Removing a text written over a background image

[pankajs]

Hello freinds ! I am writing a code for a simple shooting game. But a problem occur that I could not remove a message written over a background image
How can I remove it without any change in background????????????

[JosAH]

Hello freinds ! I am writing a code for a simple shooting game. But a problem occur that I could not remove a message written over a background image
How can I remove it without any change in background????????????

How about: draw the image again but don't draw the text over it?

kind regards,

Jos

[BigDaddyLH]

Sometimes I was a Border to draw the background image. This may be cheating...

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
 
public class CentredBackgroundBorder implements Border {
    private final BufferedImage image;
 
    public CentredBackgroundBorder(BufferedImage image) {
        this.image = image;
    }
 
    public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
        int x0 = x + (width-image.getWidth())/2;
        int y0 = y + (height-image.getHeight())/2;
        g. drawImage(image, x0, y0, null);
    }
 
    public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c) {
        return new Insets(0,0,0,0);
    }
 
    public boolean isBorderOpaque() {
        return true;
    }
}
 

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
 
public class BackgroundBorderExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        JFrame f = new JFrame("BackgroundBorderExample");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JTextArea area = new JTextArea(24,80);
        area.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
        area.setOpaque(false);
        area.read(new FileReader(new File("BackgroundBorderExample.java")), null);
        final JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(area);
        sp.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
        sp.getViewport().setOpaque(false);
        f.getContentPane().add(sp);
        f.setSize(600,400);
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
 
        String url = "http://blogs.sun.com/jag/resource/JagHeadshot.jpg";
        final Border bkgrnd = new CentredBackgroundBorder(ImageIO.read(new URL(url)));
        Runnable r = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                sp.setViewportBorder(bkgrnd);
                sp.repaint();
            }
        };
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
    }
}