Rogue Wave® JViews graphic objects inherit attributes from the IlvGraphic abstract base class. This class allows a Rogue Wave JViews graphic object to draw itself at a given destination port.If required, the coordinates of the graphic object may also be transformed by an object associated with the IlvTransformer class.

The class IlvGraphic has methods that allow you to set and change geometric dimensions but does not actually implement these methods. They are declared as nonfinal methods and are defined to perform various operations in the classes that inherit IlvGraphic attributes. Although the methods to manipulate geometric shapes and graphic attributes exist, their implementations are empty. Several methods are given to set and get user properties that can be associated with an object for application-specific purposes.