How to draw a diamond shape in java?

Lana Published at Dev

Lana

So i have to draw a diamond shape. Not a Static diamond but a diamond that i will myself drag and draw. I've used General Path to do it but it is drawing a diamond that is not straight; the diamond is bend to the left and it's not being drawn to where my mouse is pointed.

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Here is my code to create the diamond shape. Can someone please help me solve this?

 private GeneralPath drawDiamond(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2){
            
            int x = Math.min(x1, x2);
            int y = Math.min(y1, y2);

            // Gets the difference between the coordinates and

            int width = Math.abs(x1 - x2);
            int height = Math.abs(y1 - y2);
            
            Rectangle2D.Double diamond = new Rectangle2D.Double(x1,y1,width,height);
            
            GeneralPath connectedDiamond = new GeneralPath(GeneralPath.WIND_EVEN_ODD);
            
            connectedDiamond.append(diamond, true);
            
            AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
            at.rotate(Math.toRadians(20));
            connectedDiamond.transform(at);
            
            return connectedDiamond;
        }

Here is my paint method:

public void paint(Graphics g) {           

            graphSettings = (Graphics2D) g;           

            graphSettings.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                    RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

            graphSettings.setStroke(new BasicStroke(4));
           
            Iterator<Color> strokeCounter = shapeStroke.iterator();
            for (NamedShape s : shapes) {

                graphSettings.draw(s.getShape());

            }

            if (drawStart != null && drawEnd != null) {
                
                graphSettings.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(
                        AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, 0.40f));

                graphSettings.setPaint(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);

                Shape aShape = null;
                    
                if(currentAction == 7){
                    
                    aShape = drawDiamond(drawStart.x, drawStart.y, drawEnd.x, drawEnd.y);
                }

                graphSettings.draw(aShape);
            }
        }

Can someone please help me to do this?

Subler

How about instead of rotating a rectangle, you draw lines between 4 points inside a rectangle:

the points:

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excuse my poor mspaint skills.

but i hope u get what i mean. u take the top center, middle right, bottom center and middle left points and draw lines between those (using generalPath, i think)

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