Mouse location

[Jonny Tight Lips]

I was wondering what / if there is a command to find the location of the mouse. In turing it is mousexy() or something like that. Of course being Java it has to be harder then that. I've been looking at some examples online but non of them make sence to me. So any help you can give would be nice. Thx

[wtd]

Have your class implement MouseMotionListener.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/event/MouseMotionListener.html

[Jonny Tight Lips]

Well it compiles now but nothing happens. Now remember I'm new at this so there are probably a lot of mistakes so feel free to poit them out.

code:

import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*;                             public class pong extends JComponent implements MouseMotionListener  {         Image ball = new ImageIcon("ball.gif").getImage();         Image paddle = new ImageIcon("paddle.gif").getImage();         int x = 100;         int y = 100;         int px = 10;         int py = 10;         int dx = 2;         int dy = 2;                                 public void begin(){                                         while (true){             run2();             }         }         public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e){                 px = e.getX();                 py = e.getY();         }         public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e){         }                 public void paint(Graphics g) {                 g.drawImage(ball, x, y, this);                 g.drawImage(paddle,px,py,this);         }         public void run2() {                  try {                         x = x+dx ;                         y = y+dy;                         if (x+19 > 800){                             dx = dx*-1;                         }                         if (y+19 > 500){                             dy = dy*-1;                         }                         if (x<0){                             dx = dx*-1;                         }                         if (y<0){                             dy = dy*-1;                         }                                                 repaint();                         Thread.sleep(10);                                                 } catch (Exception e) {             }         }             public static void main(String[] args) {             pong app = new pong();                                     JFrame frame = new JFrame();                         frame.getContentPane().add(app);             frame.setSize(800, 500);             frame.setVisible(true);             app.begin();         }             }

as you can see I'm trying to make pong and use the mouse to move my paddle. I havn't got very far so yes there is still a lot missing. Just want to get the paddle to move to where the mouse is. Thx again for the help.

[rizzix]

ok couple of things... now.. hmm bear with me... but it is really this complex..
Actually, nevermind... just to make things simple follow this simple rule always: "never modify the swing components outside the event handlers.." that will ensure ur application works as expected.. always..

[Jonny Tight Lips]

As I said I am very new at this and Im not sure what all these terms mean. Mainly I really dont understand what the event handler is so if you could explain that it would be nice. Thx.

[rizzix]

ehm... ok... let's see.. now where shall i start.. yep.. do you know what an interface it?

[Jonny Tight Lips]

If by interface you mean User Interface then yes if you mean something else then no. Hmm I seem to be getting to feeling that I've gotten ahead of myself . I seem to be missing some important information that I should really know. If you can fill me in, that would be great but if you don't want to directing me to someplace that can would be nice. Thx for your help.

[rizzix]

well there's a lot of stuff on this site that explains all this..

start of with wtd's An Introduction To Java and then there's my Abstract Class, Interface and Nested Class tutorial

[Jonny Tight Lips]

Finally got it working. Used a nested class. Thanks for all your help.