Drawing in an Applet

In this article, we will show you how to load an image or draw different shapes like an oval, rectangle and a line in an applet. To perform these operations, we are going to use three methods -:

getCodeBase() method of Applet class.
```
public URL getCodeBase()
```
This method gives us the location of the directory in which our applet code file is located. This location is returned to us in terms of an object of URL class. Using this object of URL class, we can get and load any image file present in the same directory using the next two methods.

getImage() method of Applet class.
```
public Image getImage(URL url, String name)
```
This method gets the image file in the form of Image object. This image file named name is present in the directory location specified by url. This directory also contains the applet code.

drawImage() method of Image class.
```
public drawImage(Image img, int x, int y, ImageObserver observer)
```
This method draws the image referred by Image object img, at the coordinates x and y in an applet's window. We also need to pass an object of ImageObserver interface. We can do by passing this reference of our Applet class, because it implements ImageObserver interface.

Loading an image in an applet.

//Evening handling in an applet 

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;

/*
<applet  code="Applet3" width=400 height=350>
</applet>
*/

public class Applet3 extends Applet
{
Image im;
public void init()
{
System.out.println("initializing an applet");
System.out.println("The full path to our applet file : " + getDocumentBase());
System.out.println("Directory in which our applet file is located : " + getCodeBase());
im= getImage(getCodeBase(),"wood.jpg"); //loading an image from the same directory in which applet file is located


}

public void start()
{
System.out.println("Starting an applet");
}

public void stop()
{
System.out.println("Stopping an applet");
}


public void paint(Graphics g)
{
System.out.println("Painting the Applet");
g.drawString("Displaying an imagine in our applet", 0,10);

g.drawImage(im,50,50,this);
}
}

appletviewer,

appletviewer Applet3.java

Output

initializing an applet
The full path to our applet file : file:/D:/Java/Applet3.java
Directory in which our applet file is located : file:/D:/Java/
Starting an applet
Painting the Applet

appletviewer

Drawing shapes in an applet.

Graphics

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;

/*
<applet  code="Applet7" width=400 height=400>
</applet>
*/

public class Applet7 extends Applet
{
public void init()
{
System.out.println("initializing an applet");
}



public void paint(Graphics g)
{
System.out.println("Hello there");
g.drawString("Drawing an oval in our applet", 0,10);
g.drawOval(50,50,100,100);		//draws an Oval in applet window
g.drawRect(150,150,100,100);		//draws a Rectangle in applet window
g.drawLine(270,270,350,350);		//draws a Line in applet window
}
}

Output-

appletviewer Applet7.java

Drawing in an Applet

getCodeBase() method of Applet class.

getImage() method of Applet class.

drawImage() method of Image class.

Loading an image in an applet.

Output

Drawing shapes in an applet.

Output-

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