Paint method, need help

Hello Everyone,

My problem is that I don't understand why the paint method works, (display the string on the frame) although
it is not called in the Main method or in the constructor.

Please see the code below:


import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class JavaGame extends JFrame
{


public JavaGame()
{
setTitle("Java Game");
setSize(550,550);
setResizable(true);
setVisible(true);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

}

public void paint (Graphics g) // THIS METHOD SHOULD NOT RUN, without being called in the custructor
{
g.drawString("This is my first game", 75, 75);
g.drawLine(30, 30, 80, 80);


}



public static void main(String[] args)
{
new JavaGame();
}
}

Thank you in advance for your help!
Peter.

Painting in AWT and Swing

And you're doing it wrong. Don't try to do custom painting in a paint(...) override in a top level window. Recommended reading: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

Moving this to the AWT/Swing section.

db

Thank you Darry, I will read the lesson, hopefully I will clear my ideas.
Regards.
Peter.