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/**
* TryBorder1
*
* simple first example of a border (here, on a JPanel)
* (this is simply TryJAppletPainting with a border on the painted panel)
*
* RECOMMENDED SIZE: 400 x 500
*
* modified by: Sharon M. Tuttle
* last modified: 2-18-01
**/
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
// note --- I need to import the Swing border package!
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class TryBorder1 extends JApplet
{
// I do not paint on the applet itself, nor even on its
// content pane --- I paint on a "local" extension of JPanel
PaintPanel paintOnMe;
Container myContentPane;
public void init()
{
myContentPane = getContentPane();
// instantiate an instance of my "local" panel for painting on
paintOnMe = new PaintPanel();
// can I add the border here?
// parameters of this version of setBorder: an anonymous
// instance of a TitledBorder. The TitledBorder constructor
// here is using an anonymous instance of EtchedBorder
// followed by the desired title in String form.
paintOnMe.setBorder(new TitledBorder(
new EtchedBorder(), "I am a Border"));
myContentPane.add(paintOnMe, "Center");
}
}
// this extension of JPanel is painted on...?
class PaintPanel extends JPanel
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
String information;
information = "I am a painted message";
// NEED this! superclass of PaintPanel may need to do
// some cleanup; this calls superclass's paintComponent()
// method
super.paintComponent(g);
// paint a red message on the panel
g.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.ITALIC, 45));
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.drawString(information, 10, 200);
// paint a blue rectangle on the panel
g.setColor(Color.blue);
g.drawRect(50, 250, 300, 100);
}
}