Question

I have a Layout class which extends JFrame. Later I am adding RoadPanel which extends JPanel. At run-time is it possible to know Layout frame size in RoadPanel?

Code

class Layout extends JFrame{
    ...Something...
    RoadPanel rp = new RoadPanel();
    this.add(rp);
}

class RoadPanel extends JPanel{
    ...graphics and components...
}

Both are implemented in different Class.

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What I tried so far is to send frame size into the constructor of RoadPanel. Yeah, that is so lame as it will send only once while initiated. 🙁

How to make this dynamic so it updates continuously?

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Why I want to do this? It because…

Purpose of knowing frame size is to scale down my Lines and Arcs of
RoadPanel 🙂 But I didn’t wanted scale up though. So now I can check
if frame size is less than my path.getBounds2D than repaint all line
and arc and fit into visible area. But when you increase frame size,
RoadPanel drawing should remain same and can be zoomed-in by manually
using zoom button.

Special pointer towards Andrew Thompson’s answer, For better practise.

Answer 1

You can either pass the frame itself to the panel constructor and later query the size, or you might use getParent() which should return the direct parent of the panel. In that case it might be necessary to move further up the hierarchy until you reach the frame.

Edit: depending on what you want to achieve, I’d suggest you first try and use Andrew’s suggestions and use layout managers. You should use the parent’s size directly only if the layout manager doens’t provide the functionality you need (note that the way that functionality is provided might be different than what you expect).