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Thread: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wrong??

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    Post Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wrong??

    import java.awt.*;

    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.color.*;

    public class ColorPanel extends JPanel{

    public ColorPanel(Color backColor)
    {
    setBackground(backColor);

    }
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
    {
    super.paintComponent(g);
    g.setColor(Color.blue);
    g.drawRect(10, 5, 120, 20);
    g.setColor(Color.red);
    g.drawString("Hello", 20, 20);


    }
    }


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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    You need a main method, and you need to add that JPanel to something. I guess the book assumed you knew that part, as this is just a piece of a larger program. Does the book show you how to add JPanels to a JFrame, for example? And how to run a program that displays that JFrame? It's your job to put those pieces together.
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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    u must add something like this:
     
    public class Main {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            final JFrame fr = new JFrame();
            JPanel pan = new ColorPanel(Color.black);
            fr.add(pan);
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
     
                public void run() {
                    fr.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                    fr.setSize(200, 200);
                    fr.setVisible(true);
                }
            });
        }
    }

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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    Quote Originally Posted by remigio View Post
    u must add something like this:
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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    i understand
    do not paste code...
    btw. im new on this page..
    Last edited by remigio; July 20th, 2011 at 02:37 PM.

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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    Also, I think paintComponent() is a protected method of JPanel.

    Yep. I checked to make sure and it is, though it's not a JPanel method directly. It's a JComponent method that JPanel inherited.

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    Default Re: Code wont run. I know there is no main class, but this is from a book. Is it wro

    Quote Originally Posted by javapenguin View Post
    Also, I think paintComponent() is a protected method of JPanel.

    Yep. I checked to make sure and it is, though it's not a JPanel method directly. It's a JComponent method that JPanel inherited.
    Sorry, but what does that have to do with anything?
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