Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

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When drawing a figure

using graphics,specify

coordinates as offsets from

a starting (x,y) coordinate.

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192 CHAPTER 4 Introduction to Applets and Graphics

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43 // flag

44 g.drawLine( sX + 195, sY + 80, sX + 195 , sY );

45 g.drawRect( sX + 195, sY, 75, 45 );

46 g.drawRect( sX + 195, sY, 30, 25 );

47

48 // caption

49 g.drawString( “One small step for man. . .”,

50 sX + 25, sY + 270 );

51 }

52 }

EXAMPLE 4.8 An Applet that Draws an Astronaut

When the applet in Example 4.8 runs, our astronaut will look like the one

in Figure 4.8.

To draw our astronaut, we used rectangles for the body, arms, legs, and flag;

lines for the nose and the flag’s stick; ...