Canvas.java

/*
 * @(#)Canvas.java	1.35 06/10/10
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package java.awt;

import java.awt.event.PaintEvent;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

/**
 * A <code>Canvas</code> component represents a blank rectangular
 * area of the screen onto which the application can draw or from
 * which the application can trap input events from the user.
 * <p>
 * An application must subclass the <code>Canvas</code> class in
 * order to get useful functionality such as creating a custom
 * component. The <code>paint</code> method must be overridden
 * in order to perform custom graphics on the canvas.
 *
 * @version 	1.31, 08/19/02
 * @author 		Nicholas Allen
 * @since       JDK1.0
 */
public class Canvas extends Component {
    private static final String base = "canvas";
    private static int nameCounter = 0;
    /*
     * JDK 1.1 serialVersionUID
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2284879212465893870L;
    /**
     * Constructs a new Canvas.
     */
    public Canvas() {}

    /**
     * Construct a name for this component.  Called by getName() when the
     * name is null.
     */
    String constructComponentName() {
        return base + nameCounter++;
    }
	
    boolean isLightweightWhenDisplayable() {
        return false;
    }
	
    public void update(Graphics g) {
        g.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
        paint(g);
    }

    /**
     * This method is called to repaint this canvas. Most applications
     * that subclass <code>Canvas</code> should override this method in
     * order to perform some useful operation.
     * <p>
     * The <code>paint</code> method provided by <code>Canvas</code>
     * redraws this canvas's rectangle in the background color.
     * <p>
     * The graphics context's origin (0, 0) is the top-left corner
     * of this canvas. Its clipping region is the area of the context.
     * @param      g   the graphics context.
     * @see        java.awt.Graphics
     * @since      JDK1.0
     */
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(getBackground());
        g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
    }

    boolean postsOldMouseEvents() {
        return true;
    }
}