Java Article 2 Code: GrayView.java

// GrayView.java
// By Ned Etcode
// Copyright 1995, 1996 Netscape Communications Corp.  All rights reserved.

import netscape_beta.application.*;
import netscape_beta.util.*;

/** The most common way to draw to the screen is to subclass View and
  * override the primitive drawing method, drawView(). In this simple example
  * we just fill our bounds with a solid shade of gray.
  */
public class GrayView extends View {
    int value;

    public GrayView(int x, int y, int width, int height) {
        super(x, y, width, height);
    }

    public void setValue(int value) {
        this.value = value;
        draw();
    }

    public int value() {
        return value;
    }

    public void drawView(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(new Color(value, value, value));
        g.fillRect(0, 0, width(), height());
    }
}