Java Swing - Translucent Components causing Artifacts

Question

I\'m currently working on a group project for a college course, and I\'ve hit a bit of a stumbling block. The program we have decided to implement is a Peer-to-Peer chat client

Answer 1

myComponent.revalidate();
myComponent.repaint();
Not sure if it "force" the redraw, but it ask it to do it when possible.