Super works fine, but your interpretation of what it does is wrong. Your problem is that you're trying to use inheritance to solve a problem that isn't solved with inheritance. You need to call repaint()
on the actual visualized and used Ball instance, not on an instance of some completely different class, Key, that inappropriately extends from Ball. First off, make Key not extend Ball, pass in a true Ball reference into Key and the solution will fall from that.
Perhaps do something like this:
f.addKeyListener(new Key(b));
and
public class Key implements KeyListener {
private Ball ball;
public Key(Ball ball) {
this.ball = ball;
}
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_W){
b.incrX(10); // give Ball a public method for this
b.repaint();
// System.out.println("x: " + super.x);
}
}
// .... etc...
Note, myself, I'd use Key Bindings for this, not a KeyListener, since then I wouldn't have to futz with keyboard focus.
For example:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class MoveBall {
private static final int PREF_W = 500;
private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
private static void createAndShowGui() {
BallPanel ballPanel = new BallPanel(PREF_W, PREF_H);
MyMouse myMouse = new MyMouse(ballPanel);
ballPanel.addMouseListener(myMouse);
ballPanel.addMouseMotionListener(myMouse);
new CreateKeyBindings(ballPanel);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("MoveBall");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(ballPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
createAndShowGui();
});
}
}
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class BallPanel extends JPanel {
private static final Color ELLIPSE_COLOR = Color.RED;
private static final Color SQUARE_COLOR = Color.GREEN;
private static final int BALL_WIDTH = 40;
private int prefW;
private int prefH;
private boolean isEllipse = true;
private int ballX;
private int ballY;
public BallPanel(int prefW, int prefH) {
this.prefW = prefW;
this.prefH = prefH;
}
public boolean isEllipse() {
return isEllipse;
}
public void setEllipse(boolean isEllipse) {
this.isEllipse = isEllipse;
}
public int getBallX() {
return ballX;
}
public void setBallX(int ballX) {
this.ballX = ballX;
}
public void setXY(int x, int y) {
ballX = x;
ballY = y;
repaint();
}
public void setXYCenter(int x, int y) {
ballX = x - BALL_WIDTH / 2;
ballY = y - BALL_WIDTH / 2;
repaint();
}
public void setXYCenter(Point p) {
setXYCenter(p.x, p.y);
}
public int getBallY() {
return ballY;
}
public void setBallY(int ballY) {
this.ballY = ballY;
}
public void incrementBallX(int x) {
ballX += x;
repaint();
}
public void incrementBallY(int y) {
ballY += y;
repaint();
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
if (isEllipse) {
g2.setColor(ELLIPSE_COLOR);
g2.fillOval(ballX, ballY, BALL_WIDTH, BALL_WIDTH);
} else {
g2.setColor(SQUARE_COLOR);
g2.fillOval(ballX, ballY, BALL_WIDTH, BALL_WIDTH);
}
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (isPreferredSizeSet()) {
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
return new Dimension(prefW, prefH);
}
}
class MyMouse extends MouseAdapter {
private BallPanel ballPanel;
public MyMouse(BallPanel ballPanel) {
this.ballPanel = ballPanel;
}
@Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
ballPanel.setXYCenter(e.getPoint());
}
@Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
ballPanel.setXYCenter(e.getPoint());
}
@Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
ballPanel.setXYCenter(e.getPoint());
}
}
enum Direction {
UP(KeyEvent.VK_UP), DOWN(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN), LEFT(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT), RIGHT(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT);
private int key;
private Direction(int key) {
this.key = key;
}
public int getKey() {
return key;
}
}
// Actions for the key binding
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class MyKeyAction extends AbstractAction {
private static final int STEP_DISTANCE = 5;
private BallPanel ballPanel;
private Direction direction;
public MyKeyAction(BallPanel ballPanel, Direction direction) {
this.ballPanel = ballPanel;
this.direction = direction;
}
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
switch (direction) {
case UP:
ballPanel.incrementBallY(-STEP_DISTANCE);
break;
case DOWN:
ballPanel.incrementBallY(STEP_DISTANCE);
break;
case LEFT:
ballPanel.incrementBallX(-STEP_DISTANCE);
break;
case RIGHT:
ballPanel.incrementBallX(STEP_DISTANCE);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
class CreateKeyBindings {
private BallPanel ballPanel;
public CreateKeyBindings(BallPanel ballPanel) {
this.ballPanel = ballPanel;
int condition = JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW;
InputMap inputMap = ballPanel.getInputMap(condition);
ActionMap actionMap = ballPanel.getActionMap();
for (Direction direction : Direction.values()) {
KeyStroke keyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(direction.getKey(), 0);
String keyString = keyStroke.toString();
inputMap.put(keyStroke, keyString);
actionMap.put(keyString, new MyKeyAction(ballPanel, direction));
}
}
}