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Uses of Class
java.awt.Graphics

Packages that use Graphics

java.awt	Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.image	Provides classes for creating and modifying images.

Uses of Graphics in java.awt

Subclasses of Graphics in java.awt

class

Graphics2D This Graphics2D class extends the Graphics class to provide more sophisticated control over graphics operations.

Methods in java.awt that return Graphics

abstract Graphics	Graphics.create() Creates a new Graphics object that is a copy of this Graphics object.
Graphics	Graphics.create(int x, int y, int width, int height) Creates a new Graphics object based on this Graphics object, but with a new translation and clip area.
abstract Graphics	Image.getGraphics() Creates a graphics context for drawing to an off-screen image.
Graphics	Component.getGraphics() Creates a graphics context for this component.

Methods in java.awt with parameters of type Graphics

void	Component.paint(Graphics g) Paints this component.
void	Component.update(Graphics g) Updates this component.
void	Component.paintAll(Graphics g) Paints this component and all of its subcomponents.
void	Component.print(Graphics g) Prints this component.
void	Component.printAll(Graphics g) Prints this component and all of its subcomponents.
void	Container.paint(Graphics g) Paints the container.
void	Container.update(Graphics g) Updates the container.
void	Container.print(Graphics g) Prints the container.
void	Container.paintComponents(Graphics g) Paints each of the components in this container.
void	Container.printComponents(Graphics g) Prints each of the components in this container.

Uses of Graphics in java.awt.image

Methods in java.awt.image that return Graphics

Graphics	VolatileImage.getGraphics() This method returns a Graphics2D, but is here for backwards compatibility.
Graphics	BufferedImage.getGraphics() This method returns a Graphics2D, but is here for backwards compatibility.