With composite graphics, JViews Framework enables
you to associate graphic objects in a single object.
Composite graphics are a set of classes that help you
combine
IlvGraphic objects to build up more complex objects based on
simple graphics. Unlike graphic sets (see
Groups, composite graphics have layout and attachment capabilities.
The API for composite graphics is thus based on the following
classes:
To compose this graphic, you just need to reuse existing
graphics provided by the JViews Framework. Furthermore, composite
graphics can be recursive, that is, a composite graphic may be made
up of other composite graphics. In
Creating a Composite Graphic: Final Result, for example,
the balloon object and the three rectangles are themselves composite
graphics.