Advanced Swing Components

java.lang.Object
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+--com.smardec.asc.gradient.QuickGradientPaint

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.Paint, java.awt.Transparency

public class QuickGradientPaint

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.awt.Paint

QuickGradientPaint is a Paint object that draws gradient fills much more faster than standard's Java java.awt.GradientPaint class.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.Transparency

BITMASK, OPAQUE, TRANSLUCENT

Constructor Summary

QuickGradientPaint(java.awt.Color startColor, java.awt.Color endColor, boolean isVertical) Creates QuickGradientPaint object with specified colors and direction.

Method Summary
java.awt.PaintContext	createContext(java.awt.image.ColorModel cm, java.awt.Rectangle deviceBounds, java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D userBounds, java.awt.geom.AffineTransform xform, java.awt.RenderingHints hints) Creates and returns a PaintContext used to generate the color pattern.
int	getTransparency() Returns the type of transparency.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

QuickGradientPaint
public QuickGradientPaint(java.awt.Color startColor, java.awt.Color endColor, boolean isVertical)

Creates QuickGradientPaint object with specified colors and direction.

Parameters:

startColor - The start color for gradient fill

endColor - The end color for gradient fill

isVertical - true if vertical gradient is painted, false if horizontal gradient is painted

Creates and returns a PaintContext used to generate the color pattern.

Specified by:

createContext in interface java.awt.Paint

Parameters:

cm - the ColorModel that receives the Paint data. This is used only as a hint

deviceBounds - the device space bounding box of the graphics primitive being rendered

userBounds - the user space bounding box of the graphics primitive being rendered

xform - the AffineTransform from user space into device space

hints - the hint that the context object uses to choose between rendering alternatives

Returns:

the PaintContext for generating color patterns.

See Also:

PaintContext

Returns the type of transparency.

Specified by:

getTransparency in interface java.awt.Transparency

Returns:

The field type of is transparency, which is either OPAQUE or TRANSLUCENT.