Thread: Java Applet

Hi, I am writing a java applet to simply, display an image on my web browser. I can do it when I am only using one class, but now I wanted to write the program using two classes.

======CLASS: GAME======

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
 
public class Game extends Applet{
 
	Graphics g;
	Image img;
	MainMenu mainMenu;
 
	public void init(){
		mainMenu = new MainMenu();
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics gfx){
		mainMenu.draw(g);
		gfx.drawImage(img,0,0,this);
	}
}

======CLASS: MAINMENU======

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
 
public class MainMenu extends Applet{
 
	Image img;
 
	public void init(){
		img=getImage(getDocumentBase(), getParameter("file"));
	}
 
	public void draw(Graphics g){
		g.drawImage(img,0,0,this);
	}
}

======HTML======
<applet code="Game" width=1000 height=550>
<param name="file" value="Menu.png">
</applet>

If anyone has any advice for me I would really appreciate it. For this simple game, I was thinking each class would be responsible for drawing it's own images, that is why I do not want to draw this in the Game class.

I tried looking in my Java text book, but they do not go far into this topic, and the online resources I have looked up have been hard to understand.

Post if more details are needed!

My question is this: How do I display an image in my web browser involving at least 2 classes. One class acting as something like a HUB, and it calls to another class to draw that image.

The code above is an attempt to do that, but it doesn't work.

I am a new Java programmer so sorry if the question is confusing.

The ultimate goal might be to make some kind of simple game.

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Also,

Norm: I didn't think of that, I'll give that a try also... but I can see how it might get sloppy if I end up with a lot of images.

KevinWorkman: I understand your example and I like it, but the part that is still confusing me is this: what would I replace g.drawOval(x, y, 10, 10); with in order to print an image I have on my hard drive?

I am an idiot. Problem solved - Thanks to everyone who replied