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Thread: Popup menu in diffrent class then main Applet, how to repaint()?

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    Default Popup menu in diffrent class then main Applet, how to repaint()?

    In an attempt to better organise my code, I decided to have a main class,
    public class MainClass extends Applet implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener

    and a second DrawMenu class,
    public class DrawMenu extends PopupMenu implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, ActionListener

    And it works perfect, except that after issuing a command in the menu, I need a repaint() in MainClass... ofc I can't create an instance of MainClass in DrawMenu, can't call MainClass.repaint() as it is not static... so I'm kind of stuck. Is there a proper way to do this, or do I have to put them in the same class?


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    Default Re: Popup menu in diffrent class then main Applet, how to repaint()?

    Pass a reference to your DrawMenu class with your MainClass in the constructor. Then within DrawMenu you can call instance methods from the MainClass reference
    Something like this:
    public class DrawMenu...{
        private MainClass main = null;
        public DrawMenu(MainClass c){
            super();
            this.main = c;
        }
        public void someFunction(){
            //do something
            main.repaint();
        }
    }

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