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Simple Shapes
Java 2D Shapes

Originally, Java only provided relatively simple support for drawing shapes.  This support was provided in the java.awt.Graphics class, and was very limited:

• You could only draw a limited set of shapes:
  • Lines, rectangles, ellipses, etc.
• You could not vary the line thickness.  It was always set at 1.
• You could not rotate, or otherwise transform the shapes. 

Then, in JDK 1.2, a richer level of support was added for drawing shapes.  It was called the Java 2D library.  

This page was last modified on 02 October, 2007