Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 16:26:07 -0500 (CDT)
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-061-02@uni.edu
Subject: Thursday Boxball program....

Hi 061 Java students,

    The Boxball project.

    A FilledOval has a getX() method that returns you the

Methods Available for All 2-D Graphic Objects (including Text, but not
Line)
someObject.getX();
someObject.getY();
someObject.getLocation();   Access coordinates of the upper left corner of
                                   an object's bounding rectangle.

someObject.getWidth();
someObject.getHeight();  Access the dimensions
                                   of an object's bounding rectangle.

It does NOT matter if the Ball class uses a FilledOval.
The left edge and the top edge of the bounding rectangle are
what the
         .getX() and the .getY() methods return.

I have heard that the lab TA might have been telling you different.
Something about the middle of the FilledOval?????????   WRONG...
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         .getX() tells you where the
                 left edge of a Box's PIV FilledRect is or
                 where the leftmost point of the FilledOval
                 of a Ball is...

         .getX() + .getWidth() would tell where the right edge of a ball
                               or of a box is, if you are using
                               FilledOval and FilledRect PIVs to
                               implement the actual Ball object and
                               Box objects.

          Of course, for the ball .getX() + BALLWIDTH would also work,
          if you have a constant for the ball diameter value named
          BALLWIDTH.

    Mark