We Keep Coding

How to put an picture to an object in Java?

Well I try to make an object an image, an object that goes into an ArrayList. But I don't know how to do it. I tried several methods but none of them I tried did not work. What do you think should be added? And my object is called Apple.Thanks in advance
public class Gamepanel extends JPanel {
public void tick()
{
if(apples.size()==0)
{
//System.out.println(apples.size());
int xC=r.nextInt(79);
int yC=r.nextInt(79);
apple=new Apple(xC,yC,10);
apples.add(apple);
}
for(int i=0;i<apples.size();i++)
{
if(xC==apples.get(i).getxC()&&yC==apples.get(i).getyC())
{
size++;
score++;
apples.remove(i);
i++;
}
}
}
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
//here I draw the snake and his food
if(State==STATE.GAME)
{
g.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(0,0,WIDTH,HEIGHT);
//here i make my map of the game
for(int i=0;i<apples.size();++i)
{
apples.get(i).draw(g);
}
}
public class Apple {
private int xC,yC,width,height;
BufferedImage ap=null;
public Apple(int xC,int yC,int titleSize) {
this.xC=xC;
this.yC=yC;
width=titleSize;
height=titleSize;
}
//here i want to draw a picture for each my objects from ArrayList
public void draw(Graphics g)
{
}

I'm not sure what you're meaning by make an object an image... I don't see any code with the definition for apple...
Have you tried using Textures? You can easily create a Texture[] array containing different textures for use.
Texture[] apples = new Texture[2];
apples[0] = new Texture("apple1.png");
apples[1] = new Texture("apple2.png");
ArrayLists can also be used, but my experience with 2d games is in using libGDx (im guessing your package is graphics2D? with GDx you can...
SpriteBatch batch = new SpriteBatch();
ArrayList<Texture> apples = new ArrayList<Texture>();
//add your textures, then draw using a SpriteBatch
batch.begin();
batch.draw([texture],xpos,ypos); batch.draw(apples.get(i), 150, 500);
batch.end();

How to change the color of an individual ellipse when clicking a jButton?

I want to be able to click the JButton and change the next individual ellipse I make to its respective color, Red or Black, from its default Blue. So far I'm able to change the color of all the ellipses I have made.
public class MainClient {
private JFrame frame;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
MainClient window = new MainClient();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public MainClient() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 800, 600);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final SpriteField panel = new SpriteField();
panel.setBounds(0, 110, 782, 331);
panel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
int tX = e.getX();
int tY = e.getY();
panel.CreateObjectAt(tX,tY);
}
});
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
panel.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
final JButton btnRed = new JButton("black");
btnRed.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
panel.setColor(Color.BLACK);
}
});
btnRed.setBounds(229, 500, 97, 25);
frame.getContentPane().add(btnRed);
JButton btnRed_1 = new JButton("red");
btnRed_1.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
panel.setColor(Color.RED);
}
});
btnRed_1.setBounds(342, 500, 97, 25);
frame.getContentPane().add(btnRed_1);
}
}
I have a SriteField Class
public class SpriteField extends JPanel
{
ArrayList<RoundSprite>mSprites = new ArrayList<RoundSprite>();
private Color color = Color.BLUE;
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
AffineTransform tOldTransform = g2.getTransform();
for(RoundSprite tOne:mSprites)
{
tOne.DrawSprite(g2, color);
}
g2.setTransform(tOldTransform);
}
public void CreateObjectAt(int tX, int tY)
{
//make sprite
RoundSprite mLonely = new RoundSprite();
//set position
mLonely.SetPosition(tX, tY);
//add to array
mSprites.add(mLonely);
repaint();
}
public void setColor(Color color)
{
this.color = color;
repaint();
}
}
I have a RoundSprite Class
public class RoundSprite
{
int mX;
int mY;
private Color color;
void DrawSprite(Graphics2D g2, Color color)
{
AffineTransform tOldTransform = g2.getTransform();
g2.setColor(color);
g2.translate(mX, mY); //got it out from the corner
g2.draw(new Ellipse2D.Double(-15, -22, 30, 50));
g2.setTransform(tOldTransform);
}
public void SetPosition(int tX, int tY) //g2.translate
{
mX = tX;
mY = tY;
}

There are three core issues...
One
In order for the panel_1 MouseListener to change the color of the sprites within panel, the MouseListener requires a reference to the panel.
You could declare the panel as final within the initialize method, but I prefer to make the panel a private instance field of the MainClient.
Two
In order to change the color, the SpriteField needs to provide a means by which interested parties can request a change.
This is going to require SpriteField to provide some kind of method that interested parties can call when they need to, for example, a setColor method...
public class SpriteField extends JPanel {
private Color color = Color.BLACK;
//...
public void setColor(Color color) {
this.color = color;
repaint();
}
Then panel_1's MouseListener can now reference the SpriteField and call a method which can produce a change...
panel_1.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("Click");
panel.setColor(Color.BLUE);
}
});
Three
You need some way to tell the sprite what color it should be...
This one depends on what it is you want to achieve...
If you want to paint ALL the sprites the same color, then you need some way to tell the sprites which color they should use, for example, you could change the DrawSprite method to accept a Color parameter...
public class RoundSprite {
//...
void DrawSprite(Graphics2D g2, Color color) {
And within the SpriteField paintComponent, pass the color to the sprite
public class SpriteField extends JPanel {
//...
private Color color = Color.BLACK;
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
AffineTransform tOldTransform = g2.getTransform();
for (RoundSprite tOne : mSprites) {
tOne.DrawSprite(g2, color);
}
g2.setTransform(tOldTransform);
}
Now, this will paint ALL the sprites within the field the same color, if you want to change the color of individual sprites, this comes infinitely more complicated...
Lets leave aside the issues of selecting a sprite for the moment...
Basically, you would need to apply the same principle from point Two to the RoundSprite class.
You would need to supply a method that could set/get the desired color. You would need to store this value in an instance field of the RoundSprite class and when DrawSprite is called, apply that Color to the Graphics context.
This would mean that SpriteField won't need to perform any color management, beyond passing the request for change from a caller to the selected sprite, so it would still need a setColor method...
Side Notes...
You might like to have a read through Code Conventions for the Java TM Programming Language, it will make it easier for people to read your code and for you to read others
Avoid using null layouts, pixel perfect layouts are an illusion within modern ui design. There are too many factors which affect the individual size of components, none of which you can control. Swing was designed to work with layout managers at the core, discarding these will lead to no end of issues and problems that you will spend more and more time trying to rectify
Oh, and you realise that there already is a JButton class that probably should be used instead of a JPanel with a MouseListener....?

What code should I add so that the rectangles previously printed persist,instead of getting erased when the new rectangles are painted?

What code should I add so that the rectangles painted before continue to exist on the screen when new ones are printed.Here is the code
import javax.sound.midi.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class MiniMusicPlayer3
{
private boolean fire = false;
private JFrame frame;
public static void main(String args[])
{
MiniMusicPlayer3 mini = new MiniMusicPlayer3();
mini.go();
}
public void go()
{
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(600,600);
frame.setVisible(true);
MyDrawPanel boxes = new MyDrawPanel();
frame.getContentPane().add(boxes);
try
{
Sequencer player =MidiSystem.getSequencer();
player.open();
Sequence seq = new Sequence(Sequence.PPQ,4);
Track track = seq.createTrack();
int arr[] ={127};
player.addControllerEventListener(new MyDrawPanel(),arr);
//add notes to the track
for(int i = 5;i<61;i+=4)
{
track.add(makeEvent(144,1,i,100,i));
track.add(makeEvent(176,1,127,0,i));
track.add(makeEvent(128,1,i,100,(i+2)));
}
player.setSequence(seq);
player.setTempoInBPM(220);
player.start();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
}
}
public MidiEvent makeEvent(int onOff,int one,int note,int vel,int tick)
{
MidiEvent event = null;
try
{
ShortMessage a = new ShortMessage();
a.setMessage(onOff,one,note,vel);
event = new MidiEvent(a,tick);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
finally
{
return event;
}
}
class MyDrawPanel extends JPanel implements ControllerEventListener
{
public void controlChange(ShortMessage message)
{
System.out.println("control change happens");
fire = true;
frame.repaint();
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
if(fire)
{
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
int red = (int)(Math.random()*255);
int blue = (int)(Math.random()*255);
int green = (int)(Math.random()*255);
Color color = new Color(red,blue,green);
g2d.setColor(color);
int height = (int)((Math.random()*120)+10);
int width = (int)((Math.random()*120)+10);
int x = (int)((Math.random()*40)+10);
int y = (int)((Math.random()*40)+10);
g2d.fillRect(x, y, width, height);
fire = false;
}
}
}
}
Also why does the code above not let the rectangles persist as opposed to the code below that allows the circles to persist
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Animate
{
private JFrame frame;
private int x=10,y=10;
public static void main(String args[])
{
Animate ballRoll = new Animate();
ballRoll.go();
}
public void go()
{
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(500,500);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
MyRoll ball = new MyRoll();
frame.getContentPane().add(ball);
for(x = 5;x<=350;x++)
{
y=x;
try
{
Thread.sleep(50);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("dsfsd");
}
ball.repaint();
}
}
class MyRoll extends JPanel
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.setColor(Color.ORANGE);
g.fillOval(x, y, 100, 100);
}
}
}

Replace frame.repaint() with this.repaint() and remove super.paintComponent(g) if you want to persist the previous painting as well but I never suggest you to use this approach. You have to redraw all the objects again in paintComponent().
Please have a look at below sections for detail information about Paint processing in Swing application.
Painting in AWT and Swing
The Paint processing
A Closer Look at the Paint Mechanism

"What code should I add so that the rectangles previously printed persist,instead of getting erased when the new rectangles are painted?"
Create a list of Rectangle2D object (as a class member).
Loop through the list in the paintComponent and paint each rectangle.
When you want to add a new rectangle, well, add a new rectangle to the list and repaint.
If you want different colors (or and other state) for each rectangle, create a wrapper like (See some of the examples below).
"Also why does the code above not let the rectangles persist as opposed to the code below that allows the circles to persist"
No rectangle are not "persisting" per se. What you are seeing are paint artifacts from not calling super.paintComponent which clears the previous paint. You should always call super.paintComponent though, like in your first example. So your best options is to go with the first part of my answer.
See a bunch of examples here and here and here and here and here and here.
The basic premise of all those examples is storing a list of similar object in a list and iterating through the list to paint all the objects. Each object can have its own specific state.

You could also extend your MyDrawPanel class so you keep track of which rectangles to paint plus their colors. So you could add each new rectangle to a list of rectangles and keep track of the rectangle colors using a map. Then you just need to add new rectangles to the list and the new color to the map. Finally, you'll need to loop through the list of rectangles and paint these one by one.
Here is how it could be done:
class MyDrawPanel extends JPanel implements ControllerEventListener
{
// List of all rectangles that needs to be painted
java.util.List<Rectangle> rectangles = new ArrayList<Rectangle>();
// Map over all colors for each rectangle that must be painted
Map<Rectangle, Color> rectangleColors = new HashMap<Rectangle, Color>();
public void controlChange(ShortMessage message)
{
System.out.println("control change happens");
fire = true;
frame.repaint();
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
if(fire)
{
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
int red = (int)(Math.random()*255);
int blue = (int)(Math.random()*255);
int green = (int)(Math.random()*255);
Color color = new Color(red,blue,green);
g2d.setColor(color);
int height = (int)((Math.random()*120)+10);
int width = (int)((Math.random()*120)+10);
int x = (int)((Math.random()*40)+10);
int y = (int)((Math.random()*40)+10);
// Create a new rectangle to paint
Rectangle newRect = new Rectangle(x, y, width, height);
// Store the rectangle in the list over rectangles to paint
rectangles.add(newRect);
// Add the color of the rectangle in the map over rectangle colors
rectangleColors.put(newRect, color);
// Paint all the rectangles using their colors one by one
for (Rectangle rect : rectangles) {
// Get the color of the rectangle
Color rectColor = rectangleColors.get(rect);
// Set the rectangle color
g2d.setColor(rectColor);
// Fill the rectangle with the rectangle color
g2d.fill(rect);
}
fire = false;
}
}
}

There are two common approaches:
as has already been mentioned a couple of times, you keep a List of objects to paint and then iterate through the List in the paintComponent(...) method.
draw to a BufferedImage.
Take a look at Custom Painting Approaches which exams both of these approaches and contains working examples of both.

Java MouseEvent position is inaccurate

I've got a problem in Java using a "canvas" class I created, which is an extended JPanel, to draw an animated ring chart. This chart is using a MouseListener to fetch click events.
The problem is that the mouse position does not seem to be accurate, meaning it does not seem to be relative to the "canvas" but instead relative to the window (in the left, upper corner I got about 30px for y coord).
This is my code:
I created a class, that extends JPanel and does have a BufferedImage as member.
public class Canvas extends JPanel {
public BufferedImage buf;
private RingChart _parent;
public Canvas(int width, int height, RingChart parent){
buf = new BufferedImage(width, height, 1);
...
In the paint component method I just draw the buffered image, so I am able to paint on the canvas from 'outside' by painting on the buffered image, which is public.
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.drawImage(buf, null, 0, 0);
}
Now there's a class RingChart which contains a "canvas":
public class RingChart extends JFrame{
public Canvas c;
...
And I create a Graphics2D from the bufferedImage in the canvas class. This g2d is used for painting:
public RingChart(){
c = new Canvas(1500,980,this);
add(c);
setSize(1500, 1000);
setTitle("Hans");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
g2d = (Graphics2D)c.buf.createGraphics();
...
What I now was trying to achieve, was a mouse listener that listened to mouse events happening on the canvas. So when the user clicks on the canvas I could retrieve the position he clicked on, upon the canvas, through the event variable.
So I created a mouse listener:
class MouseHandler implements MouseListener {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
RingChart r = ((Canvas)e.getSource()).getParent();
r.mouseClick(e);
}
...
...and added this mouse listener to the canvas of the RingChart class (myChart is an instance of RingChart and c is the canvas it contains):
...
MouseHandler mouse = new MouseHandler();
myChart.c.addMouseListener(mouse);
...
But as I mentioned above, the mouse position, that's returned when the click event is called, does not seem to be accurate. I think the mistake must be somehow in the way I created that mouseListener or maybe assigned it to the wrong element or something like that. But I've tried quite a couple of things and it didn't change. Can maybe someone tell me, what I've done wrong?
UPDATE:
The code of the function "mouseClick" that is a member of RingChart and is called in the mouse listener:
public void mouseClick(MouseEvent evt){
//evt = SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(this, evt, c);
if(evt.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1 && animation == null){
for(Element e : elements){
if(e.getShape() != null && e.getShape().contains(evt.getPoint())){
//do some stuff
}
}
}
}
Again, the hierarchy of my classes:
RingChart --contains a--> Canvas --got a--> MouseListener.
The shapes in this function are shapes that have been painted on the canvas c. Now I want to check, if the user has clicked on one of them. So as I thought, the shapes should be in canvas-coordinates and the event position should be in canvas-coordinates and everything should fit together. But it doesn't.
Now user MadProgrammer told me, to use the ConvertMouseEvent function. But I currently don't see which exact way I should use this sensibly.
UPDATE:
I found a solution: All I had to do is adding the canvas not directly to the JFrame but to the ContentPane of the JFrame instead:
So instead:
public RingChart(){
c = new Canvas(1500,980,this);
add(c);
...
I do:
public RingChart(){
c = new Canvas(1500,980,this);
getContentPane().add(c);
...
Then I give the MouseListener to the ContentPane.
getContentPane().addMouseListener(new MouseHandler());
getContentPane().addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMoveHandler());
I don't know, if this is an elegant solution, but it works.

The mouse event is automatically converted to be relative to the component that it occurred in that is, point 0x0 is always the top left corner of the component.
By using RingChart r = ((Canvas)e.getSource()).getParent(), you've effectively changed the reference, which now means the location is no longer valid.
You need to convert the location so that its coordinates are in the context of the parent component. Take a look at SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(Component, MouseEvent, Component)
UPDATE with PICTURES
Lets take this example...
The blue box has a relative position of 50px x 50px to the red box. If you click in the blue box, lets say at 25x25, the mouse coordinates will be relative to the blue box (0x0 will be the top left of the blue box).
If you then pass this event to the red box and try and use the coordinates from it, you will find that the coordinates will now be half way between the top left of the red box and the blue box, because the coordinates are context sensitive.
In order to get it to work, you need to translate the mouse events location from the blue box to the red box, which would make it 75x75
Now, I don't know what you're doing when you pass the mouse event to the RingChart so I'm only guessing that this is the issue you're facing.
UPDATED with Click Code
Okay, lets say, you have a Canvas at 100x100. You click on that Canvas at 50x50. You then pass that value back up the chain.
public void mouseClick(MouseEvent evt){
//evt = SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(this, evt, c);
if(evt.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1 && animation == null){
for(Element e : elements){
// Here, we are asking the shape if it contains the point 50x50...
// Not 150x150 which would be the relative position of the click
// in the context to the RingChart, which is where all your objects
// are laid out.
// So even the original Canvas you clicked on will return
// false because it's position + size (100x100x width x height)
// does not contain the specified point of 50x50...
if(e.getShape() != null && e.getShape().contains(evt.getPoint())){
//do some stuff
}
}
}
}
UPDATED
I think you have your references around the wrong way...
public static MouseEvent convertMouseEvent(Component source,
MouseEvent sourceEvent,
Component destination)
I think it should read something like
evt = SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(evt.getComponent(), evt, this);
UPDATE with Code Example
Okay, so, I put this little example together...
public class TestMouseClickPoint extends JFrame {
private ContentPane content;
public TestMouseClickPoint() throws HeadlessException {
setSize(600, 600);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
content = new ContentPane();
add(content);
}
protected void updateClickPoint(MouseEvent evt) {
content.updateClickPoint(evt);
}
protected class ContentPane extends JPanel {
private Point relativePoint;
private Point absolutePoint;
public ContentPane() {
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 600));
setLayout(null); // For testing purpose only...
MousePane mousePane = new MousePane();
mousePane.setBounds(100, 100, 400, 400);
add(mousePane);
}
protected void updateClickPoint(MouseEvent evt) {
absolutePoint = new Point(evt.getPoint());
evt = SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(evt.getComponent(), evt, this);
relativePoint = new Point(evt.getPoint());
System.out.println(absolutePoint);
System.out.println(relativePoint);
repaint();
}
protected void paintCross(Graphics2D g2d, Point p) {
g2d.drawLine(p.x - 5, p.y - 5, p.x + 5, p.y + 5);
g2d.drawLine(p.x - 5, p.y + 5, p.x + 5, p.y - 5);
}
/*
* This is not recommended, but I want to paint ontop of everything...
*/
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
if (relativePoint != null) {
g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
paintCross(g2d, relativePoint);
}
if (absolutePoint != null) {
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
paintCross(g2d, absolutePoint);
}
}
}
protected class MousePane extends JPanel {
private Point clickPoint;
public MousePane() {
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
clickPoint = e.getPoint();
TestMouseClickPoint.this.updateClickPoint(e);
repaint();
}
});
setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.RED));
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.setColor(Color.BLUE);
if (clickPoint != null) {
g2d.drawLine(clickPoint.x, clickPoint.y - 5, clickPoint.x, clickPoint.y + 5);
g2d.drawLine(clickPoint.x - 5, clickPoint.y, clickPoint.x + 5, clickPoint.y);
}
}
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
} catch (InstantiationException ex) {
} catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
} catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
new TestMouseClickPoint().setVisible(true);
}
}
Basically, it will paint three points. The point that the mouse was clicked (relative to the source of the event), the unconverted point in the parent container and the converted point with the parent container.
The next thing you need to do is determine the mouse location is actually been converted, failing that. I'd probably need to see a working example of your code to determine what it is you're actually doing.

Update a draw in a Java Canvas

I want to make an application in which I can draw a path on a canvas. The problem is that I have to update this canvas continuously.
Currently I'm able to do it, but I have to redraw all the path every time and so I have to store all the points in memory. I would prefer to simply update the draw by adding a new point.
Is it possible?
Currently my code is:
public class MyCanvas extends Canvas{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public MyCanvas(){}
public void paint(Graphics graphics){
super.paint(graphics);
graphics.setColor(Color.green);
// points is an ArrayList of Point2D
for (Iterator iterator = points.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
Point2D point2d = (Point2D) iterator.next();
graphics.fillOval((int)((canvas.getWidth()/2.0) + point2d.getX()), (int)((canvas.getHeight()/2.0) + point2d.getY()), 5, 5);
}
}
}
Thanks!
EDIT
This is the current solution:
PanelCanvas canvasPanel;
...
public void drawCircle(int x, int y){
Graphics2D g2d = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.green);
g2d.setBackground(Color.white);
g2d.fillOval((int)((panelCanvas.getWidth() / 2.0) + x/10.0), (int)((panelCanvas.getHeight() / 2.0) + y/10.0), 5, 5);
panelCanvas.repaint();
}
public class CanvasPanel extends JPanel{
public void paintComponent(Graphics graphics){
super.paintComponents(graphics);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)graphics;
g2d.setBackground(Color.white);
g2d.drawImage(bufferedImage, null, 0, 0);
}
}

Draw the points (whatever) to a BufferedImage. During paint(), draw the BufferedImage.
Note though, that the JRE can draw thousands of objects in paint without any visual artifacts or slow-down.
The canvas is embedded in a Swing GUI. What do you suggest for replacing AWT.Canvas?
JComponent for complete custom rendering, JPanel for custom rendering combined with components. It sounds like the JComponent would be better suited to this use-case.
For either of those, override paintComponent(Graphics) instead of paint(Graphics). The rest of the advice is the same.