passing parameters to paint(graphics)

[bouncydeath]

I think my question ultimately stems from the fact that I don't fully understand classes: how they work together, when to make them, etc.

So I have a class called Creature. These guys have properties that will determine how they are drawn, but right now they just contain an (x,y) for where they are to be drawn. I would just like to draw a circle where each is located. Easy enough, I suppose, but I'm not getting it.

Here's what I have so far:

public class Main {
 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        Creature dude = new Creature(20, 40);
        MakeWorld world = new MakeWorld();
    }
}

and:

    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
 
public class MakeWorld {
 
     MakeWorld(){
 
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("title");
 
        frame.getContentPane().add(new MyComponent());
        frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.WHITE);
 
        frame.setSize(Globals.FRAME_WIDTH, Globals.FRAME_HEIGHT);
        frame.setVisible(true);
 
    }
 
 
    class MyComponent extends JComponent
    {
        @Override
        public void paint(Graphics g)
        {
 
           Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
 
            g2d.fillOval(10, 20, 2, 2);
 
        }
    }

So, I am able to draw an oval. How could I make it work so I could do something like:

g2d.fillOval(dude.x, dude.y, 2, 2)?

It doesn't seem like I can add any parameters to paint(); so I can't even reference "dude".

Is there a way I could make a function like:

dude.draw() that I could call outside of the paint() function?

Thanks,

bd

[JosAH]

Why don't you pass a Graphics(2D) object to your Dudes and let them draw on the Graphics object.

kind regards,

Jos