How do I draw various shapes in Java ? Which library should I use? [closed]

Answer 1

The Java2D API has what you are looking for.

Answer 2

Check out Custom Painting Approaches for a couple of ideas. The DrawOnComponent is closer to what you want. It would need to be changed to add your custom shape objects to the list.

Answer 3

Java 2D is what you neede drawing graphics (i.e., draw colored rectangles, circles, lines, and animate them).

Answer 4

Sure you can do that using Swing. You may want to look into Java's Shape library for that.

Alternatively you can simply override the Component's paint method as shown below.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class ShapeTest extends JFrame{
     public ShapeTest(){
          setSize(400,400);
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          setVisible(true);
     }

     public static void main(String a[]){
         new ShapeTest();
     }

     public void paint(Graphics g){
          g.drawOval(40, 40, 60, 60); //FOR CIRCLE
          g.drawRect(80, 30, 200, 200); // FOR SQUARE
          g.drawRect(200, 100, 100, 200); // FOR RECT
     }
}

Answer 5

GraphPanel is a simple example of an object drawing program that features moveable, resizable, colored nodes connected by edges.