[2742] in java-interest
Re: JDK clipping bug(s)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BC Krishna)
Thu Oct 12 11:25:00 1995
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 09:18:08 -0400
To: flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Graham), java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM,
julie@world.std.com
From: BC Krishna <bc@futuretense.com>
At 07:20 PM 10/11/95 -0700, Jim Graham wrote:
>
>> Note that I also can't seem to find the Alpha3 method clearClip() anywhere
>> in the API for the Graphics object in the JDK documentation... so...my
>> question for the JAVA experts out there is:
>>
>> "How does one expand (make larger)the current clipping rectangle
>> within a paint or update method?"
>
>You can no longer clear the clipping rectangle. That way applets can't
>paint outside their bounds. If you want multiple clipping rectangles
>within your applet, then use the Graphics.create(x, y, w, h) method to
>create a "sub-Graphics" object...
On a related note: the documentation and the code for the
Graphics.getClipRect are not in sync. We expect to get back (x, y, w, h):
instead, what we get is (x1, y1, x2, y2). I've filed a bug report on this.
I think the same is true of Graphics.clipRect, but I need to double check.
cheers, bc
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