SWING: PaintEvent Class Cheat Sheet - A quick cheatsheet for beginners, with examples

Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.PaintEvent class

public class PaintEvent
   extends ComponentEvent

Table of Contents

Following are the fields for java.awt.Component class

static int PAINT − The paint event type.
static int PAINT_FIRST − Marks the first integer ID for the range of paint event IDs.
static int PAINT_LAST − Marks the last integer ID for the range of paint event IDs.
static int UPDATE − The update event type.

PaintEvent(Component source, int id, Rectangle updateRect) Constructs a PaintEvent object with the specified source component and type.

Class Methods

`Rectangle getUpdateRect()`	Returns the rectangle representing the area that needs to be repainted in response to this event.
`String paramString()`	Returns a parameter string identifying this event.
`void setUpdateRect(Rectangle updateRect)`	Sets the rectangle representing the area that needs to be repainted in response to this event.