Drawing lines with mouse on canvas : Java awt

Question

The attempt is to enable drawing of figures(a line for now) with mouse on the awt canvas . Iam trying out java graphics for the first time . So not sure how to go about it . This is my first attempt :

package def.grafi;

import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

  public class Dra {
  Frame f = new Frame();

public void disp() {
    f.setBounds(100, 100, 200, 200);
    MosL ml = new MosL();
    Can c = new Can();
    f.add(c);
    c.addMouseListener(ml);
    c.addMouseMotionListener(ml);
    f.setVisible(true);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Dra d = new Dra();
    d.disp();
}

public class MosL extends MouseAdapter {
    int sx = 0;
    int sy = 0;
    boolean onDrag = false;

    @Override
    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
        if (onDrag) {
            int x = e.getX();
            int y = e.getY();

            Canvas comp = (Canvas) e.getSource();
            Graphics g = comp.getGraphics();
                            // comp.repaint(); << for cleaning up the intermediate lines : doesnt work :(
            g.drawLine(sx, sy, x, y);
            return;
        }
        onDrag = true;
        sx = e.getX();
        sy = e.getY();

        System.out.println("Draggg");
    }

    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        System.out.println("Pressed");
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
        System.out.println("Released");
        if (onDrag)
            onDrag = false;
    }
}

public class Can extends Canvas {
    @Override
    public void paint(Graphics g) {

    }
}
}

Problems : 1) When the windows is minimized and restored , the drawn line is gone (due to repaint) 2) What i want is the line should follow the mouse (when it is dragged) . the final line should extend from the point of pressing to the point of release of the mouse . Rite now , when the mouse moves , new lines are getting drawn . I am not sure how to clean up the intermediate lines from the canvas .

Can someone help me out on these problems ?

Answer 1

Here is a simple example of such "painting":

public static void main ( String[] args )
{
    JFrame paint = new JFrame ();

    paint.add ( new JComponent ()
    {
        private List<Shape> shapes = new ArrayList<Shape> ();
        private Shape currentShape = null;

        {
        MouseAdapter mouseAdapter = new MouseAdapter ()
        {
            public void mousePressed ( MouseEvent e )
            {
            currentShape = new Line2D.Double ( e.getPoint (), e.getPoint () );
            shapes.add ( currentShape );
            repaint ();
            }

            public void mouseDragged ( MouseEvent e )
            {
            Line2D shape = ( Line2D ) currentShape;
            shape.setLine ( shape.getP1 (), e.getPoint () );
            repaint ();
            }

            public void mouseReleased ( MouseEvent e )
            {
            currentShape = null;
            repaint ();
            }
        };
        addMouseListener ( mouseAdapter );
        addMouseMotionListener ( mouseAdapter );
        }

        protected void paintComponent ( Graphics g )
        {
        Graphics2D g2d = ( Graphics2D ) g;
        g2d.setPaint ( Color.BLACK );
        for ( Shape shape : shapes )
        {
            g2d.draw ( shape );
        }
        }
    } );

    paint.setSize ( 500, 500 );
    paint.setLocationRelativeTo ( null );
    paint.setVisible ( true );
}

it will remember all of the drawn shapes and with a small effort you can extend it to draw any other shapes you like.

Answer 2

Make use of Line2D object in the AWT package and do the following steps:

1. Create mouse (X,Y) values for first and second clicks
2. Create a boolean variable to check if the click is the first or the second
3. Make a List container to contain your Line2D objects
4. Draw them in your Can object
5. Assign the before and after (X,Y) values through the mouse listener's event

The step number 5 could be achieved through:

1. e.getX()
2. e.getY()

Where e is the mouse event and could be accesed through the parameter of the mouse listener method.