BasicDraw.java Source code

Java tutorial

Introduction

Here is the source code for BasicDraw.java

Source

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class BasicDraw {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.add(new MyComponent());
        frame.setSize(300, 300);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

class MyComponent extends JComponent {
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 12);
        g.setFont(font);
        g.drawString("a String", 10, 10);

        FontMetrics fontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics();
        g.drawString("aString", 10, 10 + fontMetrics.getAscent());
    }
}