Java: Friendlier way to get an instance of FontMetrics
- by Martijn Courteaux
Hi people,
Is there a friendlier way to get an instance of FontMetrics than
FontMetrics fm = Graphics.getFontMetrics(Font);
I hate this way because of the following example:
If you want to create in a game a menu and you want all the menuitems in the center of the screen you need fontmetrics. But, mostly, menuitems are clickable. So I create an array of Rectangles and all the rectangles fits around the items, so when the mouse is pressed, I can simply use
for (int i = 0; i < rects.length; i++)
if (rects[i].contains(mouseX, mouseY)) { ... }
But to create the rects I also need FontMetrics for their coordinates. So this mean that I have to construct all my rectangles in the paint-method of my menu.
So I want a way to get the FontMetrics so I can construct the Rectangles in a method called by the constructor.
Hope you understand.
Thanks in advance.
