Create dashed stroke in Java
Description
The following code shows how to create dashed stroke.
Example
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
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import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
float dash[] = { 10.0f };
g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(3.0f, BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT,
BasicStroke.JOIN_MITER, 10.0f, dash, 0.0f));
g2.setPaint(Color.blue);
Rectangle r = new Rectangle(5,5,200,200);
g2.draw(r);
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] a) {
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
window.setBounds(30, 30, 450, 450);
window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas());
window.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.