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truBlu · Feb 2nd, 2008, 6:01 PM

Here's my situation. I've been thrown into an assignment involving 2D graphics. My assignment is to draw a line. I've been reading the java docs and staring at example code and I just don't get any of it. I know that I have to use Point2D to select different points and then Line2D to draw a line segment and Graphics2D to draw it to the screen but I just don't understand how I'm to use any of the classes. I need a Graphics2D object but I can't instantialize an object because it's an abstract class. Can anyone offer me some advice or point me to a nice tutorial explaining everything?

I'm coding in Java 6.

Feb 2nd, 2008, 6:01 PM	#1
truBlu Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	2D Graphics in Java Here's my situation. I've been thrown into an assignment involving 2D graphics. My assignment is to draw a line. I've been reading the java docs and staring at example code and I just don't get any of it. I know that I have to use Point2D to select different points and then Line2D to draw a line segment and Graphics2D to draw it to the screen but I just don't understand how I'm to use any of the classes. I need a Graphics2D object but I can't instantialize an object because it's an abstract class. Can anyone offer me some advice or point me to a nice tutorial explaining everything? I'm coding in Java 6.