paintComponent method is not displaying anything on the panel

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I have been trying to debug this for hours. The program is supposed to be a grapher that graphs coordinates, but i cannot get anything to display not even a random line, but if i put a print statement there it works. It is a problem with the paintComponent Method. When I out print statement before g.drawLine then it prints, but it doesn't draw any lines even if i put a random line with coordinates (1,3), (2,4).

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public abstract class XYGrapher
{
    abstract public Coordinate xyStart();
    abstract public double xRange();
    abstract public double yRange();
    abstract public Coordinate getPoint(int pointNum);
    public class Paint extends JPanel
    {
        public void paintGraph(Graphics g, int xPixel1, int yPixel1, int xPixel2, int yPixel2) 
        {
            super.paintComponent(g);
            g.setColor(Color.black);
            g.drawLine(xPixel1, yPixel1, xPixel2, yPixel2);
        }
        public void paintXAxis(Graphics g, int xPixel, int pixelsWide, int pixelsHigh) 
        {
            super.paintComponent(g);
            g.setColor(Color.green);
            g.drawLine(xPixel, 0, xPixel, pixelsHigh);
        }
        public void paintYAxis(Graphics g, int yPixel, int pixelsWide, int pixelsHigh)
        {
            super.paintComponent(g);
            g.setColor(Color.green);
            g.drawLine(0, yPixel, pixelsWide, yPixel);
        }
    }
    public void drawGraph(int xPixelStart, int yPixelStart, int pixelsWide, int pixelsHigh)
    {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        Paint panel = new Paint();
        panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(pixelsWide, pixelsHigh));
        panel.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(pixelsWide, pixelsHigh));
        panel.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(pixelsWide, pixelsHigh));
        frame.setLocation(frame.getToolkit().getScreenSize().width / 2 - pixelsWide / 2, frame.getToolkit().getScreenSize().height / 2 - pixelsHigh / 2);

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setResizable(false);
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);

        double xRange = xRange();
        double yRange = yRange();
        Coordinate xyStart = xyStart();

        int xPixel = xPixelStart - (int) (xyStart.getX() * (pixelsWide / xRange));
        int yPixel = yPixelStart + (int) ((xyStart.getY() + yRange) * (pixelsHigh / yRange));

        System.out.println(xPixel + " " + yPixel);

        if(yPixel > 0 && (yPixel < pixelsHigh))
        {
            System.out.println("y");
            panel.paintYAxis(panel.getGraphics(), yPixel, pixelsWide, pixelsHigh);
        }
        if(xPixel > 0 && (xPixel < pixelsHigh))
        {
            System.out.println("x");
            panel.paintXAxis(panel.getGraphics(), xPixel, pixelsWide, pixelsHigh);
        }

        for(int i = 0; i>=0; i++)
        {
            Coordinate point1 = getPoint(i);
            Coordinate point2 = getPoint(i+1);
            if(point2 == null)
            {
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                if(point1.drawFrom() && point2.drawTo())
                {
                    int xPixel1 = (int) (xPixelStart + (point1.getX() - xyStart.getX()) * (pixelsWide / xRange));
                    int yPixel1 = (int) (yPixelStart + (xyStart.getY() + yRange-point1.getY()) * (pixelsHigh / yRange));
                    int xPixel2 = (int) (xPixelStart + (point2.getX() - xyStart.getX()) * (pixelsWide / xRange));
                    int yPixel2 = (int) (yPixelStart + (xyStart.getY() + yRange - point2.getY()) * (pixelsHigh / yRange));

                    panel.paintGraph(panel.getGraphics(), xPixel1, yPixel1, xPixel2, yPixel2);
                }
            }
        }
        frame.pack();
    }
}

This is how i am testing it is supposed to be a square, but nothing shows up.

public class GrapherTester extends XYGrapher
{
    public Coordinate xyStart()
    {
        return new Coordinate(-2,2);
    }
    public double xRange()
    {
        return 4;
    }
    public double yRange()
    {
        return 4;
    }
    public Coordinate getPoint(int pointNum)
    {
        switch(pointNum)
        {
            case 0: return new Coordinate(-1,-1);
            case 1: return new Coordinate(1,-1);
            case 2: return new Coordinate(1,1);
            case 3: return new Coordinate(-1,1);
            case 4: return new Coordinate(-1,-1); 
        }
        return null;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new GrapherTester().drawGraph(100, 100, 500, 500);
    }
}

Coordinate class so if any of you want to run and try it out. That is all you would need.

public class Coordinate
{
    float x;
    float y;
    boolean drawTo;
    boolean drawFrom;
    Coordinate(double x, double y) 
    {
        this.x = (float) x;
        this.y = (float) y;
        drawFrom = true;
        drawTo = true;
    }
    Coordinate(double x, double y, boolean drawFrom, boolean drawTo) 
    {
        this.x = (float) x;
        this.y = (float) y;
        this.drawFrom = drawFrom;
        this.drawTo = drawTo;
    }
    public double getX()
    {
        return x;
    }
    public double getY()
    {
        return y;
    }
    public boolean drawTo()
    {
        return drawTo;
    }
    public boolean drawFrom()
    {
        return drawFrom;
    }
}

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