I have these functions that display a group of chairs, seated and empty, that changes in order every 2 minutes, however, every time I call removeSeats() and then displaySeats(), all the seat components seem to disappear, but I know they're their because I have another function that views the information each chair has.
private void removeSeats(){ for(int i = 0; i < c.getClassroom().size(); i++) pnlGame.remove(c.getClassroom().get(i).getSprite()); for(int i = 0; i < emptySeats.size(); i++) pnlGame.remove(emptySeats.get(i).getSprite()); pnlGame.repaint(); } private void displaySeats(){ // GAME SCREEN (pnlGame) Components emptySeats = new ArrayList<Sprite>(); Sprite temp; int x = 25, y = 70, xS = 0, yS = 0, eI = 0, cI = 0; for(int i = 0; i < 64; i++){ if(i % 8 == 0 && i != 0){ x = 25; y += 80; } temp = new Sprite(); temp.setName("Empty Seat"); temp.getSprite().setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black)); temp.setSprite(new JLabel(new ImageIcon("src\\seat.png"))); temp.setOrigin(x, y); temp.setDimensions(40, 60); if(c.search(xS, yS) != null){ if(c.getClassroom().get(cI).isPresent()){ c.getClassroom().get(cI).getSprite().setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.white)); c.getClassroom().get(cI).setOrigin(x, y); c.getClassroom().get(cI).setDimensions(40, 60); pnlGame.add(c.getClassroom().get(cI).getSprite()); }else{ emptySeats.add(temp); pnlGame.add(emptySeats.get(eI).getSprite()); eI++; } cI++; }else{ emptySeats.add(temp); pnlGame.paintComponents(temp.getSprite().getGraphics()); pnlGame.add(emptySeats.get(eI).getSprite()); eI++; } xS++; if(xS >= 8){ xS = 0; yS++; } x += 80; } pnlGame.revalidate(); } 