Please understand that you do not have complete control over if or when paint(...) get's called, and that repaint() calls are only a suggestion to the JVM to paint. If too many repaint() requests come in and they stack up as yours are doing, then they will be combined. For more details on this, please have a look at this article Painting in AWT and Swing .
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