Re: How do I get the paint Rectangle in paintComponent()

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From: Bill Darbie
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:56

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"John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message
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> On 11/18/2003 at 8:42:38 PM, Bill Darbie wrote:
>
> > Help!  I have been stuck on this problem for hours.
> >
> > How do I get the Rectangle of the original repaint() call
> > in a components paintComponent(Graphics graphics) method?
>
> You can't.  There is no guaranteed correspondence between repaint()
> calls and paintComponent() calls.  Each repaint() call could result in
> zero, one, or many paintComponent() calls.  And each paintComponent()
> call could be the result of one or many repaint calls, or it could be
> the result of some event other than a repaint call.

But once the paintComponent() is called, there is a Rectangle describing
the area to be repainted that indirectly caused the call to happen.  Is
there no way to get that Rectangle?

Thanks,
Bill

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