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John
John

Reputation: 57

Java - Calling paint method from different class?

I have a class which extends JFrame and creates a window and it needs to call the paint() method which is in a different class. I understand that if they were in the same class, the setVisible(true) would call the paint method, but since they are in different classes, it does not. I have created objects of the Die class (the one painting), but I don't know how to use them to call the paint method.

This is the class which creates the window:

public class Game extends Frame 
{

    public void window()
    {   
        setTitle("Roll");   //  Title of the window
        setLocation(100, 100);          //  Location of the window
        setSize(900, 600);              //  Size of the window
        setBackground(Color.lightGray); //  Color of the window
        setVisible(true);               //  Make it appear and call paint

    }

And for the paint method in the other class called Die, I used:

public void paint(Graphics pane)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1244

Answers (1)

Elliott Frisch
Elliott Frisch

Reputation: 201527

If I understand your question you could pass the Die instance into the Game constructor with something like

public class Game extends Frame {
  private Die die;
  public Game(Die die) {
    this.die = die;
  }
  public void window() {    
    setTitle("Roll");   //  Title of the window
    setLocation(100, 100);          //  Location of the window
    setSize(900, 600);              //  Size of the window
    setBackground(Color.lightGray); //  Color of the window
    setVisible(true);               //  Make it appear and call paint
    die.setVisible(true);           //  The same
  }
}

Then, wherever you call new Game() you add the Die instance argument. This is a fairly common way to implement a callback in Java (and other OOP languages).

Upvotes: 2

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