Introduction

Overview

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Learning Objectives

• Understand how Swing paints components

• Understand how to use the Graphics class

• Understand how to load a resource from a package-relative path

• Understand Swing’s separable model architecture

• Understand how to write a custom renderer

• Create a reusable plug-in renderer component

• Understand how to write a custom editor

• Demonstrate your ability to define your own kind of events and event listeners

• Learn one way to create an offscreen image

• Paint with transparency

• Extend a Swing component to provide significant new functionality

• Gain confidence maneuvering the wide seas of the Swing API