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java, rotate BufferedImage with mouse angle

I have been searching all over the internet for a simple way to just rotate a sprite following an angle.
The objective is to have a weapon sprite following the mouse by rotating at the centre of the screen (Top-down shooter in Java). I have tried different things:
NB: The render(Graphics g) function is inside my Gun.java class and uses g, the Graphics element I use to paint on the canvas of the game. The image is the BufferedImage containing the original sprite. And reticle.getAngle() is giving the angle made by the mouse considering the centre of the screen as the origin of the frame.
Attempt 1
public void render(Graphics g) {
// create a new BufferedImage with the image of the gun on it
BufferedImage rotatedImage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics gRotatedImage = rotatedImage.getGraphics();
gRotatedImage.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
// rotate this gun image in the direction of shoot
private AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
at.rotate(reticle.getAngle() + Math.PI,
rotatedImage.getWidth()/2, rotatedImage.getHeight()/2);
AffineTransformOp op = new AffineTransformOp(at, AffineTransformOp.TYPE_BILINEAR);
rotatedImage = op.filter(rotatedImage, null);
// finally display the rotated version of the gun image
g.drawImage(rotatedImage,
(int)(handler.getDisplay().getWidth()/2 - rotatedImage.getWidth()/2),
(int)(handler.getDisplay().getHeight()/2 - rotatedImage.getHeight()/2),
rotatedImage.getWidth(), rotatedImage.getHeight(), null);
}
With this solution, from java2s.com, I end up with the sprite being displayed at the centre and rotating but more like a helicopter... It keeps rotating not following the mouse.
I also tested all the solutions from the related StackOverflow question. This time, I get the weapon being displayed at the top left corner following the mouse, but I can't find a way to place it at the centre of the screen. I tried translations but then the sprite image rotates considering the top left corner as the centre.
Attempt 2
public void render(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
double rotation = 0f;
int width = image.getWidth() - 1;
int height = image.getHeight() - 1;
rotation = reticle.getAngle();
rotation = Math.toDegrees(rotation) + 180;
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(rotation), width / 2, height / 2);
// g2d.translate(handler.getDisplay().getWidth()/2, handler.getDisplay().getHeight()/2);
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
int x = width / 2;
int y = height / 2;
g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(3));
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawLine(x, y, x, y - height / 4);
g2d.dispose();
}
I just would like to rotate my sprite every tick of the game by the angle provided by reticle.getAngle() which I know is good. I feel really lost on how to use Graphics2D or AffineTransform to perform rotation. Can someone provide an example on how to rotate a sprite following the mouse and then display it at the centre of the screen?
What is the best way to rotate an image which we then want to display at the centre of the screen?

I don't know if this helps, but I wrote this example program, which has a rectangle (works the same as an image really...) at the center of the screen which rotates following your mouse. The important stuff is in the paintComponent method, pretty much everything else is setup.
package main;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class GPanel extends JPanel{
private int width, height;
private Timer timer;
private int mouseX, mouseY;
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame f = new JFrame();
GPanel gp = new GPanel(400, 400);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.add(gp,BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
public GPanel(int width, int height) {
mouseX = 0;
mouseY = 0;
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
timer = new Timer(17 , new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TO DO
repaint();
}
});
addMouseMotionListener();
timer.start();
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
g2.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
g2.setColor(new Color(0, 0, 0));
g2.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
double x = mouseX - width / 2d;
double y = mouseY - height / 2d;
double theta = Math.atan2(x, y);
g2.rotate(-theta);
g2.translate(-20, 0);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, 40, 100);
}
private void addMouseMotionListener() {
this.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
mouseX = e.getX();
mouseY = e.getY();
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
if(SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(e)) {
//TO DO
} else if(SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(e)) {
}
repaint();
}
});
}
}

What I would do is create an affine transformation for the sprite. I imagine a sprite, img should be at (cx, cy) and the angle it is rotated should be theta.
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
//translate the center to be at cx, cy.
at.translate(cx - img.getWidth()/2.0, cy - img.getHeight()/2.0);
//rotate about the center of the sprite.
at.rotate(theta, img.getWidth()/2.0, img.getHeight()/2.0);
g2d.drawImage(img, at, this);
I tested it out with this example, where you can click on the JPanel and center the sprite. The sprite follows the mouse cursor around when you move it.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
public class RotateArrow{
int cx = 0;
int cy = 0;
double theta = 0;
public void startGui(){
JFrame frame = new JFrame("arrow");
BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(64, 64, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics g = img.getGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.drawLine(0, 32, 64, 32);
g.drawLine(48, 0, 48, 64);
g.dispose();
JPanel panel = new JPanel(){
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
//rotate about center of image.
at.translate(cx - img.getWidth()/2.0, cy - img.getHeight()/2.0);
at.rotate(theta, img.getWidth()/2.0, img.getHeight()/2.0);
g2d.drawImage(img, at, this);
}
};
panel.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter(){
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt){
cx = evt.getX();
cy = evt.getY();
panel.repaint();
}
} );
panel.addMouseMotionListener( new MouseAdapter(){
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent evt){
double dx = evt.getX() - cx;
double dy = evt.getY() - cy;
if(dx != 0 || cy != 0){
theta = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
panel.repaint();
}
}
} );
frame.setContentPane(panel);
frame.setSize(512, 512);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args){
EventQueue.invokeLater( ()->new RotateArrow().startGui() );
}
}

How to draw a arrow with java2d?

I'm trying to draw an arrow in a circle(like a clock pointer), but I can't align the tip of the arrow with the rest of the line.
I made the "arrow" based on this answer, but I can't make it is correctly positioned with the line drawing.
The arrow is more to the left of the line, as follows in the image:
Here my mcve:
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Polygon;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
public class LineArrowTest extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JPanel contentPane;
private JPanel DrawPanel;
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(() -> {
new LineArrowTest().setVisible(true);
});
}
public LineArrowTest() {
initComponents();
pack();
}
private void initComponents() {
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
this.contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
this.contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
setContentPane(this.contentPane);
this.DrawPanel = new JPanel() {
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
LineArrow line = new LineArrow(getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2, getWidth() / 2, getHeight(),
Color.black, 3);
line.draw(g);
}
};
this.contentPane.add(this.DrawPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
class LineArrow {
int x;
int y;
int endX;
int endY;
Color color;
int thickness;
public LineArrow(int x, int y, int x2, int y2, Color color, int thickness) {
super();
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.endX = x2;
this.endY = y2;
this.color = color;
this.thickness = thickness;
}
public void draw(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2.setColor(color);
g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(thickness));
g2.drawLine(x, y, endX, endY);
;
drawArrowHead(g2);
g2.dispose();
}
private void drawArrowHead(Graphics2D g2) {
Polygon arrowHead = new Polygon();
AffineTransform tx = new AffineTransform();
arrowHead.addPoint(0, 5);
arrowHead.addPoint(-5, -5);
arrowHead.addPoint(5, -5);
tx.setToIdentity();
double angle = Math.atan2(endY - y, endX - x);
tx.translate(endX, endY);
tx.rotate(angle - Math.PI / 2d);
g2.setTransform(tx);
g2.fill(arrowHead);
}
}
}

You are resetting the transformation.
Change AffineTransform tx = new AffineTransform(); to AffineTransform tx = g2.getTransform(); and remove the tx.setToIdentity(); call.
The below code was also rearranged to keep related statements together.
private void drawArrowHead(Graphics2D g2) {
double angle = Math.atan2(endY - y, endX - x);
AffineTransform tx = g2.getTransform();
tx.translate(endX, endY);
tx.rotate(angle - Math.PI / 2d);
g2.setTransform(tx);
Polygon arrowHead = new Polygon();
arrowHead.addPoint(0, 5);
arrowHead.addPoint(-5, -5);
arrowHead.addPoint(5, -5);
g2.fill(arrowHead);
}

How to draw snakes in Swing?

I'm rather new to Java Swing, and working on a ladders and snaked project for my college course. The instructor has told us to implement a game in which the player can choose exactly how many snakes are on the game board, and where the snakes are. So is for the ladders! So I cannot use one, or several fixed images in my game, so that the player cannot change them anymore.
I need a way to draw such snakes and ladders in my game. The question is what is the best option to do this in Java? By which means can I draw user-desired snakes on my game board?

One thing you could do, is rotate the image by a given angle, this way, you could still use images and supply the ability to change their start and end points
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
try {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (IOException exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage ladder;
private double angle;
public TestPane() throws IOException {
ladder = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("Ladder.png"));
JSlider slider = new JSlider(0, 100, 0);
slider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
angle = (360d * (slider.getValue() / 100d));
repaint();
}
});
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(slider, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
applyQualityRenderingHints(g2d);
int x = getWidth() / 2;
int y = getHeight() / 2;
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(angle), x, y);
g2d.drawImage(ladder, x - (ladder.getWidth() / 2), y - ladder.getHeight(), this);
g2d.fillOval(x - 3, y - 3, 6, 6);
g2d.dispose();
}
protected void applyQualityRenderingHints(Graphics2D g2d) {
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_COLOR_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_DITHERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_STROKE_CONTROL, RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE);
}
}
}
Now, because you're rotating the actual Graphics context, this can become very complicated very quickly, especially when you're trying to change the location and rotate a number of objects
Another option might be to rotate the image as a whole, for example...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
try {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (IOException exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage ladder;
private double angle;
public TestPane() throws IOException {
ladder = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("Ladder.png"));
JSlider slider = new JSlider(0, 100, 0);
slider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
angle = (360d * (slider.getValue() / 100d));
repaint();
}
});
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add(slider, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(400, 400);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
applyQualityRenderingHints(g2d);
int x = getWidth() / 2;
int y = getHeight() / 2;
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
BufferedImage rotated = rotate(ladder, angle);
g2d.drawImage(rotated, x - (rotated.getWidth() / 2), y - (rotated.getHeight() / 2), this);
g2d.dispose();
}
public BufferedImage rotate(BufferedImage image, double byAngle) {
double rads = Math.toRadians(byAngle);
double sin = Math.abs(Math.sin(rads)), cos = Math.abs(Math.cos(rads));
int w = image.getWidth();
int h = image.getHeight();
int newWidth = (int) Math.floor(w * cos + h * sin);
int newHeight = (int) Math.floor(h * cos + w * sin);
BufferedImage rotated = new BufferedImage(newWidth, newHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = rotated.createGraphics();
applyQualityRenderingHints(g2d);
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
at.translate((newWidth - w) / 2, (newHeight - h) / 2);
int x = w / 2;
int y = h / 2;
at.rotate(Math.toRadians(byAngle), x, y);
g2d.setTransform(at);
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
return rotated;
}
protected void applyQualityRenderingHints(Graphics2D g2d) {
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_COLOR_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_DITHERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_STROKE_CONTROL, RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE);
}
}
}
Either way, you've got some serious management and maths ahead of you.
You might like to take a closer look at Painting in AWT and Swing and Performing Custom Painting and 2D Graphics for more details

There are many (many, many) degrees of freedom for answering this question. In fact, one could consider it as "too broad", as it is not much more specific than "how can I paint something in Swing?" (with "something" being a snake or a ladder here). There is a reason of why a significant part of game development is not only plain programming, but also the graphics design etc.
It is not clear how much the task of your course is focussed on exactly this point. If it is a general computer science course, then there likely is no need to spend dozens of hours for making the "prettiest" game. Instead, it could be sufficient to draw plain lines between the fields that the snakes/ladders should connect. Green lines for snakes, brown lines for ladders. However, maybe the priorities are different.
Regarding this question in particular, there are, broadly speaking, two options:
Paint the snakes as images
Paint the snakes as graphical objects
MadProgrammer showed in his answer the approach of using images. They can be rotated and drawn and scaled arbitrarily. In fact, when you have an image, say of size 100x1000, then you could make it span two arbitrary points. So if you have the points (200,400) and (700,1100) on the screen, then you can compute an orientation and scaling for the image so that the top center point of your image is located at (200,400), and the bottom center point is at (700,1100) - which is likely a requirement that could appear when you want to "draw a ladder starting at one field and ending at another".
The issue that I saw regarding the snakes was that the "contents" of the image would have to depend on the start- and end point. Namely, a snake that is painted between two fields that are close to each other might have a completely different shape than one that is painted between two distant fields.
(Similarly, a ladder: The number of steps that the ladder should have would certainly depend on the distance between the fields that it connects).
So, I did some "recreational programming" here, and created a snake painting class. The difference, compared to images, is that the snakes are graphical objects - particularly, they are composed of Shape objects. The tricky part is the body of the snake: It should have some waves, and a certain thickness, and the thickness should largely be constant along the body, except for the tail part....
Again: There are many degrees of freedom, and of course, this is just a snippet, quickly written down, to see (mainly for myself) of how one could tackle this problem of "drawing a snake body".
The result is a snake where you can drag around the head and tail between arbitrary points:
Some of the degrees of freedom that I mentioned are summarized as (compile-time) variables in the Snake class. One could, for example, adjust the number of "waves" based on the distance between the head and the tail point:
But these are things that I'll leave to the real artists ;-)
The code is a bit crude and largely uncommented, but maybe someone finds it helpful nevertheless:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Path2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class SnakeDrawing
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGUI());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.getContentPane().add(new SnakeDrawingPanel());
f.setSize(800, 800);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class Snake
{
private Point2D point0 = new Point2D.Double(100,500);
private Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(700,500);
double bodyWidth = 10;
int waves = 4;
double waveHeight = 0.05;
double tailStart = 0.8;
double headLength = 20;
double headWidth = 16;
double eyeRadius = 6;
double irisRadius = 3;
private Shape body;
private Shape head;
private Shape eyeR;
private Shape eyeL;
private Shape irisR;
private Shape irisL;
void setPoints(Point2D point0, Point2D point1)
{
this.point0.setLocation(point0);
this.point1.setLocation(point1);
AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(
currentAngleRad(), point0.getX(), point0.getY());
at.translate(point0.getX(), point0.getY());
createBody(at);
createHead(at);
}
void draw(Graphics2D g)
{
g.setColor(new Color(0,128,0));
g.fill(body);
g.fill(head);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fill(eyeR);
g.fill(eyeL);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fill(irisR);
g.fill(irisL);
}
private void createBody(AffineTransform at)
{
double distance = point1.distance(point0);
int steps = 100;
Path2D body = new Path2D.Double();
Point2D previousPoint = null;
for (int i=0; i<steps; i++)
{
double alpha = (double)i/(steps-1);
Point2D point = computeCenterPoint(alpha, distance);
if (previousPoint != null)
{
Point2D bodyPoint =
computeBodyPoint(alpha, point, previousPoint);
if (i==1)
{
body.moveTo(bodyPoint.getX(), bodyPoint.getY());
}
else
{
body.lineTo(bodyPoint.getX(), bodyPoint.getY());
}
}
previousPoint = point;
}
previousPoint = null;
for (int i=steps-1; i>=0; i--)
{
double alpha = (double)i/(steps-1);
Point2D point = computeCenterPoint(alpha, distance);
if (previousPoint != null)
{
Point2D bodyPoint =
computeBodyPoint(alpha, point, previousPoint);
body.lineTo(bodyPoint.getX(), bodyPoint.getY());
}
previousPoint = point;
}
this.body = at.createTransformedShape(body);
}
private Point2D computeBodyPoint(
double alpha, Point2D point, Point2D previousPoint)
{
double dx = point.getX() - previousPoint.getX();
double dy = point.getY() - previousPoint.getY();
double rdx = -dy;
double rdy = dx;
double d = Math.hypot(dx, dy);
double localBodyWidth = bodyWidth;
if (alpha > tailStart)
{
localBodyWidth *= (1 - (alpha - tailStart) / (1.0 - tailStart));
}
double px = point.getX() + rdx * (1.0 / d) * localBodyWidth;
double py = point.getY() + rdy * (1.0 / d) * localBodyWidth;
return new Point2D.Double(px, py);
}
private Point2D computeCenterPoint(
double alpha, double distance)
{
double r = alpha * Math.PI * 2 * waves;
double verticalScaling = 1 - (alpha * 2 - 1) * (alpha * 2 - 1);
double y = Math.sin(r) * distance * waveHeight * verticalScaling;
double x = alpha * distance;
return new Point2D.Double(x,y);
}
private void createHead(AffineTransform at)
{
Shape head = new Ellipse2D.Double(
-headLength, -headWidth,
headLength + headLength,
headWidth + headWidth);
this.head = at.createTransformedShape(head);
Shape eyeR = new Ellipse2D.Double(
-headLength * 0.5 - eyeRadius,
-headWidth * 0.6 - eyeRadius,
eyeRadius + eyeRadius,
eyeRadius + eyeRadius);
Shape eyeL = new Ellipse2D.Double(
-headLength * 0.5 - eyeRadius,
headWidth * 0.6 - eyeRadius,
eyeRadius + eyeRadius,
eyeRadius + eyeRadius);
this.eyeR = at.createTransformedShape(eyeR);
this.eyeL = at.createTransformedShape(eyeL);
Shape irisR = new Ellipse2D.Double(
-headLength * 0.4 - eyeRadius,
-headWidth * 0.6 - irisRadius,
irisRadius + irisRadius,
irisRadius + irisRadius);
Shape irisL = new Ellipse2D.Double(
-headLength * 0.4 - eyeRadius,
headWidth * 0.6 - irisRadius,
irisRadius + irisRadius,
irisRadius + irisRadius);
this.irisR = at.createTransformedShape(irisR);
this.irisL = at.createTransformedShape(irisL);
}
private double currentAngleRad()
{
double dx = point1.getX() - point0.getX();
double dy = point1.getY() - point0.getY();
double angleRad = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
return angleRad;
}
}
class SnakeDrawingPanel extends JPanel
implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
{
private Point2D point0 = new Point2D.Double(100,500);
private Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(700,500);
private Point2D draggedPoint = null;
private Snake snake = new Snake();
SnakeDrawingPanel()
{
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics gr)
{
super.paintComponent(gr);
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)gr;
g.setRenderingHint(
RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
snake.setPoints(point0, point1);
snake.draw(g);
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
if (draggedPoint != null)
{
draggedPoint.setLocation(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
double thresholdSquared = 10*10;
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point0) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point0;
}
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point1) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point1;
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
}
EDIT:
As an example / extension of the answer by MadProgrammer, here is a program that contains a method that allows you to draw an image between two given points. So, for a given ladder image, you can basically drag around the top- and bottom center point of the image:
Coincidentally, the relevant method is called drawImageBetweenPoints:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class LadderDrawing
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGUI());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.getContentPane().add(new LadderDrawingPanel());
f.setSize(800, 800);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class LadderDrawingPanel extends JPanel
implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
{
private Point2D point0 = new Point2D.Double(300,300);
private Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(500,700);
private Point2D draggedPoint = null;
private BufferedImage ladderImage;
LadderDrawingPanel()
{
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
try
{
ladderImage = ImageIO.read(new File("ladder.png"));
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics gr)
{
super.paintComponent(gr);
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)gr;
g.setRenderingHint(
RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
g.setColor(Color.RED);
paintDot(g, point0, 8);
paintDot(g, point1, 8);
drawImageBetweenPoints(g, ladderImage, point0, point1);
}
private static void paintDot(Graphics2D g, Point2D p, double radius)
{
g.fill(new Ellipse2D.Double(
p.getX() - radius, p.getY() - radius,
radius + radius, radius + radius));
}
private static void drawImageBetweenPoints(
Graphics2D g, BufferedImage image, Point2D p0, Point2D p1)
{
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
at.concatenate(AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(
p0.getX(), p0.getY()));
double dx = p1.getX() - p0.getX();
double dy = p1.getY() - p0.getY();
double angleRad = Math.atan2(dy, dx) - Math.PI * 0.5;
at.concatenate(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(angleRad));
double distance = p1.distance(p0);
double scalingY = distance / image.getHeight();
// Default: Uniform scaling
double scalingX = scalingY;
// For keeping the width of the image
//scalingX = 1.0;
// For scaling to a fixed width:
//double desiredWidth = 50;
//scalingX = desiredWidth / image.getWidth();
at.concatenate(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scalingX, scalingY));
at.concatenate(AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(
-image.getWidth() * 0.5, 0));
AffineTransform oldAT = g.getTransform();
g.transform(at);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
g.setTransform(oldAT);
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
if (draggedPoint != null)
{
draggedPoint.setLocation(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
double thresholdSquared = 10*10;
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point0) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point0;
}
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point1) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point1;
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
}
Again, I think that a manual drawing may be more flexible (and, particularly for the ladder, not much more difficult), because you can select the number of steps of the ladder to dynamically adjust based on the distance of the points. For example:
It boils down to a bit of math for computing the positions of the bars and steps, and playing a bit with strokes and shapes:
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.Stroke;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class LadderDrawingManual
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGUI());
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.getContentPane().add(new LadderDrawingManualPanel());
f.setSize(800, 800);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class LadderDrawingManualPanel extends JPanel
implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
{
private Point2D point0 = new Point2D.Double(300,300);
private Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(500,700);
private Point2D draggedPoint = null;
LadderDrawingManualPanel()
{
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics gr)
{
super.paintComponent(gr);
Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)gr;
g.setRenderingHint(
RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
g.setColor(Color.RED);
paintDot(g, point0, 8);
paintDot(g, point1, 8);
drawLadderBetweenPoints(g, point0, point1);
}
private static void paintDot(Graphics2D g, Point2D p, double radius)
{
g.fill(new Ellipse2D.Double(
p.getX() - radius, p.getY() - radius,
radius + radius, radius + radius));
}
private static void drawLadderBetweenPoints(
Graphics2D g, Point2D p0, Point2D p1)
{
final double ladderWidth = 40;
final double distanceBetweenSteps = 30;
final double barWidth = 5;
double dx = p1.getX() - p0.getX();
double dy = p1.getY() - p0.getY();
double distance = p1.distance(p0);
double dirX = dx / distance;
double dirY = dy / distance;
double offsetX = dirY * ladderWidth * 0.5;
double offsetY = -dirX * ladderWidth * 0.5;
Line2D lineR = new Line2D.Double(
p0.getX() + offsetX,
p0.getY() + offsetY,
p1.getX() + offsetX,
p1.getY() + offsetY);
Line2D lineL = new Line2D.Double(
p0.getX() - offsetX,
p0.getY() - offsetY,
p1.getX() - offsetX,
p1.getY() - offsetY);
drawBar(g, lineL, barWidth);
drawBar(g, lineR, barWidth);
int numSteps = (int)(distance / distanceBetweenSteps);
for (int i=0; i<numSteps; i++)
{
double stepOffsetX = (i+1) * distanceBetweenSteps;
double stepOffsetY = (i+1) * distanceBetweenSteps;
Line2D step = new Line2D.Double(
p0.getX() + stepOffsetX * dirX - offsetX,
p0.getY() + stepOffsetY * dirY - offsetY,
p0.getX() + stepOffsetX * dirX + offsetX,
p0.getY() + stepOffsetY * dirY + offsetY);
drawBar(g, step, barWidth);
}
}
private static void drawBar(Graphics2D g, Line2D line, double barWidth)
{
Stroke stroke = new BasicStroke(
(float)barWidth, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND);
Shape bar = stroke.createStrokedShape(line);
g.setColor(new Color(200,100,0));
g.fill(bar);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.draw(bar);
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
if (draggedPoint != null)
{
draggedPoint.setLocation(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
double thresholdSquared = 10*10;
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point0) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point0;
}
if (e.getPoint().distanceSq(point1) < thresholdSquared)
{
draggedPoint = point1;
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
draggedPoint = null;
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
// Nothing to do here
}
}

Drawing a diamond with Polygon on the end of a Line2D

I'm trying to draw a diamond (for a composition UML relationship). Right now, I am making a triangle like this:
but I want to make something like this:
And I do the triangle with this code:
private void drawArrowHead(Graphics2D g2, Point tip, Point tail,
Color color) {
g2.setPaint(color);
double dy = tip.y - tail.y;
double dx = tip.x - tail.x;
double theta = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
double x, y, rho = theta + phi;
Point p1 = new Point();
Point p2 = new Point();
p1.setLocation(tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho), tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho));
rho = theta - phi;
p2.setLocation(tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho), tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho));
int[] xPoints = new int[5];
int[] yPoints = new int[5];
xPoints[0] = tip.x;
xPoints[1] = p1.x;
xPoints[2] = p2.x;
yPoints[0] = tip.y;
yPoints[1] = p1.y;
yPoints[2] = p2.y;
g2.setPaint(Color.BLACK);
Shape shape = new Polygon(xPoints, yPoints, 3);
g2.fill(shape);
//tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho);
//y = tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho);
}
Does anyone have an idea on how to make a diamond out of this? Thanks :)
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Panel;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Polygon;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class DrawArrows {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new DrawArrows();
}
public DrawArrows() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager
.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException
| IllegalAccessException
| UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new UMLWindow();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setBounds(30, 30, 1000, 700);
frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.white);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
}
});
}
public static class UMLWindow extends JFrame {
Shapes shapeList = new Shapes();
Panel panel;
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public UMLWindow() {
addMenus();
panel = new Panel();
}
public void addMenus() {
getContentPane().add(shapeList);
setSize(300, 200);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JMenuItem lineMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New Line");
lineMenuItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
System.out.println("adding line");
shapeList.addLine();
}
});
JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
menubar.add(lineMenuItem);
setJMenuBar(menubar);
}
}
public static class Shapes extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private List<Line2D.Double> lines = new ArrayList<Line2D.Double>();
private Boolean drawing = false;
private Point lineStartingPoint = new Point();
private Point lineEndingPoint = new Point();
private Line2D.Double linePath;
double phi = Math.toRadians(40);
int barb = 20;
public Shapes() {
MyMouseAdapter myMouseAdapter = new MyMouseAdapter();
addMouseListener(myMouseAdapter);
addMouseMotionListener(myMouseAdapter);
this.setOpaque(true);
this.setBackground(Color.WHITE); // set canvas color
}
public void addLine() {
drawing = true;
repaint();
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(2));
if (drawing) {
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(2));
g2.drawLine(lineStartingPoint.x, lineStartingPoint.y,
lineEndingPoint.x, lineEndingPoint.y);
drawArrowHead(g2, lineEndingPoint, lineStartingPoint,
Color.BLACK);
}
for (Line2D line : lines) {
g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
Point sw = new Point((int) line.getX1(), (int) line.getY1());
Point ne = new Point((int) line.getX2(), (int) line.getY2());
g2.draw(line);
drawArrowHead(g2, ne, sw, Color.BLACK);
}
}
public Rectangle2D drawRect(int x, int y) {
return new Rectangle2D.Double(x - 4, y - 4, 8, 8);
}
private void drawArrowHead(Graphics2D g2, Point tip, Point tail,
Color color) {
g2.setPaint(color);
double dy = tip.y - tail.y;
double dx = tip.x - tail.x;
double theta = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
double x, y, rho = theta + phi;
Point p1 = new Point();
Point p2 = new Point();
p1.setLocation(tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho), tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho));
rho = theta - phi;
p2.setLocation(tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho), tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho));
int[] xPoints = new int[5];
int[] yPoints = new int[5];
xPoints[0] = tip.x;
xPoints[1] = p1.x;
xPoints[2] = p2.x;
yPoints[0] = tip.y;
yPoints[1] = p1.y;
yPoints[2] = p2.y;
g2.setPaint(Color.BLACK);
Shape shape = new Polygon(xPoints, yPoints, 3);
g2.fill(shape);
//tip.x - barb * Math.cos(rho);
//y = tip.y - barb * Math.sin(rho);
}
class MyMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
int currentIndex;
Point2D.Double startPoint = new Point2D.Double();
Point2D.Double endPoint = new Point2D.Double();
Boolean resizing = false;
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
if (drawing) {
lineStartingPoint = e.getPoint();
lineEndingPoint = lineStartingPoint;
}
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
if (drawing) {
lineEndingPoint = e.getPoint();
repaint();
System.out.println(lines.size());
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
if (drawing) {
drawLine(e);
}
drawing = false;
}
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
}
public void drawLine(MouseEvent e) {
drawing = false;
lineEndingPoint = e.getPoint();
linePath = new Line2D.Double(lineStartingPoint.getX(),
lineStartingPoint.getY(), lineEndingPoint.getX(),
lineEndingPoint.getY());
lines.add(linePath);
repaint();
}
}
}
}

Personally, I would focus on generating the shape and the using the Graphics2D API to perform the translation and transformation...
The Shape API makes it really easy to generate complex shapes, for example, this is the diamond shape used in the following example...
public class DiamondShape extends Path2D.Double {
public DiamondShape(int width, int height) {
moveTo(width / 2, 0);
lineTo(width, height / 2);
lineTo(width / 2, height);
lineTo(0, height / 2);
closePath();
}
}
It's short, simple and (for the most part), easy to understand...
"But it needs to rotate" I hear you say, but of course, the Graphics API provides awesome and simple functionality to achieve that, let it do the heavy lifting. However, if you need to only transform the shape, the Shape API can do that to (transform the shape itself)
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Path2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class FollowMe {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FollowMe();
}
public FollowMe() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private Point mousePoint;
private DiamondShape head;
public TestPane() {
head = new DiamondShape(10, 20);
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
mousePoint = e.getPoint();
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_COLOR_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_DITHERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_STROKE_CONTROL, RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE);
double rotation = 0f;
int width = getWidth() - 1;
int height = getHeight() - 1;
if (mousePoint != null) {
int x = width / 2;
int y = height / 2;
int deltaX = mousePoint.x - x;
int deltaY = mousePoint.y - y;
rotation = -Math.atan2(deltaX, deltaY);
rotation = Math.toDegrees(rotation) + 180;
}
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(rotation), width / 2, height / 2);
int x = width / 2;
int y = height / 2;
g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(3));
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawLine(x, y, x, y - height / 4);
y -= height / 4 + (head.getBounds().height);
x -= head.getBounds().width / 2;
g2d.fill(head.createTransformedShape(AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(x, y)));
g2d.dispose();
g2d.dispose();
}
}
public class DiamondShape extends Path2D.Double {
public DiamondShape(int width, int height) {
moveTo(width / 2, 0);
lineTo(width, height / 2);
lineTo(width / 2, height);
lineTo(0, height / 2);
closePath();
}
}
}

Drawing a nice circle in Java

I'm using Java Graphics and I keep getting "ugly" circles.
Here's what my Java program makes
And here's the same thing being made in Matlab
I think it is clear that the Java one is not as "nice" looking as the Matlab one, particularly on the edges of the circle. Note that this has nothing to do with the resolution...these images are practically the same size. Also note that I am already setting rendering hints.
Here's a stand alone with a Main function you can run to test this out.
package test;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class SimplePaint02 {
private static final int LINE_THICKNESS = 4;
private static final int LINE_GAP = 10;
private Color lineColor = Color.red;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SimplePaint02();
}
public SimplePaint02() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(100, 100);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
int radius = 50;
BufferedImage buffer = new BufferedImage(radius, radius, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
Ellipse2D circle = new Ellipse2D.Float(0, 0, radius,radius);
Shape clip = g2d.getClip();
g2d.setClip(circle);
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(Math.toRadians(45),radius / 2, radius / 2));
int gap = LINE_GAP;
g2d.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g2d.fill(circle);
g2d.setColor(lineColor);
//g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(LINE_THICKNESS));
for (int index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
int x1 = index*gap-(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y1 = 0;
int x2 = index*gap+(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y2 = radius;
int width = x2 - x1;
int height = y2 - y1;
g2d.fillRect(x1, y1, width, height);
//g2d.drawLine(index * gap, 0, index * gap, getRadius());
}
g2d.setTransform(at);
g2d.setClip(clip);
g2d.dispose();
g.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
}
}
}

EDIT: Please see Code Guy's answer below for a solution. This is marked correct because it was Joey Rohan who figured it out initially!
I got smooth edge when i tried out same thing:
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
public class DrawSmoothCircle {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2d = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
g2d.setRenderingHint (RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setPaint(Color.green);
g2d.fillOval(10, 10, 50, 50);
g2d.dispose();
ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "png", new File("e:\\newimage.png"));
}
}
UPDATE:
After searching alot:
There is nothing wrong with the code but,
Well, unfortunately Java 2D (or at least Sun's current implementation) does not support "soft clipping."
But Also got a trick for the clips:
Follow This link,you can achieve what you are asking for.
(Also, i got a smooth edge, cause i din't use clip stuff,in my above image)

Here was the answer. I adapted the majority of the code from this site. Take a look:
Here's the code:
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
// Create a translucent intermediate image in which we can perform
// the soft clipping
GraphicsConfiguration gc = ((Graphics2D) g).getDeviceConfiguration();
BufferedImage img = gc.createCompatibleImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics();
// Clear the image so all pixels have zero alpha
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Clear);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
// Render our clip shape into the image. Note that we enable
// antialiasing to achieve the soft clipping effect. Try
// commenting out the line that enables antialiasing, and
// you will see that you end up with the usual hard clipping.
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g2.fillOval(0, 0, getRadius(), getRadius());
// Here's the trick... We use SrcAtop, which effectively uses the
// alpha value as a coverage value for each pixel stored in the
// destination. For the areas outside our clip shape, the destination
// alpha will be zero, so nothing is rendered in those areas. For
// the areas inside our clip shape, the destination alpha will be fully
// opaque, so the full color is rendered. At the edges, the original
// antialiasing is carried over to give us the desired soft clipping
// effect.
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcAtop);
g2.setColor(lineColor);
int gap = LINE_GAP;
AffineTransform at = g2.getTransform();
g2.setTransform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(Math.toRadians(45),getRadius() / 2, getRadius() / 2));
for (int index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
int x1 = index*gap-(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y1 = 0;
int x2 = index*gap+(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y2 = getRadius();
int width = x2 - x1;
int height = y2 - y1;
g2.fillRect(x1, y1, width, height);
}
g2.setTransform(at);
g2.dispose();
// Copy our intermediate image to the screen
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
}

Update
OK. Then the idea is to not use clipping at all but instead to make the clipped shape by subtracting areas from each other.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SimplePaint02 {
private static final int LINE_THICKNESS = 4;
private static final int LINE_GAP = 10;
private Color lineColor = Color.red;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SimplePaint02();
}
public SimplePaint02() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
int radius = 75;
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(radius, radius);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Ellipse2D circle = new Ellipse2D.Float(0, 0, radius, radius);
Area lines = new Area();
int gap = LINE_GAP;
for (int index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
int x1 = index * gap - (LINE_THICKNESS / 2);
int y1 = 0;
int x2 = index * gap + (LINE_THICKNESS / 2);
int y2 = radius;
int width = x2 - x1;
int height = y2 - y1;
Shape lineShape = new Rectangle2D.Double(x1, y1, width, height);
lines.add(new Area(lineShape));
//g3d.fillRect(x1, y1, width, height);
//g2d.drawLine(index * gap, 0, index * gap, getRadius());
}
//g2d.setClip(circle);
Area circleNoLines = new Area(circle);
circleNoLines.subtract(lines);
Area linesCutToCircle = new Area(circle);
linesCutToCircle.subtract(circleNoLines);
//g2d.setTransform(at);
BufferedImage buffer = new BufferedImage(radius * 2, radius * 2, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(Math.toRadians(45), radius / 2, radius / 2));
g2d.setRenderingHints(rh);
g2d.setColor(Color.ORANGE);
g2d.fill(linesCutToCircle);
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.fill(circleNoLines);
g2d.dispose();
g.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
}
}
}
Old code
Part of the problem is that the rendering operations typically do not apply to a Clip, though they will apply to the Shape when it is drawn. I generally solve that by (last) painting the Shape itself. E.G.
A 1.5 pixel BasicStroke is used here for the red circle - smoothing the rough edges produced by the Clip.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class SimplePaint02 {
private static final int LINE_THICKNESS = 4;
private static final int LINE_GAP = 10;
private Color lineColor = Color.red;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SimplePaint02();
}
public SimplePaint02() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
int radius = 75;
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension((int)(1.1*radius), (int)(1.1*radius));
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
BufferedImage buffer = new BufferedImage(radius*2, radius*2, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = buffer.createGraphics();
RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_DITHERING,RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE);
rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_COLOR_RENDERING,RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHints(rh);
Ellipse2D circle = new Ellipse2D.Float(0, 0, radius,radius);
Shape clip = g2d.getClip();
g2d.setClip(circle);
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(Math.toRadians(45),radius / 2, radius / 2));
int gap = LINE_GAP;
g2d.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g2d.fill(circle);
g2d.setColor(lineColor);
//g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(LINE_THICKNESS));
for (int index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
int x1 = index*gap-(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y1 = 0;
int x2 = index*gap+(LINE_THICKNESS/2);
int y2 = radius;
int width = x2 - x1;
int height = y2 - y1;
g2d.fillRect(x1, y1, width, height);
//g2d.drawLine(index * gap, 0, index * gap, getRadius());
}
g2d.setTransform(at);
g2d.setClip(clip);
g2d.setClip(null);
g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(1.5f));
g2d.draw(circle);
g2d.dispose();
g.drawImage(buffer, 0, 0, this);
}
}
}

I used drawPolygon method to draw circle by generating array of most of the points on circumference of circle with proposed radius.
Code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*<applet code="OnlyCircle" width=500 height=500>
</applet>*/
public class OnlyCircle extends Applet{
public void paint(Graphics g){
int r=200;//radius
int x1=250;//center x coordinate
int y1=250;//center y coordinate
double x2,y2;
double a=0;
double pi=3.14159;
int count=0;
int i=0;
int f=0;
int[] x22=new int[628319];
int[] y22=new int[628319];
while(a<=2*pi&&i<628319&&f<628319)
{
double k=Math.cos(a);
double l=Math.sin(a);
x2=x1+r*k;
y2=y1+r*l;
x22[i]=(int)x2;
y22[f]=(int)y2;
i++;
f++;
a+=0.00001;
}
int length=x22.length;
g.drawPolygon(x22,y22,length);
}
}

You can enable anti-aliasing:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
Map<RenderingHints.Key, Object> hints = new HashMap<RenderingHints.Key, Object>();
hints.put(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.setRenderingHints(hints);
I also suggest you draw to the Graphics object you get from the paintComponent method rather than creating an intermediate BufferedImage.