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Author Strange graphics problem
Thanasis \(sch\)

2005-11-23, 7:58 am

Hi to all,

i describe a drawArrow method below, which takes 5 parameters : a graphics
object g and the coordinates of 2 points.
What i want to achieve is to draw a dotted line
whenever i pass a Graphics2D object to drawArrow method and a solid line
whenever
i pass a Graphics object.The problem is that even if i pass a
graphics object to drawArrow method i get a dotted line.
Why does this happen?


thanasis

> ========================================
=======
> public void drawArrow(Graphics g, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2){
>
> if ( g instanceof Graphics2D ){
>
> Graphics2D g2=(Graphics2D)g;
> g2.setStroke (new BasicStroke(1f,BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND,
> BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND,1f,new float[] {5f, 7f }, 0f));
> }
> g.drawLine(x1,y1,x2,y2);
> }//end of method
> ========================================
=========





Ingo R. Homann

2005-11-23, 7:58 am

Hi,

Thanasis (sch) wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> i describe a drawArrow method below, which takes 5 parameters : a graphics
> object g and the coordinates of 2 points.
> What i want to achieve is to draw a dotted line
> whenever i pass a Graphics2D object to drawArrow method and a solid line
> whenever
> i pass a Graphics object.The problem is that even if i pass a
> graphics object to drawArrow method i get a dotted line.


Unbelievalbe, expecially since setStroke is a method of Graphics2D and
not Graphics!

Note that instanceof checks the dynamic type of an object, not the
static type:

Object o=new String("");
System.out.println(o instamceof String);

....will print "true".

Similarly, when calling ...

Graphics g=...
draw(g);

....it's possible that 'g' is of type Graphics2D.

Ciao,
Ingo

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