Is it possible to override the paint method, or draw onto a JFrame with a Graphics object without extending JFrame?
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Is it possible to override the paint method, or draw onto a JFrame with a Graphics object without extending JFrame?
Yes. You should extend JPanel or JComponent and override the
paintComponent(...)and then add that component to the JFrame’s contentPane. Leave JFrame’spaint(...)method alone, and in fact you would only rarely (if ever) want to extend JFrame anyway.