Implementing a Custom Component

自定义swing组件，给出一般原则，值得学习下.

 

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/painting/practice.html 

Before you implement a component that performs custom painting, first make sure that you really need to do so. You might be able to use the text and image capabilities of labels, buttons, or text components instead. And remember, you can sometimes use borders to customize the outside edges of a component and icons to paint an area that perhaps varies by component state. If you need to make changes to many standard components, you should consider doing it by customizing a look and feel such as the GTK+ look and feel.....