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Thread: Problems with RepaintManager

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    Default Problems with RepaintManager

    I'm working on a project that draws a circle every 1000 millisec but when my loop finishes it calls the repaint manager and all my circles are removed and redrawn. Any ideas on how to prevent the repaint?

    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.util.*;
    import java.awt.image.*;
     
    public class Forest extends JApplet {
    	Random rand;
    	JButton one;
    	public void init() {
    		setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    		one = new JButton("one");
    		add(one);
    	}
     
    	public void paint(Graphics g) {
    		super.paint(g);
    		int treeX = getWidth()-50, treeY=getHeight()-50, count=0;
     
     
    		Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
    		g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
     
    		Color colorTree = new Color(randomGenerator(255),randomGenerator(255),randomGenerator(255));
    			//loop for painting trees
    			while(count < 3){
    				wait(1000);
    				paintTree(g2d,randomGenerator(treeX),randomGenerator(treeY),colorTree);
    	    		colorTree = new Color(randomGenerator(255),randomGenerator(255),randomGenerator(255)); 	
    	    		count = count + 1;
    			}
     
     
    	}
    	//Method that builds tree based on random x y coordinates
    	public void paintTree(Graphics2D gt, int x, int y, Color treeColor){
     
    		gt.setColor(treeColor);
    		gt.fillOval(x,y,50,50);
    		gt.setColor(new Color(128,64,0));
    		gt.fillRect((x+15),(y+47),20,40);
     
    	}
    	//method to return random number with upper bound passed
    	public int randomGenerator(int randNum){
    		rand = new Random();
    		return rand.nextInt(randNum);
    	}
    	//wait before drawing next tree
    	public void wait (int n){
            long t0,t1;
            t0=System.currentTimeMillis();
            do{
                t1=System.currentTimeMillis();
            }
            while (t1-t0<n);
    	}
     
     
     
    }
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    Default Re: Problems with RepaintManager

    When paint is called Your code clears the screen and draws 3 times
    When the screen is to be repainted, it does it again.

    What do you want the program to do?

    If you want to save all the previously drawings, you need to use an offscreen image that you can use to accumulate your drawings on and draw that in the paint method. Or create a collection of where to draw your shapes and use that every call to paint to draw all your shapes.

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    Default Re: Problems with RepaintManager

    I'd like the paint to be called once. Paint 3 drawings with a short delay and then keep the images on the screen. I'd like to avoid the repaint from happening.
    What do I use to draw off screen? Would that be the Buffer graphic?

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    Default Re: Problems with RepaintManager

    You can't stop the calls to the paint method. You could use a boolean flag to control what the paint method does. If the flag is not set, set it and do the drawing. Next call to paint will find the flag set and skip the drawing.
    What happens if another window crosses the drawings or your frame is minimized? The contents of the screen will be changed. The call to paint will not draw your stuff.
    What do I use to draw off screen? Would that be the Buffer graphic?
    Look at what's called the double buffering technique. Basically it gets a BufferedImage, draws on that image and then has the paint method draw that image on the screen,
    Last edited by Norm; October 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 AM.

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    Default Re: Problems with RepaintManager

    Help me understand why the repaint is even called. If I take the wait(n) method out it draws fine but all at once. Why does it get marked as "dirty" when I add the pause?
    Thanks for the help on the previous post, I'll look into the buffering technique.

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    Default Re: Problems with RepaintManager

    Sorry, I don't know why the JVM calls the paint() method when it does.

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