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Two ScheduledExecutorService overriding eachother?

I'm trying to make two blinking circles that blink at different rates. I'm using ScheduledExecutorService in the Circle class to regulate the blinking, and its duration is set by the ms (milliseconds) variable in each Circle.
When I make one car individually, they blink at the correct rates (I have the black one set to 1000ms, the red set to 10ms). However, when I create them both and add them to my JLayeredPane, they both blink at the shorter period.
I'm not too familiar with the use of ScheduledExecutorService, so if someone could help me out with what's going wrong it'd be greatly appreciated!
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class blinker extends JFrame
{
JLayeredPane lp = new JLayeredPane();
public carlight()
{
lp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
lp.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(450, 450));
car c1 = new car(new Color(0, 0, 0), "1", 10, 0, 0);
c1.setOpaque(false);
car c2 = new car(new Color(255, 0, 0), "2", 1000, 100, 100);
c2.setOpaque(false);
c1.setBounds(0, 0, 450, 450);
c2.setBounds(0, 0, 450, 450);
lp.add(c2);
lp.add(c1);
add(lp);
setTitle("Carlights");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setSize(500, 500);
setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
carlight cl = new carlight();
}
}
class Circle extends JPanel
{
private Color color;
private String name;
private long ms;
private int x, y;
private boolean on = true;
ScheduledExecutorService service = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponents(g);
if(on)
{
g.setColor(color);
int r = 50;
g.fillOval(x, y, r, r);
on = false;
}
else
{
on = true;
}
}
public car(Color c, String s, long l, int x, int y)
{
color = c;
name = s;
ms = l;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.service.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
repaint();
}
}, 0, ms, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
}
}

Your problem is that you have program logic in the paintComponent method, where you change the state of the boolean variable. You don't have full control over when or even if this method will be called, and in fact both paintComponents will be called when repaint is called which is why your blinkers aren't working. The solution: get the logic out of the paintComponent method by changing the state of the boolean field, on, elsewhere. Also you'll want to use a Swing Timer for better Swing threading.
You also will want to fix your use of layouts including avoiding use of setBounds. This is especially dangerous and unpredictable in your setup, using it with a BorderLayout. Myself, I'd not make the Circle class extend a JPanel but rather make it a logical class, not a component class, and then I'd have the drawing component, a class that does extend JPanel, hold instances of Circle classes and then draws them in its paintComponent. For example:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class BlinkerEg extends JPanel {
private static final int PREF_W = 450;
private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
private List<Circle> circles = new ArrayList<>();
public BlinkerEg() {
circles.add(new Circle(Color.red, 1000, 0, 0, 450, this));
circles.add(new Circle(Color.black, 60, 0, 0, 450, this));
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(PREF_W, PREF_H);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
for (Circle circle : circles) {
circle.paint(g2);
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
BlinkerEg mainPanel = new BlinkerEg();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("BlinkerEg");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
class Circle {
private Color color;
private int x, y;
private int diam;
private JComponent component;
private boolean on = true;
public Circle(Color color, int ms, int x, int y, int diam, JComponent component) {
this.color = color;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.diam = diam;
this.component = component;
new Timer(ms, new TimerListener()).start();
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
if (on) {
g.setColor(color);
g.fillOval(x, y, diam, diam);
}
}
public boolean isOn() {
return on;
}
public void setOn(boolean on) {
this.on = on;
}
private class TimerListener implements ActionListener {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
setOn(!isOn());
component.repaint();
}
}
}

Draw line on the desktop with clickable around line

I want create a program that draw line on desktop with this property that user can click on desktop icons near the line.
I create sample. I create transparent frame and draw jWindow on this. in MouseReleased event dispose main frame then stay all jwindows that created. My code create many number of jwindow and this is very bad. For draw line 30cm program create over than 400 jwindow and this causes os be very heavy.
Can help me anybody?
(Excuse me for my ugly english)
package PKHMain;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
public class FRMMain extends JFrame implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
public FRMMain() {
this.setUndecorated(true);
this.setSize(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width, Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().height);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
this.setLayout(null);
this.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
this.setVisible(true);
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FRMMain();
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event) {
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent event) {
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent event) {
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event) {
this.dispose();
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent event) {
int x = event.getX();
int y = event.getY();
JWindow frame = new JWindow();
frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
frame.setContentPane(new ShapedPane(x, y));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocation(x, y);
frame.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent event) {
}
public class ShapedPane extends JPanel {
public int x1;
public int y1;
public ShapedPane(int x, int y) {
setOpaque(false);
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
x1 = x;
y1 = y;
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(5, 5);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g.create();
RenderingHints hints = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.setRenderingHints(hints);
g2.setColor(Color.red);
g2.fill(new Ellipse2D.Double(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight()));
g2.dispose();
}
}
}

You are touching system specific behavior with your program, e.g. on my machine the program will not receive any mouse event at all as the background color has an alpha value of zero. Setting it to at least one makes it receiving clicks and drags. So this is a way to control the desired click-through behavior but it might be the case that it doesn’t work for you.
Here is the program as it work on my machine (Java 7 and Windows 7):
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class FRMMain extends JFrame {
private final List<Shape> list=new ArrayList<>();
private boolean paintPhase=true;
public FRMMain() {
this.setUndecorated(true);
final Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
this.setSize(screenSize.width, screenSize.height);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
this.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 1));
this.setOpacity(1f);
this.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
this.setVisible(true);
enableEvents(AWTEvent.MOUSE_EVENT_MASK|AWTEvent.MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK);
}
#Override
protected void processMouseEvent(MouseEvent e) {
if(paintPhase && e.getID()==MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED) {
paintPhase = false;
// on my machine the following line is enough to enable click-through
setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
// but if this doesn’t work, the following should do:
Area area=new Area();
BasicStroke b=new BasicStroke(2f);
for(Shape s:list) area.add(new Area(b.createStrokedShape(s)));
setShape(area);
}
super.processMouseEvent(e);
}
#Override
protected void processMouseMotionEvent(MouseEvent event)
{
if(paintPhase && event.getID()==MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED) {
int x = event.getX();
int y = event.getY();
list.add(new Ellipse2D.Float(x, y, 8, 8));
repaint();
}
super.processMouseMotionEvent(event);
}
#Override
public boolean contains(int x, int y) {
return paintPhase;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FRMMain();
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D gfx=(Graphics2D)g;
gfx.setColor(Color.RED);
for(Shape s:list) gfx.draw(s);
}
}

Multiple problems regarding Java paint program while painting

I have a Java paint program, and I've got two problems to do with it. Both problems are relatively simple, and just regard how the mouse input is handled and how the image uses colors. Here's a photo of the app:
So here's my first problem:
As you can see, by the look of the app, there's a spray of dots on the paint area. Each of those dots is a mouseclick. The program does not recognize when a user is holding down the mouse button, so you have to click individually.
This is obviously counterproductive, user-unfriendly and unacceptable. Now, how I fix this, I'm not sure. I've tried using a permanent while (true) loop, but that does not work. How do I make it so that instead of having to click every time, each time the mouse is held down it sprays out dots?
The second problem is the color of the dots. As you can see, at the bottom, there are color buttons. These function, but there is a problem: Whenever I change the color, all the dots currently on the screen change color. The color is run by a variable called currentColor which is run by the actionListeners controlled by all the color buttons on the bottom panel. How do I make sure that colors already placed on the screen are not affected anymore?
I believe that all the code that can be fixed for these two problems lies in my custom JPanel which is used for the program to paint on. I'll post the entire class below, and if you have any other questions, please let me know.
int xCord, yCord;
public class PaintPanel extends JPanel implements MouseListener {
// default serial whatever...
private static final long serialVersionUID = -6514297510194472060L;
public PaintPanel() {
addMouseListener(this);
}
ArrayList<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>();
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
for (Point point : points) {
g.setColor(currentColor);
g.fillOval(point.x, point.y, 12, 12);
}
repaint();
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent m) {
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent m) {
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent m) {
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent m) {
if (paintPanel.contains(m.getPoint())) {
points.add(m.getPoint());
xCord = m.getX();
yCord = m.getY();
System.out.println("x: " + xCord + " y: " + yCord);
}
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent m) {
}
}

Painting in Swing is destructive.
That is to say, when Swing requests that a repaint occur on a component, the component is expected to clear what ever was previously paint and update itself.
The problem with your color issue is that you only ever have a single color specified.
A possible solution would be to paint to backing buffer (like BufferedImage) instead of relying on paintComponent.
Instead of repainting all the dots each time paintComponent is called, you would simply paint the BufferedImage instead.
As to your issue with the mouse, you need to implement a MouseMotionListener, this will allow you to detect when the mouse is dragged across the surface, painting a trail of dots
Update with very BASIC 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.Point;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class SimplePaint04 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SimplePaint04();
}
public SimplePaint04() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
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 {
private PaintPane paintPane;
public TestPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
add((paintPane = new PaintPane()));
add(new ColorsPane(paintPane), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
}
public class ColorsPane extends JPanel {
public ColorsPane(PaintPane paintPane) {
add(new JButton(new ColorAction(paintPane, "Red", Color.RED)));
add(new JButton(new ColorAction(paintPane, "Green", Color.GREEN)));
add(new JButton(new ColorAction(paintPane, "Blue", Color.BLUE)));
}
public class ColorAction extends AbstractAction {
private PaintPane paintPane;
private Color color;
private ColorAction(PaintPane paintPane, String name, Color color) {
putValue(NAME, name);
this.paintPane = paintPane;
this.color = color;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
paintPane.setForeground(color);
}
}
}
public class PaintPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage background;
public PaintPane() {
setBackground(Color.WHITE);
setForeground(Color.BLACK);
MouseAdapter handler = new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
drawDot(e.getPoint());
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
drawDot(e.getPoint());
}
};
addMouseListener(handler);
addMouseMotionListener(handler);
}
protected void drawDot(Point p) {
if (background == null) {
updateBuffer();;
}
if (background != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = background.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(getForeground());
g2d.fillOval(p.x - 5, p.y - 5, 10, 10);
g2d.dispose();
}
repaint();
}
#Override
public void invalidate() {
super.invalidate();
updateBuffer();
}
protected void updateBuffer() {
if (getWidth() > 0 && getHeight() > 0) {
BufferedImage newBuffer = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2d = newBuffer.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
if (background != null) {
g2d.drawImage(background, 0, 0, this);
}
g2d.dispose();
background = newBuffer;
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
if (background == null) {
updateBuffer();
}
g2d.drawImage(background, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

Java Swing - How to create custom components with auto size adjustment to the parent

I'm trying to build a custom triangle component that has the same features as a JComponent (like a JButton per say).
The porpoise of the program will be to add triangle on a mouse click exactly where the mouse is and to handle a mouseover event by highlighting the bg of the shape.
I let the default layouts(or null), because while using others, the applications just doesn't place the triangles where I want...
Right now my major issue is how to adjust the size of the triangles with direct proportionality relative to the form size? So that if I reduce the frame size 50% all the components are down that value as well.
One other issue is that the JComponent requires a rectangular area to handle events, for what I've seen there's no way countering this, so if I try to click on the affected area it will just ignore it instead of creating a new triangle there.
And yet another problem is that sometimes while moving out of the triangle from the bottom it is still green.
Thanks!
Here is the SSCCE:
// TriangleCustom.java
package TriangleCustom;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TriangleCustom {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("Triangle");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setSize(1200, 800);
Panel p = new Panel();
f.add(p);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class Panel extends JPanel {
// the offsets are the area (rect border) to contain the triangle shape
private final int xOFFSET = 25;
private final int yOFFSET = 50;
ArrayList<TriangleShape> triangleAL = new ArrayList<TriangleShape>();
public Panel() {
setBounds(0, 0, 800, 400);
// setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black,2));
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
addTriangle(new Point(e.getX(), e.getY()), new Point(e.getX()
- xOFFSET, e.getY() + yOFFSET), new Point(e.getX()
+ xOFFSET, e.getY() + yOFFSET));
}
});
}
private void addTriangle(Point topCorner, Point leftCorner,
Point rightCorner) {
final TriangleDTO tdto = new TriangleDTO(new Point(25, 0), new Point(0,
50), new Point(50, 50));
TriangleShape ts = new TriangleShape(tdto);
ts.setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
ts.setFillColor(Color.RED);
ts.setBounds((int) (topCorner.getX() - 25), (int) topCorner.getY(), 51,
51);
triangleAL.add(ts);
this.add(ts);
repaint();
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.draw(new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, 799, 399));
}
}
// the custom component in a shape of a triangle
class TriangleShape extends JComponent {
private GeneralPath triangle = new GeneralPath();
private TriangleDTO tdto = new TriangleDTO();
private Color borderColor = new Color(0);
private Color fillColor = new Color(0);
// Constructor
public TriangleShape(TriangleDTO tdto) {
this.tdto = tdto;
triangle.moveTo(tdto.getTopCorner().getX(), tdto.getTopCorner().getY());
triangle.lineTo(tdto.getLeftCorner().getX(), tdto.getLeftCorner()
.getY());
triangle.lineTo(tdto.getRightCorner().getX(), tdto.getRightCorner()
.getY());
triangle.closePath();
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
// there are some issues when going out of the triangle from
// bottom
if (triangle.contains((Point2D) e.getPoint())) {
setFillColor(Color.GREEN);
repaint();
} else {
setFillColor(Color.RED);
repaint();
}
}
});
}
public void setBorderColor(Color borderColor) {
this.borderColor = borderColor;
}
public void setFillColor(Color fillColor) {
this.fillColor = fillColor;
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.setPaint(fillColor);
g2d.fill(triangle);
g2d.setPaint(borderColor);
g2d.draw(triangle);
}
}
// just a plain DTO for the triangle points
class TriangleDTO {
private Point topCorner = new Point();
private Point leftCorner = new Point();
private Point rightCorner = new Point();
// Constructors
public TriangleDTO() {
}
public TriangleDTO(Point topCorner, Point leftCorner, Point rightCorner) {
super();
this.topCorner = topCorner;
this.leftCorner = leftCorner;
this.rightCorner = rightCorner;
}
// Getters and Setters
public Point getTopCorner() {
return topCorner;
}
public void setTopCorner(Point topCorner) {
this.topCorner = topCorner;
}
public Point getLeftCorner() {
return leftCorner;
}
public void setLeftCorner(Point leftCorner) {
this.leftCorner = leftCorner;
}
public Point getRightCorner() {
return rightCorner;
}
public void setRightCorner(Point rightCorner) {
this.rightCorner = rightCorner;
}
}

Changing JPanel Graphics g color drawing line

i have a program similar to paint. and that i am trying to implement a change pen color however when i change the color, everything currently drawn is changed to the color RED for example in my program,how can i make it such that it will not repaint everything currently drawn to the currently changed color?Below code will compile and run
Class for the JPanel drawing area
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
//refer to http://jkost.ergoway.gr/jnkjavaconnection/freedraw.html for the algorithm.
public class STDrawingArea extends JPanel {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
ArrayList<Rectangle> dPoint = new ArrayList<Rectangle>();
Point point = new Point(-1,-1);
private Color currentColor;
public STDrawingArea()
{
setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
setBackground(Color.WHITE);
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
dPoint.add(new Rectangle(point.x,point.y,e.getX(),e.getY()));
point.x = e.getX();
point.y = e.getY();
repaint();
}
});
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
System.out.println("mousePressed X: "+e.getX()+"mousePressed Y: "+e.getY());
dPoint.add(new Rectangle(e.getX(),e.getY(),-1,-1));
point.x = e.getX();
point.y = e.getY();
}
});
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
System.out.println("mouseReleased X: "+e.getX()+"mouseReleased Y: "+e.getY());
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(700,500);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(getCurrentColor());
for (int i=0; i < dPoint.size(); i++) {
Rectangle r = dPoint.get(i);
if (r.width != -1)
{
g.drawLine(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height);
}
}
/* Draw current point.*/
g.drawLine(point.x, point.y, point.x, point.y);
}
//set current drawing color
public void changePenColor(Color color)
{
if (color == null)
setCurrentColor(Color.BLACK);
else
setCurrentColor(color);
}
//clear drawings method
public void clearDrawings()
{
if(!(dPoint==null))
{
dPoint.clear();
repaint();
}
}
private void setCurrentColor(Color currentColor) {
this.currentColor = currentColor;
}
private Color getCurrentColor() {
return currentColor;
}
}
Test main class.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class STTestMain extends JFrame {
STDrawingArea drawingArea = new STDrawingArea();
public STTestMain()
{
//JFrame settings
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setTitle("Spelling Trainer");
setResizable(false);
setVisible(true);
//Panel of buttons
JPanel buttonContainer = new JPanel();
JButton btnPenColor = new JButton("Red Pen");
buttonContainer.add(btnPenColor);
//Drawing Area instantiation
//Adding things to JFrame
getContentPane().add(drawingArea);
getContentPane().add(buttonContainer,BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
pack();
//button listener
btnPenColor.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
drawingArea.changePenColor(Color.RED);
}
});
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
STTestMain test = new STTestMain();
}
}

One way:
Use your ArrayList to draw the current curve as it is being drawn, but
Use a BufferedImage to draw your completed curves
You would do this on mouseReleased and would draw the current curve to the BufferedImage using the current color.
You'll also need to re-initialize your ArrayList of points after drawing to the BufferedImage.
Don't forget to dispose of the BufferedImage's Graphics object after you're done using it.
Draw the BufferedImage in your paintComponent method after super.paintComponent but before drawing your current curve.
This way when you change the color of your drawing, only the current curve is effected.
EDIT
You've mentioned in a comment that you're not familiar with BufferedImage, and are looking for another way. I suppose you could create a class that holds an ArrayList of Points together with a Color, and then on each mouseReleased create an object of this class and add it to an ArrayList in your drawing panel. Then your paintComponent method could iterate through that ArrayList, drawing the list of Points with their associated color, but my gut tells me that you're an intelligent guy and that you'd pick up on how to use a BufferedImage in no time. I really think it's the best solution. And if you try it and it flops, show us your code, and we'll likely be able to help you.
EDIT 2
The BufferedImage constructor will need the image width, height and an image type -- something I'm not 100% familiar with. I usually use BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB for general purpose drawing, and BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB for general purpose that needs an alpha too. Then you'll extract a Graphics object out of the BufferedImage, say getGraphics() if all you need is a Graphics object and not a Graphics2D object. Then when you initialize the BufferedImage in your constructor, fill it with a Color.white, just as you for your JPanel. Then dispose the Graphics object. Then each time you want to draw, you getGraphics, draw with it, just like you do in the paintComponent method, dispose of the Graphics when done, and finally draw the BufferedImage in the paintComponent via the drawImage method.
EDIT 3
Example program that doesn't do quite what you are trying to do but does illustrate use of a BufferedImage with drawing. This program changes the color each time a new path or curve is drawn.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
public class STTestSimple {
private static void createAndShowUI() {
STDrawPanel drawPanel = new STDrawPanel();
STMouseAdapter mAdapter = new STMouseAdapter(drawPanel);
drawPanel.addMouseListener(mAdapter);
drawPanel.addMouseMotionListener(mAdapter);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Drawing");
frame.getContentPane().add(drawPanel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowUI();
}
});
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
class STDrawPanel extends JPanel {
private static final int ST_WIDTH = 700;
private static final int ST_HEIGHT = 500;
private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = Color.white;
private static final float STROKE_WIDTH = 6f;
private static final Stroke STROKE = new BasicStroke(STROKE_WIDTH,
BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND);
private static final Color[] colors = {Color.black, Color.blue, Color.red,
Color.green, Color.orange, Color.MAGENTA};
private BufferedImage bImage = new BufferedImage(ST_WIDTH, ST_HEIGHT,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
private Color color = Color.black;
private ArrayList<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>();
private int colorIndex = 0;
public STDrawPanel() {
Graphics g = bImage.getGraphics();
g.setColor(BACKGROUND_COLOR);
g.fillRect(0, 0, ST_WIDTH, ST_HEIGHT);
g.dispose();
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(bImage, 0, 0, null);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
drawCurve(g2);
}
private void addCurveToBufferedImage() {
Graphics2D g2 = bImage.createGraphics();
drawCurve(g2);
g2.dispose();
}
private void drawCurve(Graphics2D g2) {
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.setStroke(STROKE);
g2.setColor(color);
if (points != null && points.size() > 1) {
for (int i = 0; i < points.size() - 1; i++) {
int x1 = points.get(i).x;
int y1 = points.get(i).y;
int x2 = points.get(i + 1).x;
int y2 = points.get(i + 1).y;
g2.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
}
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(ST_WIDTH, ST_HEIGHT);
}
public void curveStart(Point point) {
points.clear();
points.add(point);
}
public void curveEnd(Point point) {
points.add(point);
addCurveToBufferedImage();
points.clear();
repaint();
colorIndex++;
colorIndex %= colors.length;
setColor(colors[colorIndex]);
}
public void curveAdd(Point point) {
points.add(point);
repaint();
}
public void setColor(Color color) {
this.color = color;
}
}
class STMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {
private STDrawPanel drawPanel;
public STMouseAdapter(STDrawPanel drawPanel) {
this.drawPanel = drawPanel;
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
drawPanel.curveStart(e.getPoint());
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
drawPanel.curveEnd(e.getPoint());
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
drawPanel.curveAdd(e.getPoint());
}
}

Custom Painting Approaches gives two ideas on how you might do this.

Thanks hovercraft, i've done it looking at your code and fiddling around lol.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class STDrawingArea extends JPanel {
/**
*
*/
private static final int DA_WIDTH = 700;
private static final int DA_HEIGHT = 500;
private static final Color DA_BGCOLOR = Color.WHITE;
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
ArrayList<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>();
private Color currentColor;
BufferedImage bImage = new BufferedImage(DA_WIDTH, DA_HEIGHT, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
public STDrawingArea()
{
setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
//Basic Settings for bImage
Graphics g2d = bImage.getGraphics();
g2d.setColor(DA_BGCOLOR);
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, DA_WIDTH, DA_HEIGHT);
g2d.dispose();
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
points.clear();
points.add(e.getPoint());
}
});
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
{
points.add(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
});
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
points.add(e.getPoint());
points.clear();
System.out.println("mouseReleased X: "+e.getX()+"mouseReleased Y: "+e.getY());
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(DA_WIDTH,DA_HEIGHT);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
drawIntoBufferedImage();
g.drawImage(bImage,0,0,null);
freehandLines(g);
}
public void drawIntoBufferedImage()
{
Graphics g = bImage.getGraphics();
freehandLines(g);
g.dispose();
}
public void freehandLines(Graphics g)
{
if(points != null && points.size() > 1)
{
g.setColor(getCurrentColor());
for(int i = 0; i < points.size()-1;i++)
{
int x1 = points.get(i).x;
int y1 = points.get(i).y;
int x2 = points.get(i+1).x;
int y2 = points.get(i+1).y;
g.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
}
}
}
//clear drawings method
public void clearDrawings()
{
if(points!=null)
{
points.clear();
Graphics g = bImage.getGraphics();
g.setColor(DA_BGCOLOR);
g.fillRect(0, 0, DA_WIDTH, DA_WIDTH);
g.dispose();
repaint();
}
}
public void setCurrentColor(Color currentColor) {
if(currentColor == null)
{
currentColor = Color.BLACK;
}else{
this.currentColor = currentColor;
}
}
public Color getCurrentColor() {
if (currentColor == null)
return Color.BLACK;
else
return currentColor;
}
}
main class
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class STTestMain extends JFrame {
STDrawingArea drawingArea = new STDrawingArea();
public STTestMain()
{
//JFrame settings
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setTitle("Spelling Trainer");
setResizable(false);
setVisible(true);
//Panel of buttons
JPanel buttonContainer = new JPanel();
JButton btnRedPen = new JButton("Red Pen");
JButton btnGreenPen = new JButton("Green Pen");
JButton btnClear = new JButton("Clear");
buttonContainer.add(btnRedPen);
buttonContainer.add(btnGreenPen);
buttonContainer.add(btnClear);
//Drawing Area instantiation
//Adding things to JFrame
getContentPane().add(drawingArea);
getContentPane().add(buttonContainer,BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
pack();
//button listener
btnRedPen.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
drawingArea.setCurrentColor(Color.RED);
}
});
btnGreenPen.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
drawingArea.setCurrentColor(Color.GREEN);
}
});
btnClear.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
drawingArea.clearDrawings();
}
});
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
STTestMain test = new STTestMain();
}
}