diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/SmartPolygon.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/SmartPolygon.java
index 4280542f..29448a61 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/SmartPolygon.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/swing/SmartPolygon.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SmartPolygon.java,v 1.4 2002/08/22 01:14:55 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: SmartPolygon.java,v 1.5 2003/10/10 17:49:25 mdb Exp $
 //
 // samskivert library - useful routines for java programs
 // Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Bayne
@@ -36,6 +36,35 @@ public class SmartPolygon extends Polygon
      */
     public Rectangle getBoundingBox ()
     {
-        return (bounds == null) ? super.getBoundingBox() : bounds;
+        if (bounds == null) {
+            // this is inlined from Polygon.getBoundingBox() and
+            // Polygon.computeBounds() because we can't call
+            // super.getBoundingBox() without the compiler bitching about
+            // deprecation, we can't just override getBounds() because a
+            // few methods in Polygon still call getBoundingBox() and we
+            // can't call computeBounds() because it's package protected
+            // (thank's Sun!)
+            if (npoints == 0) {
+                bounds = new Rectangle();
+            } else {
+                int boundsMinX = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                int boundsMinY = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                int boundsMaxX = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+                int boundsMaxY = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+	
+                for (int i = 0; i < npoints; i++) {
+                    int x = xpoints[i];
+                    boundsMinX = Math.min(boundsMinX, x);
+                    boundsMaxX = Math.max(boundsMaxX, x);
+                    int y = ypoints[i];
+                    boundsMinY = Math.min(boundsMinY, y);
+                    boundsMaxY = Math.max(boundsMaxY, y);
+                }
+                bounds = new Rectangle(boundsMinX, boundsMinY,
+                                       boundsMaxX - boundsMinX,
+                                       boundsMaxY - boundsMinY);
+            }
+        }
+        return bounds;
     }
 }