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How to draw a line in Java?

Posted by Avin Sinanan on November 30, 2001 at 4:21 AM

Ok how does one draw a simple line in java..
here is the cod ei have so far... i can draw a line but i am looking for a different method to draw it.. take a look at my code... its very short

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;

class AvinLine
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel pane = new JPanel();
Line2D myLine = new Line2D.Double(5,5,100,100);

frame.getContentPane().add(pane);
frame.setSize(300,300);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

Ok how do i draw the line without creating another class .. and the JPanel and JFrame must be in the same class.. I am trying to avoid making a new clas that extends JPanel. I do not want to add another class. The line must be added within this class. And i am also trying to avoid the "paint(Graphics g)" method. Is there anyway to add the line to the JPanel and then add the panel to the JFrame.

Because I find it dificult to believe that Java is such a powerful language that you have to call a "paint(Graphics g)" method and create another class just to draw a simple line.

Thanks for the help in advance..