5.10. (Optional) GUI and Graphics Case Study: Drawing Rectangles and Ovals

This section demonstrates drawing rectangles and ovals, using the Graphics methods drawRect and drawOval, respectively. These methods are demonstrated in Fig. 5.26.

Figure 5.26. Drawing a cascade of shapes based on the user’s choice.
 1 // Fig. 5.26: Shapes.java
 2 // Demonstrates drawing different shapes.
 3 import java.awt.Graphics;
 4 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 5
 6 public class Shapes extends JPanel
 7 {
 8    private int choice; // user's choice of which shape to draw
 9
10    // constructor sets the user's choice
11    public Shapes( int userChoice )
12    {
13       choice = userChoice;
14    } // end Shapes constructor
15
16    // draws a cascade of shapes starting from the top-left corner ...

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