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Thread: Rectangle won't display in JFrame

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    Default Rectangle won't display in JFrame

    So I've been getting back into Java and downloaded eclipse back onto my laptop. However when I go to make a simple rectangle into a JFrame, the frame will pop up but no rectangle will be shown. Could any of you please provide assistance?

    Here is my main class, which sets up the JFrame...

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    mport javax.swing.JFrame;
    public class Frame{
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    		frame.setTitle("I hope this fucking works");
    		frame.setSize(400,400);
    		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     
    		rectangle component = new rectangle();
    		frame.add(component);
    		frame.setVisible(true);
    	}
     
    }

    Here is the class that sets up the rectangle....
     
    import java.awt.Graphics;
    import java.awt.Graphics2D;
    import javax.swing.JComponent;
    import java.awt.Rectangle;
     
     
    public class rectangle extends JComponent {
    	public void draw(Graphics g){
    		Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
    		Rectangle box = new Rectangle(10,10,50,50);
    		g2.draw(box);
    	}
     
    }

    Thanks for your time and consideration


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    Default Re: Rectangle won't display in JFrame

    You're using a draw() method, which doesn't actually tie into the Swing hierarchy. You're probably looking for the paint() method.

    Better yet, you should probably be using the paintComponent() method. Don't forget to call super.paintComponent() though.

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    What color is being used to draw the rectangle?
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