Drawing circles with smoother lines?

hiya,
just like to get some information on drawing circles.
the output from the code below displays a circle but the lines are broken.

thanks

Code :

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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.applet.*;
 
public class Circles extends JApplet
{
	public void init()
	{
 
	}
	public void paint(Graphics g)
	{
		g.drawOval(10, 10, 100, 100);
	}
}

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-- Cast the Graphics to Graphics2D :

Code :

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Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

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-- set the rendering hint:

Code :

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g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

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db

At a certain point, there's really no way to get a "smoother" circle because computer displays can only display rasterized images. The only way to get a smoother circle is to increase the canvas size that the circle is being drawn to. Anti-aliasing can help, but at some point it will stop working.

Anti-aliasing doesn't "stop working". It's a trade-off of sharpness for smoothness.

db

True, maybe I should have said becomes less effective :P

Trying to anti-alias a circle 2x2 pixels will only make the square draw lighter