When are the paint or paint Component methods called?

The paint method is a part of the AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit) in Java, used for rendering graphics or other components on the screen. The paintComponent method is a part of the Swing framework, which is an advanced version of AWT and provides more versatile components. The paintComponent method is responsible for drawing the content of a Swing component.

In order to use paint and paintComponent methods in a custom, user-defined class, it is necessary to override these methods in the custom class. To override the paint method, create a function with the following signature in the class: ```java public void paint(Graphics g) ``` To override the paintComponent method, create a function with the following signature in the class: ```java protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) ``` Inside these overridden methods, you can call the superclass method using super.paint(g) or super.paintComponent(g) and use the instances of the Graphics class to perform custom drawing or other operations.

The paint and paintComponent methods are called in the following scenarios: 1. When the component is first displayed on the screen (which usually occurs when the application starts). 2. When the component's size changes, such as via resizing the window. 3. When the component is made invisible and then is made visible again. 4. When the contents of the component need to be redrawn due to any change in its state, for instance, when the application window loses focus and gains it back. 5. When an explicit call is made to repaint(), revalidate(), or updateUI() methods, which triggers a call to these methods respectively. It is important to note that the paint and paintComponent methods should not be called directly in the code. Instead, use the aforementioned methods such as repaint() to request a call to these methods, which will be handled by the system. Proper handling and optimization of these methods in your code can lead to improved performance and responsiveness of the GUI application.