Chapter 03

Faculty of Computer Science
Subject: Advance JAVA

Lecturer: Ajmal Rahmati
Java Programming Chapter 03
CHAPTER#-03
Advance JAVA (GUI)

What is AWT?
• AWT is stand for abstract window toolkit.
• Java AWT is an API to develop Graphical User Interface (GUI) or
windows-based application in java.
• AWT is used to develop desktop application.
• Java AWT Components is platform-dependent.
• Components are displayed according to the view of operating system.
• AWT is heavy weight.
What is AWT?
• The java.awt package provide classes and interfaces for AWT API.
• The java.awt package provides classes for AWT API such as:
1. TextField
2. Label
3. TextArea
4. RadioButton
5. CheckBox
6. Choice
7. List etc.
AWT Hierarchy Classes

Graphical User Interface

• All the elements like the button, text fields, scroll bars, etc. are called
components. In Java AWT, there are classes for each component as
shown in above diagram.
• In order to place every component in a particular position on a screen,
we need to add them to a container.
AWT Components
To prepare GUI application, AWT is able to provide support for the
following components.
label
Button
CheckBox
TextField
TextArea … etc
To provide the above GUI components, java.awt pachage has provided
predefined classes.


AWT Containers
• A container provides a space where a component can be located.
• A container in AWT is a component itself and it adds the capability to
add components [Button, Labels, TextField] to itself.
• Sub classes of a container are called as container. For example Panel,
Frame and window.
Sub Classes of Container class in Java

Java.awt.frame Class
• Frame is a container it able to manage some other GUI
Components like button, text field, scrollbar etc …
• The Frame is the container that contain title bar and
border and can have menu bars.
• To represent Frame in GUI application, JAVA has
provided a separate predefined class in the form
java.awt.frame.
• Frame is most widely used container while developing
an AWT application.
How to Create Frame in AWT?

There are two ways to create frame in AWT:
1. By creating the object of Frame class (association)
2. By extending frame class (inheritance)
Default Setting of Frame

1. Created Frame is invisible
- setVisible(true);
2. Can`t close
- Talk latter
3. Size of Frame is 0 , 0
- setSize(300,400);
4. No Title
- setTitle(“Title is here”);
5. Background Color is white
- setBackground(Color.color-name)
How to Close AWT Frame?

this.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
@Override
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
Java.awt.color class
• The color class is a part of Java Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)
pachage.
• The color class creates color by using the given RGBA values
• Where RGBA stands for Red, Green, Blue,Alpha
• The value for individual component RGBA ranges from 0 255 or 0.0
to 1.0.
• The value of alpha determines the opacity of the color, where 0 or 0.0
stands fully transparent and 255 or 1.0 stands opaque.
Java.awt.Font class
• In java, Font is a class that belongs to the java.awt.Font package.
• It represents the font that are used to render the text.
• Class declaration
Public class Font implements Serializable{
---
---
}
Java AWT Button

A button is basically a control component with a label that generates an
event when pushed.
AWT Button Class Declaration

public class Button extends Component implements Accessible
Button Class Constructors

Following table shows the types of Button class constructors
Public Button():
it constructs a new button with an empty string i.e it has no label.
Example:
Button b = new Button();
Public Button (String text):
it constructs a new button with given string as its label.
Example:
Button b = new Button (“Login”)
Button Class Methods

Public void setLabel(String label)
it sets the label of button with the spechified string.
Example:
b . setLabel (“Register”);
public String getLabel()
gets the label of the button.
Example:
b . getLabel()
Button Class Methods

Public void setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)
it set the location of GUI components like label, textfield etc
Public void add ( Component c)
insert a component on Frame
Java AWT Label

The object of the Label class is a component for placing text in a
container. It is used to display a single line of read only text. The text
can be changed by a programmer but a user cannot edit it directly.
AWT Label Class Declaration
public class Label extends Component implements Accessible
Label class Constructors
Label()
Label(String text)
Label Class Methods

void setText(String text)
String getText()
Suggested Reading for Lecture:

Introduction to Java Programming By: Y. Daniel Liang 8th edition
java how to program By: Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel 9th edition
Review Questions:
‫‪Thank You‬‬
‫‪For Your Patience‬‬
‫‪Thought of Day‬‬
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‫تر‪ ،‬اما پس فردا روز روشنی برای تان خواهد بود‬

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Faculty of Computer Science

Subject: Advance JAVA

Advance JAVA (GUI)

AWT Hierarchy Classes

Graphical User Interface

Graphical User Interface

Graphical User Interface

Sub Classes of Container class in Java

How to Create Frame in AWT?

Default Setting of Frame

How to Close AWT Frame?

Java AWT Button

AWT Button Class Declaration

Button Class Constructors

Button Class Methods

Button Class Methods

Java AWT Label

Label class Constructors

Label Class Methods

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