drawing on Jframe

Question

I cannot get this oval to draw on the JFrame.

static JFrame frame = new JFrame(\"New Frame\");
public static void main(String[] args) {
  makeframe();
  pain         


        

Answer 1

Several items come to mind:

1. Never override paint(), do paintComponent() instead
2. Why are you drawing on a JFrame directly? Why not extends JComponent (or JPanel) and draw on that instead? it provides more flexibility
3. What's the purpose of that JLabel? If it sits on top of the JFrame and covers the entire thing then your painting will be hidden behind the label.
4. The painting code shouldn't rely on the x,y values passed in paint() to determine the drawing routine's start point. paint() is used to paint a section of the component. Draw the oval on the canvas where you want it.

Also, you're not seeing the JLabel because the paint() method is responsible for drawing the component itself as well as child components. Overriding paint() is evil =)