListener so you can detect when a ball is clicked and take appropriate action there...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class MyPokeBalls {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MyPokeBalls();
}
public MyPokeBalls() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new PokeBall());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class PokeBall extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage balls;
private int ballWidth = 70;
private int ballHeight = 70;
private int ballOffset = 0;
public PokeBall() {
try {
balls = ImageIO.read(new File("PokeBalls.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
private boolean isIn = false;
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
ballOffset = 1;
isIn = true;
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
ballOffset = 0;
isIn = true;
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
ballOffset = 2;
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
if (isIn) {
ballOffset = 1;
} else {
ballOffset = 2;
}
repaint();
}
};
addMouseListener(ma);
addMouseMotionListener(ma);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(ballWidth, ballHeight);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (balls != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
BufferedImage ball = balls.getSubimage(ballWidth * ballOffset, 0, ballWidth, ballHeight);
int x = (getWidth() - ball.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - ball.getHeight()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(ball, x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}

AbstractButton b=new JToggleButton(firstIcon);
b.setContentAreaFilled(false);
b.setFocusable(false);
b.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
b.setRolloverEnabled(true);
b.setRolloverIcon(secondIcon);
b.setSelectedIcon(thirdIcon);
Why reinventing the wheel?
Creating a grid of such buttons is quite simple…

Minimal way to make a cleanable drawing area

I got a class with a resizable background. There are paintings over that background(using a paint method and Java2D).
How can i delete everything that was drawn every time that the background gets a resize? (To eventually draw again in the correct places) Is there any sort of transform i can do on the already-drawn objects(like scaling to fit the image again)?
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Background extends JLabel implements ChangeListener {
private ImageIcon background;
private BufferedImage image;
public Background(JPanel parent){
super();
parent.add(this);
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/example/background"));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
this.background = new ImageIcon(image);
this.setIcon(background);
}
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
int value = ((JSlider) e.getSource()).getValue();
double scale = value / 100.0;
BufferedImage scaled = getScaledImage(scale);
this.setIcon(new ImageIcon(scaled));
this.revalidate();
}
private BufferedImage getScaledImage(double scale) {
int w = (int) (scale * image.getWidth());
int h = (int) (scale * image.getHeight());
BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(w, h, image.getType());
Graphics2D g2 = bi.createGraphics();
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scale, scale);
g2.drawRenderedImage(image, at);
g2.dispose();
return bi;
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g){
super.paint(g);
Graphics2D graphObj = (Graphics2D) g;
RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING,RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
graphObj.setRenderingHints(rh);
graphObj.fillOval(500, 500, 20, 20);
graphObj.finalize();
}
}

Consider:
Drawing in a paintComponent(...) override, not a paint(...) override.
Save a List<Point> where each Point is normalized, say to a 1000 by 1000 size.
Then in the paintComponent method, iterate through each Point in a for loop, scaling it to the current component size, and drawing it.
You'll want to scale any image drawn in the component in a ComponentListener, and then call repaint().
Or perhaps even better, scale the image drawn using the Graphics#drawImage(...) overload that takes width and height parameters.
e.g.,
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyBackground extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
public MyBackground(BufferedImage img) {
this.img = img;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
String comfyChair = "https://duke.kenai.com/comfyChair/ComfyChairRad.png";
BufferedImage img;
try {
URL url = new URL(comfyChair);
img = ImageIO.read(url);
MyBackground mainPanel = new MyBackground(img);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MyBackground");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
example 2:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyBackground extends JPanel {
public static final double NORM_CONST = 1.0;
private BufferedImage img;
private List<List<Point2D>> normalizedPoints = new ArrayList<List<Point2D>>();
private List<Point2D> pointSubList;
public MyBackground(BufferedImage img) {
this.img = img;
MyMouseAdapter myMouseAdapter = new MyMouseAdapter();
addMouseListener(myMouseAdapter);
addMouseMotionListener(myMouseAdapter);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
}
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
for (List<Point2D> pointList : normalizedPoints) {
if (pointList.size() > 1) {
for (int i = 1; i < pointList.size(); i++) {
Point p1 = deNormalize(pointList.get(i - 1));
Point p2 = deNormalize(pointList.get(i));
g2.drawLine(p1.x, p1.y, p2.x, p2.y);
}
}
}
if (pointSubList != null && pointSubList.size() > 1) {
for (int i = 1; i < pointSubList.size(); i++) {
Point p1 = deNormalize(pointSubList.get(i - 1));
Point p2 = deNormalize(pointSubList.get(i));
g2.drawLine(p1.x, p1.y, p2.x, p2.y);
}
}
}
private Point deNormalize(Point2D p2d) {
int x = (int) (p2d.getX() * getWidth() / NORM_CONST);
int y = (int) (p2d.getY() * getHeight() / NORM_CONST);
return new Point(x, y);
}
private class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
Point2D p = normalizePoint(e.getPoint());
pointSubList = new ArrayList<>();
pointSubList.add(p);
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
Point2D p = normalizePoint(e.getPoint());
pointSubList.add(p);
normalizedPoints.add(pointSubList);
pointSubList = null;
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
Point2D p = normalizePoint(e.getPoint());
pointSubList.add(p);
repaint();
}
private Point2D normalizePoint(Point point) {
double x = (NORM_CONST * point.x) / getWidth();
double y = (NORM_CONST * point.y) / getHeight();
Point2D result = new Point2D.Double(x, y);
return result;
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
String comfyChair = "https://duke.kenai.com/comfyChair/ComfyChairRad.png";
BufferedImage img;
try {
URL url = new URL(comfyChair);
img = ImageIO.read(url);
MyBackground mainPanel = new MyBackground(img);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MyBackground");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}

How to initialize Graphics g?

I want to display a GameOver image in a pacman game after lives are over. But I call the paintGameOverScreen(Graphics g) and then I need to initialize g. Is there any other way to do this?
This is my Lives class
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
public class Lives{
private int lives;
public Lives() {
lives = 1;
}
public void removeLife() {
lives--;
if(lives==0){
System.out.println("END GAME");
paintGameOverScreen(g);
System.exit(0);
}
}
public void paintGameOverScreen(Graphics g) {
ImageIcon i = new ImageIcon("src\image");
Image image = i.getImage();
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
g.drawImage(image, x, y, 100,100,null);
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(5*20, 25*20, 100, 30);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
String result = "Lives: " + lives;
g.drawString(result, 6*20, 26*20);
}
}

You never call paint() or paintComponent() yourself, you always go through repaint() which will take care of setting up the appropriate Graphics
Just to show what #mKorbel is referring to:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class Lives extends JPanel {
private int lives;
private ImageIcon gameOverImage;
public Lives() {
try {
gameOverImage = new ImageIcon(new URL("http://imgup.motion-twin.com/dinorpg/0/f/77acf80b_989624.jpg"));
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
lives = 5;
}
public void removeLife() {
if (lives > 0) {
lives--;
System.out.println("Left lives: " + lives);
repaint();
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (lives > 0) {
System.out.println("Still have " + lives + " lives");
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(5 * 20, 25 * 20, 100, 30);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
String result = "Lives: " + lives;
g.drawString(result, 6 * 20, 26 * 20);
} else if (gameOverImage != null) {
System.out.println("Game over");
int x = (getWidth() - gameOverImage.getIconWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - gameOverImage.getIconHeight()) / 2;
g.drawImage(gameOverImage.getImage(), x, y, gameOverImage.getIconWidth(), gameOverImage.getIconHeight(), this);
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(800, 600);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame(Lives.class.getSimpleName());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final Lives lives = new Lives();
frame.add(lives);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
// Dummy timer that reduces the lives every second. For demo purposes only of course
Timer t = new Timer(1000, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
lives.removeLife();
}
});
t.start();
}
});
}
}

for public void paint(Graphics g) { is there missed container,
JPanel (in some cases JComponent) could be container for todays Java
have to use paintComponent instead of paint()
inside paintComponent you can to flag for paintGameOverScreen, then there paint only BufferedImage
prepare all Objects before, as local variable, do not load any FileIO (load images) inside paint(), paintComponent()

Here is how I did:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
public class InitializeGraphics
{
static BufferedImage buffer = null;
static int height = 10;
static int width = 10;
static Graphics2D g2;
public InitializeGraphics() {
buffer = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE);
g2 = buffer.createGraphics();
g2.fillOval(2, 2, 2, 2);
g2.dispose();
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
g.drawImage(buffer, x, y, width, height, null);
}
public Graphics2D getGraphics(){
return g2;
}
}
Then somewhere:
InitializeGraphics instance=new InitializeGraphics();
Graphics2D gG2 = instance.getGraphics();