Creating Your Own Shapes with General Paths

Next we present a general path—a shape constructed from straight lines and complex curves. A general path is represented with an object of class GeneralPath (package java.awt.geom). The application of Figs. 13.31 and 13.32 demonstrates drawing a general path in the shape of a five-pointed star.

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 1   // Fig. 13.31: Shapes2JPanel.java 2   // Demonstrating a general path. 3   import java.awt.Color; 4   import java.awt.Graphics; 5   import java.awt.Graphics2D; 6   import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath; 7   import java.security.SecureRandom; 8   import javax.swing.JPanel; 9 10   public class Shapes2JPanel extends JPanel11   {12      // draw general paths13      @Override14       ...

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