The basic concepts of Java2D are based on the basic concepts of computer graphics, and they have been explored since the 1960's. So a lot of the core concepts are as relevant today as they were in 1999. The painter's model is the key abstraction. When you paint, paint the objects in the background before the objects in the foreground, because foreground objects obscure background objects.
The latest modern design strategy centers around the concept of "Painters." This is just a delegate object that does the actual painting. So instead of having a single paint() method in a component that does all the work, that component now calls out to its Painter delegate to do the actual painting. This allows for a more flexible design since you can swap out painters as needed to produce different effects, and you can combine painters to do combination of effects. The Filthy Rich Clients book discusses this concept in great detail, and the SwingX project in SwingLabs uses this model extensively in its components. [Message sent by forum member 'robross' (robross)] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=293430 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
