Rectangle fill using image

Question

Using AWT, how do you import an image into a rectangle you have drawn? I want to assign the background to that particular rectangle only.

I recommend swing instead of awt. Then there is a good tutorial [here](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ui/overview/demo.html). regards — pyr0, Nov 19 '12 at 14:44

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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As seen in this answer (the shape here is of text, but same principle applies).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Nov 20 '12 at 06:22

Andrew Thompson

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '12 at 14:54

The most common approach is to override the the paint method in your component. Have a look at Graphics.drawImage(). Example: Drawing an Image

If you decide to move to Swing, you can take advantage of Swing's optimizied painting model, overriding paintComponent instead of paint.

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