Applet Trouble

[Cosmos]

i wrote this code:-

import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class SimpleApplet1 extends Applet {
public void init(){
System.out.println("init");
}
public void start(){
System.out.println("start");
}
public void paint(Graphics g){
System.out.println("paint");
}
public void stop(){
System.out.println("stop");
}
public void destroy(){
System.out.println("destroy");
}
}


but whenever i start the execution of this program i get the output as-

init
start
paint
paint

this output is returned till i minimizes the applet window....

i am not able to understand why is the paint called twice when i starts the applet.....

thanks in advance...

[DarrylBurke]

1. Why are you using the old and largely obsolete AWT when you could be using the almost equally old but much more flexible Swing? Learning resource: Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (The Java™ Tutorials)

2. You have no control over how many times and how often a painting method is called, so don't worry your head over it. Any component (not just an Applet) will be repainted whenever a need to do so is detected.

3. Except in certain very specific circumstances, any painting method override should invoke the super implementation.

db