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BasicString.java

import java.awt.*;

/**
 * BasicString class
 * 
 * @author Chuck Cusack
 * @version 1.0, September, 2006
 */
public class BasicString
{
	private int x;
	private int y;
	private Color color;
	private String myString; 
 	
    /**
     * The defualt constructor, which creates a 0 by 0 object at (0,0)
     * that is white and not filled.
     */
	public BasicString() {
		setLocation(0,0);
		setColor(Color.black);
		setString("");
	}
  
	public BasicString(int x, int y,Color color, String myString) {
	    setLocation(x,y);
	    setColor(color);
	    setString(myString);
	}
	
	/*
	 * The standard get and set methods
	 */
    public void setString(String s) {
	   myString=s;
	}
	public String getString() {
	   return myString;
	}
	public void setColor(Color color) {
	   this.color=color;
	}
	public Color getColor() {
	   return color;
	}
	public int getX() {
	    return x;
	}
	public void setX(int x) {
		   this.x=x;   
	}
	public int getY() {
	    return y;
	}
    public void setY(int y) {
 	   this.y=y;   
 	} 
	public void setLocation(int x,int y) {
	    setX(x);
	    setY(y);
	}  
   /**
	 * Overriding drawObject from GraphicalObject so it actually
	 * draws something.
	 */	
	public void drawObject(Graphics g) {
	    // Save the current color so we can reset it when we are done
	    Color oldColor=g.getColor();
	    
	    g.setColor(this.getColor());
	    g.drawString(getString(),x,y);
	    // Reset the color back to the original.
	    g.setColor(oldColor);
	}
}