Java programs by Laban Onyango Ndejje University

1. This program will append

class appendDemo

public static void main(String arg[])

String s;

int a=76;

StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer(40);

s=sb.append("a=").append(a).append("!").toString();

System.out.println(s);

2. This program will create a combo box and allow the user to add or remove items from the
combo with ease

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class AddRemoveItemFromCombo{

JComboBox combo;

JTextField txtBox;

public static void main(String[] args){

AddRemoveItemFromCombo ar = new AddRemoveItemFromCombo();

public AddRemoveItemFromCombo(){

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JFrame frame = new JFrame("Add-Remove Item of a Combo Box");

String items[] = {"Java", "JSP", "PHP", "C", "C++"};

combo = new JComboBox(items);

JButton button1 = new JButton("Add");

txtBox = new JTextField(20);

button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

if (!txtBox.getText().equals("")){

int a = 0;

for(int i = 0; i < combo.getItemCount(); i++){

if(combo.getItemAt(i).equals(txtBox.getText())){

a = 1;

break;

if (a == 1)

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Combo has already this item.");

else

combo.addItem(txtBox.getText());

else{

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter text in Text Box");

});

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 JButton button2 = new JButton("Remove");

button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

if (combo.getItemCount() > 0)

combo.removeItemAt(0);

else

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Item not available");

});

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();

panel.add(txtBox);

panel.add(combo);

panel.add(button1);

panel.add(button2);

frame.add(panel);

// frame.add(panel1);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

Output

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 3. Program to create a combo box

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class ComboBox{

JComboBox combo;

JTextField txt;

public static void main(String[] args) {

ComboBox b = new ComboBox();

public ComboBox(){

String course[] = {"BCA","MCA","BCIM","BBAM"};

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Creating a JComboBox Component");

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 JPanel panel = new JPanel();

combo = new JComboBox(course);

combo.setBackground(Color.gray);

combo.setForeground(Color.red);

txt = new JTextField(10);

panel.add(combo);

panel.add(txt);

frame.add(panel);

combo.addItemListener(new ItemListener(){

public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie){

String str = (String)combo.getSelectedItem();

txt.setText(str);

});

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setSize(400,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

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Output

4. Create list of items

import javax.swing.*;

public class CreateJList{

public static void main(String[] args) {

String subject[] = {"Math", "Computer", "Phisics", "Chemestry"};

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Creating a JList Component");

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

JList list = new JList(subject);

frame.setUndecorated(true);

frame.getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.PLAIN_DIALOG);

panel.add(list);

frame.add(panel);

frame.setSize(400,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

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}

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5. Program to create a radio button

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class CreateRadioButton{

public static void main(String[] args) {

CreateRadioButton r = new CreateRadioButton();

public CreateRadioButton(){

JRadioButton Male,Female;

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Creating a JRadioButton Component");

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

ButtonGroup buttonGroup = new ButtonGroup();

Male = new JRadioButton("Male");

buttonGroup.add(Male);

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 panel.add(Male);

Female = new JRadioButton("Female");

buttonGroup.add(Female);

panel.add(Female);

Male.setSelected(true);

frame.add(panel);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setSize(400,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

Output

6. This program creates slider

import javax.swing.*;

import javax.swing.event.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

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public class CreateSlider{

JSlider slider;

JLabel label;

public static void main(String[] args){

CreateSlider cs = new CreateSlider();

public CreateSlider(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Slider Frame");

slider = new JSlider();

slider.setValue(70);

slider.addChangeListener(new MyChangeAction());

label = new JLabel("LABAN AND FAMILY");

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.add(slider);

panel.add(label);

frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

public class MyChangeAction implements ChangeListener{

public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent ce){

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 int value = slider.getValue();

String str = Integer.toString(value);

label.setText(str);

Output

7. Program to create a menu

import javax.swing.*;

public class SwingMenu{

public static void main(String[] args) {

SwingMenu s = new SwingMenu();

public SwingMenu(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Creating a JMenuBar, JMenu, JMenuItem and seprator Component");

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

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JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();

JMenu filemenu = new JMenu("File");

filemenu.add(new JSeparator());

JMenu editmenu = new JMenu("Edit");

editmenu.add(new JSeparator());

JMenuItem fileItem1 = new JMenuItem("New");

JMenuItem fileItem2 = new JMenuItem("Open");

JMenuItem fileItem3 = new JMenuItem("Close");

fileItem3.add(new JSeparator());

JMenuItem fileItem4 = new JMenuItem("Save");

JMenuItem editItem1 = new JMenuItem("Cut");

JMenuItem editItem2 = new JMenuItem("Copy");

editItem2.add(new JSeparator());

JMenuItem editItem3 = new JMenuItem("Paste");

JMenuItem editItem4 = new JMenuItem("Insert");

filemenu.add(fileItem1);

filemenu.add(fileItem2);

filemenu.add(fileItem3);

filemenu.add(fileItem4);

editmenu.add(editItem1);

editmenu.add(editItem2);

editmenu.add(editItem3);

editmenu.add(editItem4);

menubar.add(filemenu);

menubar.add(editmenu);

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 frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);

frame.setSize(400,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

Output

8. Program that will allow text to be dragged and dropped

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class SwingDragDrop{

JTextField txtField;

JLabel lbl;

public static void main(String[] args){

SwingDragDrop sdd = new SwingDragDrop();

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 public SwingDragDrop(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Drag Drop Demo");

txtField = new JTextField(20);

lbl = new JLabel("This is the text for drag and drop.");

lbl.setTransferHandler(new TransferHandler("text"));

MouseListener ml = new MouseAdapter(){

public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){

JComponent jc = (JComponent)e.getSource();

TransferHandler th = jc.getTransferHandler();

th.exportAsDrag(jc, e, TransferHandler.COPY);

};

lbl.addMouseListener(ml);

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.add(txtField);

frame.add(lbl, BorderLayout.CENTER);

frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setResizable(false);

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Output

9. Tooltip program

import java.awt.event.*;

public class TooltipTextOfList{

private JScrollPane scrollpane = null;

JList list;

JTextField txtItem;

DefaultListModel model;

public static void main(String[] args){

TooltipTextOfList tt = new TooltipTextOfList();

public TooltipTextOfList(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tooltip Text for List Item");

String[] str_list = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four"};

model = new DefaultListModel();

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 for(int i = 0; i < str_list.length; i++)

model.addElement(str_list[i]);

list = new JList(model){

public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent e) {

int index = locationToIndex(e.getPoint());

if (-1 < index) {

String item = (String)getModel().getElementAt(index);

return item;

} else {

return null;

};

txtItem = new JTextField(10);

JButton button = new JButton("Add");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.add(txtItem);

panel.add(button);

panel.add(list);

frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

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 public class MyAction extends MouseAdapter implements ActionListener{

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){

String data = txtItem.getText();

if (data.equals(""))

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter text in the Text Box.");

else{

model.addElement(data);

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Item added successfully.");

txtItem.setText("");

Output

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 10. To find multiples of numbers provided by the user (the user provides the starting number and
the last number

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Multiples

public static void main(String args[])

final int PER_LINE = 5;

int value, limit, mult, count = 0;

Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);

System.out.print ("Enter postive value: ");

value = scan.nextInt();

System.out.print ("Enter an upper limit: ");

limit = scan.nextInt();

System.out.println ();

System.out.println ("The multiples of " +value + "between" + value + "and" + limit + "inclusive are:");

for (mult = value; mult <= limit; mult +=value)

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System.out.print (mult + "\t");

count++;

if(count % PER_LINE == 0)

System.out.println();

11. Program to create tool bar with three buttons

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class CreateToolbar{

public static void main(String[] args) {

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Create a toolbar Which have three buttons Such as: Cut, Copy, Paste");

JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar("Toolbar", JToolBar.HORIZONTAL);

JButton cutbutton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("cut.gif"));

toolbar.add(cutbutton);

JButton copybutton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("copy.gif"));

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 toolbar.add(copybutton);

JButton pastebutton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("paste.gif"));

toolbar.add(pastebutton);

frame.getContentPane().add(toolbar,BorderLayout.NORTH);

frame.setUndecorated(true);

frame.getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.PLAIN_DIALOG);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setSize(500,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

12. Same button program but the name of the button changes when clicked on

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class ChangeButtonLabel{

JButton button;

public static void main(String[] args){

ChangeButtonLabel cl = new ChangeButtonLabel();

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 }

public ChangeButtonLabel(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Change JButton Lebel");

button = new JButton("Click here");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

frame.add(button);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

public class MyAction implements ActionListener{

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){

String text = (String)e.getActionCommand();

if (text.equals("Click here")){

button.setText("another label");

else{

button.setText("Click here");

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 13. List items for selection but only one can be selected

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class DimensionItemList{

public static void main(String[] args) {

DimensionItemList di = new DimensionItemList();

public DimensionItemList(){

String name[] = {"PEACE", "PATRICIA DEBORAH ", "LABAN", "IRENE", "PAULINE", "JAMES",
"MATHEW"};

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Setting the Dimensions of an Item in a JList Component");

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();

for(int i = 0; i < name.length; i++)

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 model.addElement(name[i]);

JList list = new JList(model){

public String getToolTipText(MouseEvent e) {

int index = locationToIndex(e.getPoint());

if (-1 < index) {

String item = (String)getModel().getElementAt(index);

return item;

} else {

return null;

};

list.setPrototypeCellValue("NDEJJE UNIVERSITY");

panel.add(list);

frame.add(panel);

frame.setSize(400,400);

frame.setVisible(true);

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 14. Program to display message dialog box when a button is clicked

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class ShowMessageDialog{

JButton button;

public static void main(String[] args){

ShowMessageDialog md = new ShowMessageDialog();

public ShowMessageDialog(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Message Dialog Box");

button = new JButton("Show simple message dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.add(button);

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 button = new JButton("Show \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

panel.add(button);

button = new JButton("Show \"Yes/No/Cancel\" dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

panel.add(button);

frame.add(panel);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

public class MyAction implements ActionListener{

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){

String str = ae.getActionCommand();

if(str.equals("Show simple message dialog box")){

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This is the simple message dialog box.", "Laban's dialog

else if(str.equals("Show \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box")){

if(JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "This is the \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box.",

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You clicked on \"Ok\" button", "Laban's dialog box", 1);

else

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You clicked on \"Cancel\" button", "Laban's dialog box",

else if(str.equals("Show \"Yes/No/Cancel\" dialog box")){

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 JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "This is the \"Yes/No/Cancel\" message dialog box.");

15. Program to design a simple data entry form

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class DataEntry {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Frame frm=new Frame("DataEntry frame");

Label lbl = new Label("Please fill this blank:");

frm.add(lbl);

frm.setSize(350,200);

frm.setVisible(true);

frm.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){

public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){

System.exit(0);

});

Panel p = new Panel();

Panel p1 = new Panel();

Label jFirstName = new Label("First Name");

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 TextField lFirstName = new TextField(20);

Label jLastName =new Label("Last Name");

TextField lLastName=new TextField(20);

p.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));

p.add(jFirstName);

p.add(lFirstName);

p.add(jLastName);

p.add(lLastName);

Button Submit=new Button("Submit");

p.add(Submit);

p1.add(p);

frm.add(p1,BorderLayout.NORTH);

Output

16. Program to show options

import java.awt.GridLayout;

import javax.swing.*;

class JOptionPaneTest {

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public static void main(String[] args) {

String[] items = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};

JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(items);

JTextField field1 = new JTextField("1234.56");

JTextField field2 = new JTextField("9876.54");

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));

panel.add(combo);

panel.add(new JLabel("Field 1:"));

panel.add(field1);

panel.add(new JLabel("Field 2:"));

panel.add(field2);

int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, panel, "Test",

JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);

if (result == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {

System.out.println(combo.getSelectedItem()

+ " " + field1.getText()

+ " " + field2.getText());

} else {

System.out.println("Cancelled");

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Output

17. Program design dialog box

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

public class ShowMessageDialog{

JButton button;

public static void main(String[] args){

ShowMessageDialog md = new ShowMessageDialog();

public ShowMessageDialog(){

JFrame frame = new JFrame("Message Dialog Box");

button = new JButton("Show simple message dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.add(button);

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 button = new JButton("Show \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

panel.add(button);

button = new JButton("Show \"Yes/No/Cancel\" dialog box");

button.addActionListener(new MyAction());

panel.add(button);

frame.add(panel);

frame.setSize(400, 400);

frame.setVisible(true);

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

public class MyAction implements ActionListener{

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){

String str = ae.getActionCommand();

if(str.equals("Show simple message dialog box")){

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This is the simple message dialog box.", "Laban's dialog

else if(str.equals("Show \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box")){

if(JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "This is the \"Ok/Cancel\" message dialog box.",

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You clicked on \"Ok\" button", "Laban's dialog box", 1);

else

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You clicked on \"Cancel\" button", "Laban's dialog box",

else if(str.equals("Show \"Yes/No/Cancel\" dialog box")){

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 JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "This is the \"Yes/No/Cancel\" message dialog box.");

Output

18. Program to design report editor

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileReader;

import javax.swing.*;

public class basicFrame extends JFrame {

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// Declare Variables

JScrollPane bildlauf = new JScrollPane();

JTextArea txtfeld = new JTextArea();

public basicFrame() {

super();

// Main window

setTitle("ReportEditor");

setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);

// components

try {

File datei = new File("report.Rnw");

FileReader in = new FileReader(datei);

txtfeld.read(in, datei);

in.close();

} catch (Exception e) {

System.out.println("Error !");

// setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2));

// Scroll Shizzle

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 bildlauf.getViewport().add(txtfeld, null);

getContentPane().add(bildlauf, BorderLayout.CENTER);

//txtfeld.setSize(500,680);

//add(txtfeld);

//this.getContentPane().add(txtfeld);

// close

addWindowListener(new WindowLauscher());

// event handlers...

protected static final class WindowLauscher extends WindowAdapter {

public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {

System.exit(0);

public static void main(String[] args) {

//Fesnter erzeugen und anzeigen, die main Sache halt

basicFrame hf = new basicFrame();

hf.setSize(500, 700);

hf.setLocation(100, 100);

hf.setVisible(true);

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 }

Output

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