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Java Swing

1. Java Swing provides GUI components that extend the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). It includes prebuilt components, standard dialog boxes, and improved look-and-feel capabilities. 2. Building a GUI with Swing components involves creating the components, configuring their properties, adding them to containers in a hierarchy, and adding event listeners. 3. Layout managers automatically position and resize components within containers. Common layouts include FlowLayout, GridLayout, BorderLayout, and CardLayout.

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Java Swing

1. Java Swing provides GUI components that extend the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). It includes prebuilt components, standard dialog boxes, and improved look-and-feel capabilities. 2. Building a GUI with Swing components involves creating the components, configuring their properties, adding them to containers in a hierarchy, and adding event listeners. 3. Layout managers automatically position and resize components within containers. Common layouts include FlowLayout, GridLayout, BorderLayout, and CardLayout.

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Java Swing

AWT to Swing
AWT: Abstract Windowing Toolkit
import java.awt.*

Swing: new with Java2


import javax.swing.* Extends AWT Tons o new improved components Standard dialog boxes, tooltips, Look-and-feel, skins Event listeners

API:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/index.html

Swing Set Demo


J2sdk/demo/jfc/SwingSet2

Many predefined GUI components

GUI Component API


Java: GUI component = class Properties

Methods

JButton

Events

Using a GUI Component


1. Create it

Instantiate object: b = new JButton(press me);


Properties: b.text = press me; Methods: b.setText(press me); panel.add(b); [avoided in java]

2. Configure it

3. Add it

4. Listen to it
Events: Listeners

JButton

Anatomy of an Application GUI


GUI Internal structure

JFrame JPanel

JFrame
containers

JPanel
JButton

JButton
JLabel

JLabel

Using a GUI Component 2


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Create it Configure it Add children (if container) Add to parent (if not JFrame) Listen to it

order important

Build from bottom up


Create:
Frame Panel Components Listeners
JLabel Listener

JButton

Add: (bottom up)


listeners into components components into panel panel into frame

JPanel

JFrame

Code
JFrame f = new JFrame(title); JPanel p = new JPanel( ); JButton b = new JButton(press me); p.add(b); f.setContentPane(p); f.show(); press me // add button to panel // add panel to frame

Application Code
import javax.swing.*;

class hello { public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame f = new JFrame(title); JPanel p = new JPanel(); JButton b = new JButton(press me);
p.add(b); f.setContentPane(p); f.show(); // add button to panel // add panel to frame

}
}

press me

Layout Managers
Automatically control placement of components in a panel Why?

Layout Manager Heuristics


null none, programmer sets x,y,w,h FlowLayout GridLayout

Left to right, Top to bottom

BorderLayout n w c s e

CardLayout

GridBagLayout

One at a time

JButton

Combinations
JButton JButton

JTextArea

Combinations
JButton JFrame n JPanel: FlowLayout JButton

JPanel: BorderLayout

c JTextArea

Code: null layout


JFrame f = new JFrame(title); JPanel p = new JPanel( ); JButton b = new JButton(press me); b.setBounds(new Rectangle(10,10, 100,50)); p.setLayout(null); // x,y layout p.add(b); f.setContentPane(p); press me

Code: FlowLayout
JFrame f = JPanel p = FlowLayout JButton b1 JButton b2 new JFrame(title); new JPanel( ); L = new FlowLayout( ); = new JButton(press me); = new JButton(then me);

p.setLayout(L); p.add(b1); p.add(b2); f.setContentPane(p); Set layout mgr before adding components

press me then me

Applets
JApplet is like a JFrame Already has a panel
Access panel with JApplet.getContentPane( )

JApplet

contentPane

import javax.swing.*; JButton class hello extends JApplet { public void init(){ JButton b = new JButton(press me); getContentPane().add(b); } }

Applet Methods
Called by browser: init( ) - initialization start( ) - resume processing (e.g. animations) stop( ) - pause destroy( ) - cleanup paint( ) - redraw stuff (expose event)

Application + Applet
import javax.swing.*; class helloApp { public static void main(String[] args){ // create Frame and put my mainPanel in it JFrame f = new JFrame(title); mainPanel p = new mainPanel(); f.setContentPane(p); f.show(); } } class helloApplet extends JApplet { public void init(){ // put my mainPanel in the Applet mainPanel p = new mainPanel(); getContentPane().add(p); } } // my main GUI is in here: class mainPanel extends JPanel { mainPanel(){ setLayout(new FlowLayout()); JButton b = new JButton(press me); add(b); } }

Command line

Browser

JFrame

or

JApplet

contentPane

JPanel
JButton

Applet Security
No read/write on client machine Cant execute programs on client machine Communicate only with server Java applet window Warning

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