BasicStroke.createStrokedShape(Shape s) has the following syntax.
public Shape createStrokedShape(Shape s)
In the following code shows how to use BasicStroke.createStrokedShape(Shape s) method.
import java.awt.BasicStroke; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Stroke; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; /*from w w w .j a v a 2s . co m*/ import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel { public void paint(Graphics g) { Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g; BasicStroke stroke = new BasicStroke(10, BasicStroke.CAP_BUTT, BasicStroke.JOIN_BEVEL, 0.1F); g2.setPaint(Color.black); g2.draw(stroke.createStrokedShape(new Rectangle2D.Float(10, 10, 20, 20))); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.add(new Main()); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setBounds(20,20, 500,500); frame.setVisible(true); } }