Drawing a nice circle in Java

Question

I\'m using Java Graphics and I keep getting \"ugly\" circles.

Here\'s what my Java program makes

Answer 1

Here was the answer. I adapted the majority of the code from this site. Take a look:

Here's the code:

public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {

        // Create a translucent intermediate image in which we can perform
        // the soft clipping
        GraphicsConfiguration gc = ((Graphics2D) g).getDeviceConfiguration();
        BufferedImage img = gc.createCompatibleImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
        Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics();

        // Clear the image so all pixels have zero alpha
        g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Clear);
        g2.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());

        // Render our clip shape into the image.  Note that we enable
        // antialiasing to achieve the soft clipping effect.  Try
        // commenting out the line that enables antialiasing, and
        // you will see that you end up with the usual hard clipping.
        g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        g2.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        g2.fillOval(0, 0, getRadius(), getRadius());

        // Here's the trick... We use SrcAtop, which effectively uses the
        // alpha value as a coverage value for each pixel stored in the
        // destination.  For the areas outside our clip shape, the destination
        // alpha will be zero, so nothing is rendered in those areas.  For
        // the areas inside our clip shape, the destination alpha will be fully
        // opaque, so the full color is rendered.  At the edges, the original
        // antialiasing is carried over to give us the desired soft clipping
        // effect.
        g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcAtop);
        g2.setColor(lineColor);
        int gap = LINE_GAP;
        AffineTransform at = g2.getTransform();

        g2.setTransform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(Math.toRadians(45),getRadius() / 2, getRadius() / 2));

        for (int index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
            int x1 = index*gap-(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
            int y1 = 0;
            int x2 = index*gap+(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
            int y2 = getRadius();
            int width = x2 - x1;
            int height = y2 - y1;

            g2.fillRect(x1, y1, width, height);
        }

        g2.setTransform(at);
        g2.dispose();

        // Copy our intermediate image to the screen
        g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
    }