The Graphics class is the abstract base class for all graphics contexts that allow an application to draw onto components that are realized on various devices, as well as onto off-screen images.

A Graphics object encapsulates state information needed for the basic rendering operations that Java supports. This state information includes the following properties:

Coordinates are infinitely thin and lie between the pixels of the output device. Operations that draw the outline of a figure operate by traversing an infinitely thin path between pixels with a pixel-sized pen that hangs down and to the right of the anchor point on the path. Operations that fill a figure operate by filling the interior of that infinitely thin path. Operations that render horizontal text render the ascending portion of character glyphs entirely above the baseline coordinate.

The graphics pen hangs down and to the right from the path it traverses. This has the following implications:

All coordinates that appear as arguments to the methods of this Graphics object are considered relative to the translation origin of this Graphics object prior to the invocation of the method.

All rendering operations modify only pixels which lie within the area bounded by the current clip, which is specified by a Shape in user space and is controlled by the program using the Graphics object. This user clip is transformed into device space and combined with the device clip, which is defined by the visibility of windows and device extents. The combination of the user clip and device clip defines the composite clip, which determines the final clipping region. The user clip cannot be modified by the rendering system to reflect the resulting composite clip. The user clip can only be changed through the setClip or clipRect methods. All drawing or writing is done in the current color, using the current paint mode, and in the current font.

Clears the specified rectangle by filling it with the background color of the current drawing surface. This operation does not use the current paint mode.

Beginning with Java 1.1, the background color of offscreen images may be system dependent. Applications should use setColor followed by fillRect to ensure that an offscreen image is cleared to a specific color.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to clear.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to clear.
widththe width of the rectangle to clear.
heightthe height of the rectangle to clear.
Intersects the current clip with the specified rectangle. The resulting clipping area is the intersection of the current clipping area and the specified rectangle. If there is no current clipping area, either because the clip has never been set, or the clip has been cleared using setClip(null), the specified rectangle becomes the new clip. This method sets the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility. This method can only be used to make the current clip smaller. To set the current clip larger, use any of the setClip methods. Rendering operations have no effect outside of the clipping area.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to intersect the clip with
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to intersect the clip with
widththe width of the rectangle to intersect the clip with
heightthe height of the rectangle to intersect the clip with
Copies an area of the component by a distance specified by dx and dy. From the point specified by x and y, this method copies downwards and to the right. To copy an area of the component to the left or upwards, specify a negative value for dx or dy. If a portion of the source rectangle lies outside the bounds of the component, or is obscured by another window or component, copyArea will be unable to copy the associated pixels. The area that is omitted can be refreshed by calling the component's paint method.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the source rectangle.
ythe y coordinate of the source rectangle.
widththe width of the source rectangle.
heightthe height of the source rectangle.
dxthe horizontal distance to copy the pixels.
dythe vertical distance to copy the pixels.
Creates a new Graphics object that is a copy of this Graphics object.
Return
a new graphics context that is a copy of this graphics context.
Creates a new Graphics object based on this Graphics object, but with a new translation and clip area. The new Graphics object has its origin translated to the specified point (xy). Its clip area is determined by the intersection of the original clip area with the specified rectangle. The arguments are all interpreted in the coordinate system of the original Graphics object. The new graphics context is identical to the original, except in two respects:

  • The new graphics context is translated by (xy). That is to say, the point (00) in the new graphics context is the same as (xy) in the original graphics context.
  • The new graphics context has an additional clipping rectangle, in addition to whatever (translated) clipping rectangle it inherited from the original graphics context. The origin of the new clipping rectangle is at (00), and its size is specified by the width and height arguments.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
widththe width of the clipping rectangle.
heightthe height of the clipping rectangle.
Return
a new graphics context.
Disposes of this graphics context and releases any system resources that it is using. A Graphics object cannot be used after disposehas been called.

When a Java program runs, a large number of Graphics objects can be created within a short time frame. Although the finalization process of the garbage collector also disposes of the same system resources, it is preferable to manually free the associated resources by calling this method rather than to rely on a finalization process which may not run to completion for a long period of time.

Graphics objects which are provided as arguments to the paint and update methods of components are automatically released by the system when those methods return. For efficiency, programmers should call dispose when finished using a Graphics object only if it was created directly from a component or another Graphics object.

Draws a 3-D highlighted outline of the specified rectangle. The edges of the rectangle are highlighted so that they appear to be beveled and lit from the upper left corner.

The colors used for the highlighting effect are determined based on the current color. The resulting rectangle covers an area that is width + 1 pixels wide by height + 1 pixels tall.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
widththe width of the rectangle to be drawn.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be drawn.
raiseda boolean that determines whether the rectangle appears to be raised above the surface or sunk into the surface.
Draws the outline of a circular or elliptical arc covering the specified rectangle.

The resulting arc begins at startAngle and extends for arcAngle degrees, using the current color. Angles are interpreted such that 0 degrees is at the 3 o'clock position. A positive value indicates a counter-clockwise rotation while a negative value indicates a clockwise rotation.

The center of the arc is the center of the rectangle whose origin is (xy) and whose size is specified by the width and height arguments.

The resulting arc covers an area width + 1 pixels wide by height + 1 pixels tall.

The angles are specified relative to the non-square extents of the bounding rectangle such that 45 degrees always falls on the line from the center of the ellipse to the upper right corner of the bounding rectangle. As a result, if the bounding rectangle is noticeably longer in one axis than the other, the angles to the start and end of the arc segment will be skewed farther along the longer axis of the bounds.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the upper-left corner of the arc to be drawn.
ythe y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the arc to be drawn.
widththe width of the arc to be drawn.
heightthe height of the arc to be drawn.
startAnglethe beginning angle.
arcAnglethe angular extent of the arc, relative to the start angle.
Draws the text given by the specified byte array, using this graphics context's current font and color. The baseline of the first character is at position (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate system.
Parameters
datathe data to be drawn
offsetthe start offset in the data
lengththe number of bytes that are drawn
xthe x coordinate of the baseline of the text
ythe y coordinate of the baseline of the text
Draws the text given by the specified character array, using this graphics context's current font and color. The baseline of the first character is at position (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate system.
Parameters
datathe array of characters to be drawn
offsetthe start offset in the data
lengththe number of characters to be drawn
xthe x coordinate of the baseline of the text
ythe y coordinate of the baseline of the text
Draws as much of the specified image as is currently available. The image is drawn with its top-left corner at (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate space. Transparent pixels are drawn in the specified background color.

This operation is equivalent to filling a rectangle of the width and height of the specified image with the given color and then drawing the image on top of it, but possibly more efficient.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the complete image has not yet been loaded, and it has not been dithered and converted for the current output device.

If the image has completely loaded and its pixels are no longer being changed, then drawImage returns true. Otherwise, drawImage returns false and as more of the image becomes available or it is time to draw another frame of animation, the process that loads the image notifies the specified image observer.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
bgcolorthe background color to paint under the non-opaque portions of the image.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
Draws as much of the specified image as is currently available. The image is drawn with its top-left corner at (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate space. Transparent pixels in the image do not affect whatever pixels are already there.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the complete image has not yet been loaded, and it has not been dithered and converted for the current output device.

If the image has completely loaded and its pixels are no longer being changed, then drawImage returns true. Otherwise, drawImage returns false and as more of the image becomes available or it is time to draw another frame of animation, the process that loads the image notifies the specified image observer.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
Draws as much of the specified image as has already been scaled to fit inside the specified rectangle.

The image is drawn inside the specified rectangle of this graphics context's coordinate space, and is scaled if necessary. Transparent pixels are drawn in the specified background color. This operation is equivalent to filling a rectangle of the width and height of the specified image with the given color and then drawing the image on top of it, but possibly more efficient.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the entire image has not yet been scaled, dithered, and converted for the current output device. If the current output representation is not yet complete then drawImage returns false. As more of the image becomes available, the process that loads the image notifies the specified image observer.

A scaled version of an image will not necessarily be available immediately just because an unscaled version of the image has been constructed for this output device. Each size of the image may be cached separately and generated from the original data in a separate image production sequence.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
widththe width of the rectangle.
heightthe height of the rectangle.
bgcolorthe background color to paint under the non-opaque portions of the image.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
Draws as much of the specified image as has already been scaled to fit inside the specified rectangle.

The image is drawn inside the specified rectangle of this graphics context's coordinate space, and is scaled if necessary. Transparent pixels do not affect whatever pixels are already there.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the entire image has not yet been scaled, dithered, and converted for the current output device. If the current output representation is not yet complete, then drawImage returns false. As more of the image becomes available, the process that loads the image notifies the image observer by calling its imageUpdate method.

A scaled version of an image will not necessarily be available immediately just because an unscaled version of the image has been constructed for this output device. Each size of the image may be cached separately and generated from the original data in a separate image production sequence.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
widththe width of the rectangle.
heightthe height of the rectangle.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
Draws as much of the specified area of the specified image as is currently available, scaling it on the fly to fit inside the specified area of the destination drawable surface.

Transparent pixels are drawn in the specified background color. This operation is equivalent to filling a rectangle of the width and height of the specified image with the given color and then drawing the image on top of it, but possibly more efficient.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the image area to be drawn has not yet been scaled, dithered, and converted for the current output device. If the current output representation is not yet complete then drawImage returns false. As more of the image becomes available, the process that loads the image notifies the specified image observer.

This method always uses the unscaled version of the image to render the scaled rectangle and performs the required scaling on the fly. It does not use a cached, scaled version of the image for this operation. Scaling of the image from source to destination is performed such that the first coordinate of the source rectangle is mapped to the first coordinate of the destination rectangle, and the second source coordinate is mapped to the second destination coordinate. The subimage is scaled and flipped as needed to preserve those mappings.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
dx1the x coordinate of the first corner of the destination rectangle.
dy1the y coordinate of the first corner of the destination rectangle.
dx2the x coordinate of the second corner of the destination rectangle.
dy2the y coordinate of the second corner of the destination rectangle.
sx1the x coordinate of the first corner of the source rectangle.
sy1the y coordinate of the first corner of the source rectangle.
sx2the x coordinate of the second corner of the source rectangle.
sy2the y coordinate of the second corner of the source rectangle.
bgcolorthe background color to paint under the non-opaque portions of the image.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is scaled and converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
@since
JDK1.1
Draws as much of the specified area of the specified image as is currently available, scaling it on the fly to fit inside the specified area of the destination drawable surface. Transparent pixels do not affect whatever pixels are already there.

This method returns immediately in all cases, even if the image area to be drawn has not yet been scaled, dithered, and converted for the current output device. If the current output representation is not yet complete then drawImage returns false. As more of the image becomes available, the process that loads the image notifies the specified image observer.

This method always uses the unscaled version of the image to render the scaled rectangle and performs the required scaling on the fly. It does not use a cached, scaled version of the image for this operation. Scaling of the image from source to destination is performed such that the first coordinate of the source rectangle is mapped to the first coordinate of the destination rectangle, and the second source coordinate is mapped to the second destination coordinate. The subimage is scaled and flipped as needed to preserve those mappings.

Parameters
imgthe specified image to be drawn. This method does nothing if img is null.
dx1the x coordinate of the first corner of the destination rectangle.
dy1the y coordinate of the first corner of the destination rectangle.
dx2the x coordinate of the second corner of the destination rectangle.
dy2the y coordinate of the second corner of the destination rectangle.
sx1the x coordinate of the first corner of the source rectangle.
sy1the y coordinate of the first corner of the source rectangle.
sx2the x coordinate of the second corner of the source rectangle.
sy2the y coordinate of the second corner of the source rectangle.
observerobject to be notified as more of the image is scaled and converted.
Return
false if the image pixels are still changing; true otherwise.
@since
JDK1.1
Draws a line, using the current color, between the points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) in this graphics context's coordinate system.
Parameters
x1the first point's x coordinate.
y1the first point's y coordinate.
x2the second point's x coordinate.
y2the second point's y coordinate.
Draws the outline of an oval. The result is a circle or ellipse that fits within the rectangle specified by the x, y, width, and height arguments.

The oval covers an area that is width + 1 pixels wide and height + 1 pixels tall.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the upper left corner of the oval to be drawn.
ythe y coordinate of the upper left corner of the oval to be drawn.
widththe width of the oval to be drawn.
heightthe height of the oval to be drawn.
Draws a closed polygon defined by arrays of x and y coordinates. Each pair of (xy) coordinates defines a point.

This method draws the polygon defined by nPoint line segments, where the first nPoint - 1 line segments are line segments from (xPoints[i - 1], yPoints[i - 1]) to (xPoints[i], yPoints[i]), for 1 ≤ i ≤ nPoints. The figure is automatically closed by drawing a line connecting the final point to the first point, if those points are different.

Parameters
xPointsa an array of x coordinates.
yPointsa an array of y coordinates.
nPointsa the total number of points.
Draws the outline of a polygon defined by the specified Polygon object.
Parameters
pthe polygon to draw.
Draws a sequence of connected lines defined by arrays of x and y coordinates. Each pair of (xy) coordinates defines a point. The figure is not closed if the first point differs from the last point.
Parameters
xPointsan array of x points
yPointsan array of y points
nPointsthe total number of points
@since
JDK1.1
Draws the outline of the specified rectangle. The left and right edges of the rectangle are at x and x + width. The top and bottom edges are at y and y + height. The rectangle is drawn using the graphics context's current color.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
widththe width of the rectangle to be drawn.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be drawn.
Draws an outlined round-cornered rectangle using this graphics context's current color. The left and right edges of the rectangle are at x and x + width, respectively. The top and bottom edges of the rectangle are at y and y + height.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
widththe width of the rectangle to be drawn.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be drawn.
arcWidththe horizontal diameter of the arc at the four corners.
arcHeightthe vertical diameter of the arc at the four corners.
Draws the text given by the specified iterator, using this graphics context's current color. The iterator has to specify a font for each character. The baseline of the leftmost character is at position (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate system.
Parameters
iteratorthe iterator whose text is to be drawn
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
Draws the text given by the specified string, using this graphics context's current font and color. The baseline of the leftmost character is at position (xy) in this graphics context's coordinate system.
Parameters
strthe string to be drawn.
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

  • It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
  • It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
  • It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
  • It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
  • For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any non-null reference values x and y, this method returns true if and only if x and y refer to the same object (x == y has the value true).

Note that it is generally necessary to override the hashCode method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the general contract for the hashCode method, which states that equal objects must have equal hash codes.

Parameters
objthe reference object with which to compare.
Return
true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.
Paints a 3-D highlighted rectangle filled with the current color. The edges of the rectangle will be highlighted so that it appears as if the edges were beveled and lit from the upper left corner. The colors used for the highlighting effect will be determined from the current color.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
widththe width of the rectangle to be filled.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be filled.
raiseda boolean value that determines whether the rectangle appears to be raised above the surface or etched into the surface.
Fills a circular or elliptical arc covering the specified rectangle.

The resulting arc begins at startAngle and extends for arcAngle degrees. Angles are interpreted such that 0 degrees is at the 3 o'clock position. A positive value indicates a counter-clockwise rotation while a negative value indicates a clockwise rotation.

The center of the arc is the center of the rectangle whose origin is (xy) and whose size is specified by the width and height arguments.

The resulting arc covers an area width + 1 pixels wide by height + 1 pixels tall.

The angles are specified relative to the non-square extents of the bounding rectangle such that 45 degrees always falls on the line from the center of the ellipse to the upper right corner of the bounding rectangle. As a result, if the bounding rectangle is noticeably longer in one axis than the other, the angles to the start and end of the arc segment will be skewed farther along the longer axis of the bounds.

Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the upper-left corner of the arc to be filled.
ythe y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the arc to be filled.
widththe width of the arc to be filled.
heightthe height of the arc to be filled.
startAnglethe beginning angle.
arcAnglethe angular extent of the arc, relative to the start angle.
Fills an oval bounded by the specified rectangle with the current color.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the upper left corner of the oval to be filled.
ythe y coordinate of the upper left corner of the oval to be filled.
widththe width of the oval to be filled.
heightthe height of the oval to be filled.
Fills a closed polygon defined by arrays of x and y coordinates.

This method draws the polygon defined by nPoint line segments, where the first nPoint - 1 line segments are line segments from (xPoints[i - 1], yPoints[i - 1]) to (xPoints[i], yPoints[i]), for 1 ≤ i ≤ nPoints. The figure is automatically closed by drawing a line connecting the final point to the first point, if those points are different.

The area inside the polygon is defined using an even-odd fill rule, also known as the alternating rule.

Parameters
xPointsa an array of x coordinates.
yPointsa an array of y coordinates.
nPointsa the total number of points.
Fills the polygon defined by the specified Polygon object with the graphics context's current color.

The area inside the polygon is defined using an even-odd fill rule, also known as the alternating rule.

Parameters
pthe polygon to fill.
Fills the specified rectangle. The left and right edges of the rectangle are at x and x + width - 1. The top and bottom edges are at y and y + height - 1. The resulting rectangle covers an area width pixels wide by height pixels tall. The rectangle is filled using the graphics context's current color.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
widththe width of the rectangle to be filled.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be filled.
Fills the specified rounded corner rectangle with the current color. The left and right edges of the rectangle are at x and x + width - 1, respectively. The top and bottom edges of the rectangle are at y and y + height - 1.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
widththe width of the rectangle to be filled.
heightthe height of the rectangle to be filled.
arcWidththe horizontal diameter of the arc at the four corners.
arcHeightthe vertical diameter of the arc at the four corners.
Disposes of this graphics context once it is no longer referenced.
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Returns the runtime class of an object. That Class object is the object that is locked by static synchronized methods of the represented class.
Return
The java.lang.Class object that represents the runtime class of the object. The result is of type {@code Class} where X is the erasure of the static type of the expression on which getClass is called.
Gets the current clipping area. This method returns the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility. If no clip has previously been set, or if the clip has been cleared using setClip(null), this method returns null.
Return
a Shape object representing the current clipping area, or null if no clip is set.
@since
JDK1.1
Returns the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area. This method refers to the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility. If no clip has previously been set, or if the clip has been cleared using setClip(null), this method returns null. The coordinates in the rectangle are relative to the coordinate system origin of this graphics context.
Return
the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area, or null if no clip is set.
@since
JDK1.1
Returns the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area. The coordinates in the rectangle are relative to the coordinate system origin of this graphics context. This method differs from getClipBounds in that an existing rectangle is used instead of allocating a new one. This method refers to the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility. If no clip has previously been set, or if the clip has been cleared using setClip(null), this method returns the specified Rectangle.
Parameters
rthe rectangle where the current clipping area is copied to. Any current values in this rectangle are overwritten.
Return
the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area.
Returns the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area.
Return
the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area or null if no clip is set.
@deprecated
As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getClipBounds().
Gets this graphics context's current color.
Return
this graphics context's current color.
Gets the current font.
Return
this graphics context's current font.
Gets the font metrics of the current font.
Return
the font metrics of this graphics context's current font.
Gets the font metrics for the specified font.
Parameters
fthe specified font
Return
the font metrics for the specified font.
Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hashtables such as those provided by java.util.Hashtable.

The general contract of hashCode is:

  • Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
  • If two objects are equal according to the equals(Object) method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
  • It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hashtables.

As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by class Object does return distinct integers for distinct objects. (This is typically implemented by converting the internal address of the object into an integer, but this implementation technique is not required by the JavaTM programming language.)

Return
a hash code value for this object.
Returns true if the specified rectangular area might intersect the current clipping area. The coordinates of the specified rectangular area are in the user coordinate space and are relative to the coordinate system origin of this graphics context. This method may use an algorithm that calculates a result quickly but which sometimes might return true even if the specified rectangular area does not intersect the clipping area. The specific algorithm employed may thus trade off accuracy for speed, but it will never return false unless it can guarantee that the specified rectangular area does not intersect the current clipping area. The clipping area used by this method can represent the intersection of the user clip as specified through the clip methods of this graphics context as well as the clipping associated with the device or image bounds and window visibility.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the rectangle to test against the clip
ythe y coordinate of the rectangle to test against the clip
widththe width of the rectangle to test against the clip
heightthe height of the rectangle to test against the clip
Return
true if the specified rectangle intersects the bounds of the current clip; false otherwise.
Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. If any threads are waiting on this object, one of them is chosen to be awakened. The choice is arbitrary and occurs at the discretion of the implementation. A thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the wait methods.

The awakened thread will not be able to proceed until the current thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened thread will compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might be actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, the awakened thread enjoys no reliable privilege or disadvantage in being the next thread to lock this object.

This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner of this object's monitor. A thread becomes the owner of the object's monitor in one of three ways:

  • By executing a synchronized instance method of that object.
  • By executing the body of a synchronized statement that synchronizes on the object.
  • For objects of type Class, by executing a synchronized static method of that class.

Only one thread at a time can own an object's monitor.

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateExceptionif the current thread is not the owner of this object's monitor.
Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. A thread waits on an object's monitor by calling one of the wait methods.

The awakened threads will not be able to proceed until the current thread relinquishes the lock on this object. The awakened threads will compete in the usual manner with any other threads that might be actively competing to synchronize on this object; for example, the awakened threads enjoy no reliable privilege or disadvantage in being the next thread to lock this object.

This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner of this object's monitor. See the notify method for a description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of a monitor.

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateExceptionif the current thread is not the owner of this object's monitor.
Sets the current clip to the rectangle specified by the given coordinates. This method sets the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility. Rendering operations have no effect outside of the clipping area.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate of the new clip rectangle.
ythe y coordinate of the new clip rectangle.
widththe width of the new clip rectangle.
heightthe height of the new clip rectangle.
@since
JDK1.1
Sets the current clipping area to an arbitrary clip shape. Not all objects that implement the Shape interface can be used to set the clip. The only Shape objects that are guaranteed to be supported are Shape objects that are obtained via the getClip method and via Rectangle objects. This method sets the user clip, which is independent of the clipping associated with device bounds and window visibility.
Parameters
clipthe Shape to use to set the clip
@since
JDK1.1
Sets this graphics context's current color to the specified color. All subsequent graphics operations using this graphics context use this specified color.
Parameters
cthe new rendering color.
Sets this graphics context's font to the specified font. All subsequent text operations using this graphics context use this font.
Sets the paint mode of this graphics context to overwrite the destination with this graphics context's current color. This sets the logical pixel operation function to the paint or overwrite mode. All subsequent rendering operations will overwrite the destination with the current color.
Sets the paint mode of this graphics context to alternate between this graphics context's current color and the new specified color. This specifies that logical pixel operations are performed in the XOR mode, which alternates pixels between the current color and a specified XOR color.

When drawing operations are performed, pixels which are the current color are changed to the specified color, and vice versa.

Pixels that are of colors other than those two colors are changed in an unpredictable but reversible manner; if the same figure is drawn twice, then all pixels are restored to their original values.

Parameters
c1the XOR alternation color
Returns a String object representing this Graphics object's value.
Return
a string representation of this graphics context.
Translates the origin of the graphics context to the point (xy) in the current coordinate system. Modifies this graphics context so that its new origin corresponds to the point (xy) in this graphics context's original coordinate system. All coordinates used in subsequent rendering operations on this graphics context will be relative to this new origin.
Parameters
xthe x coordinate.
ythe y coordinate.
Causes current thread to wait until another thread invokes the method or the method for this object. In other words, this method behaves exactly as if it simply performs the call wait(0).

The current thread must own this object's monitor. The thread releases ownership of this monitor and waits until another thread notifies threads waiting on this object's monitor to wake up either through a call to the notify method or the notifyAll method. The thread then waits until it can re-obtain ownership of the monitor and resumes execution.

As in the one argument version, interrupts and spurious wakeups are possible, and this method should always be used in a loop:

     synchronized (obj) {
         while (<condition does not hold>)
             obj.wait();
         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
     }
 
This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner of this object's monitor. See the notify method for a description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of a monitor.
Throws
IllegalMonitorStateExceptionif the current thread is not the owner of the object's monitor.
InterruptedExceptionif another thread interrupted the current thread before or while the current thread was waiting for a notification. The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.
Causes current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the method or the method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.

The current thread must own this object's monitor.

This method causes the current thread (call it T) to place itself in the wait set for this object and then to relinquish any and all synchronization claims on this object. Thread T becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of four things happens:

  • Some other thread invokes the notify method for this object and thread T happens to be arbitrarily chosen as the thread to be awakened.
  • Some other thread invokes the notifyAll method for this object.
  • Some other thread interrupts thread T.
  • The specified amount of real time has elapsed, more or less. If timeout is zero, however, then real time is not taken into consideration and the thread simply waits until notified.
The thread T is then removed from the wait set for this object and re-enabled for thread scheduling. It then competes in the usual manner with other threads for the right to synchronize on the object; once it has gained control of the object, all its synchronization claims on the object are restored to the status quo ante - that is, to the situation as of the time that the wait method was invoked. Thread T then returns from the invocation of the wait method. Thus, on return from the wait method, the synchronization state of the object and of thread T is exactly as it was when the wait method was invoked.

A thread can also wake up without being notified, interrupted, or timing out, a so-called spurious wakeup. While this will rarely occur in practice, applications must guard against it by testing for the condition that should have caused the thread to be awakened, and continuing to wait if the condition is not satisfied. In other words, waits should always occur in loops, like this one:

     synchronized (obj) {
         while (<condition does not hold>)
             obj.wait(timeout);
         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
     }
 
(For more information on this topic, see Section 3.2.3 in Doug Lea's "Concurrent Programming in Java (Second Edition)" (Addison-Wesley, 2000), or Item 50 in Joshua Bloch's "Effective Java Programming Language Guide" (Addison-Wesley, 2001).

If the current thread is interrupted by another thread while it is waiting, then an InterruptedException is thrown. This exception is not thrown until the lock status of this object has been restored as described above.

Note that the wait method, as it places the current thread into the wait set for this object, unlocks only this object; any other objects on which the current thread may be synchronized remain locked while the thread waits.

This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner of this object's monitor. See the notify method for a description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of a monitor.

Parameters
timeoutthe maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
Throws
IllegalArgumentExceptionif the value of timeout is negative.
IllegalMonitorStateExceptionif the current thread is not the owner of the object's monitor.
InterruptedExceptionif another thread interrupted the current thread before or while the current thread was waiting for a notification. The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.
Causes current thread to wait until another thread invokes the method or the method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

This method is similar to the wait method of one argument, but it allows finer control over the amount of time to wait for a notification before giving up. The amount of real time, measured in nanoseconds, is given by:

 1000000*timeout+nanos

In all other respects, this method does the same thing as the method of one argument. In particular, wait(0, 0) means the same thing as wait(0).

The current thread must own this object's monitor. The thread releases ownership of this monitor and waits until either of the following two conditions has occurred:

  • Another thread notifies threads waiting on this object's monitor to wake up either through a call to the notify method or the notifyAll method.
  • The timeout period, specified by timeout milliseconds plus nanos nanoseconds arguments, has elapsed.

The thread then waits until it can re-obtain ownership of the monitor and resumes execution.

As in the one argument version, interrupts and spurious wakeups are possible, and this method should always be used in a loop:

     synchronized (obj) {
         while (<condition does not hold>)
             obj.wait(timeout, nanos);
         ... // Perform action appropriate to condition
     }
 
This method should only be called by a thread that is the owner of this object's monitor. See the notify method for a description of the ways in which a thread can become the owner of a monitor.
Parameters
timeoutthe maximum time to wait in milliseconds.
nanosadditional time, in nanoseconds range 0-999999.
Throws
IllegalArgumentExceptionif the value of timeout is negative or the value of nanos is not in the range 0-999999.
IllegalMonitorStateExceptionif the current thread is not the owner of this object's monitor.
InterruptedExceptionif another thread interrupted the current thread before or while the current thread was waiting for a notification. The interrupted status of the current thread is cleared when this exception is thrown.