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Charles Cusack
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DrawingExample


Description
DrawingExample is a simple application that has a window with several objects on it. There is a single "selected object" which can be moved using the arrow keys. Other keys that do something are:
  • n Go to the next shape.
  • t Move the selected object to the top.
  • b Move the selected object to the bottom.
The purpose of these classes are
  • give a good example of when using inheritance is good
  • give an example of how to draw simple shapes
  • show how to use a few swing elements, including JPanel, JButton, JFrame.
  • show how do a a little but of event handling in Java. Specifically, mouse and keyboard events.
The jar file contains the source files and the BlueJ project files, so you can easily work with the project if you use BlueJ.