Drawing to a Canvas

This example shows how to draw to a Canvas from Jython. This is low level drawing using the basic Java Graphics API's.

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The complete source code for this example is included below.

from java import applet, awt
from pawt import GridBag

class CoordinatesDemo(applet.Applet):
    def init(self):
        bag = GridBag(self)

        self.framedArea = FramedArea(self)
        bag.addRow(self.framedArea, weighty=1.0, fill='BOTH')

        self.label = awt.Label('Click within the framed area')
        bag.addRow(self.label, weightx=1.0, weighty=0.0, fill='HORIZONTAL')

    def updateLabel(self, point):
        text = 'Click occurred at coordinate (%d, %d).'
        self.label.text = text % (point.x, point.y)

class FramedArea(awt.Panel):
    def __init__(self, controller):
        awt.Panel.__init__(self)
        self.background = awt.Color.lightGray
        self.setLayout(awt.GridLayout(1,0))

        self.add(CoordinateArea(controller))

    def getInsets(self):
        return awt.Insets(4,4,5,5)

    def paint(self, g):
        d = self.size

        g.color = self.background
        g.draw3DRect(0, 0, d.width-1, d.height-1, 1)
        g.draw3DRect(3, 3, d.width-7, d.height-7, 1)

class CoordinateArea(awt.Canvas):
    def __init__(self, controller):
        awt.Canvas.__init__(self)
        self.mousePressed = self.push
        self.controller = controller

    def push(self, e):
        try:
            self.point.x = e.x
            self.point.y = e.y
        except AttributeError:
            self.point = awt.Point(e.x, e.y)

        self.repaint()

    def paint(self, g):
        if hasattr(self, 'point'):
            self.controller.updateLabel(self.point)
            g.fillRect(self.point.x-1, self.point.y-1, 2, 2)

The second class is a very simple framed area. It simply draws a border around an interior CoordinateArea.

The final class is the CoordinateArea which does the actual drawing. At creation time, this class sets up the callback so that its push method will be invoked when the user presses the mouse within its frame. The push method simply updates the current location of the point (setting it if it hasn't been defined yet).

The paint method does the actual drawing (only if the user has clicked on some point). It first updates its controller's label widget with the current coordinates, and then it draws the point the user has selected using the fillRect method on the Graphics object.