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Lecture 12 Objectives
  • Learn about applets.
  • Explore the class Graphics.
  • Learn about the class Font.
  • Explore the class Color.
  • Learn to use additional layout managers.
  • Become familiar with more GUI components.
  • Learn how to create menu-based programs.
  • Explore how to handle key and mouse events.

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Inheritance Hierarchy of GUI Classes
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Constructors and Methods of the class Component
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Constructors and Methods of the class Component
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Constructors and Methods of the class Component
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Constructors and Methods of the class Component
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Applets
  • A Java program that is embedded within a Web page
    and executed by a Web browser.
  • Create an applet by extending the class JApplet.
  • class JApplet is contained in package javax.swing.

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Applets
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Applets
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Applets
  • No main method.
  • Methods init, start, and paint guaranteed to be
    invoked in sequence.
  • To develop an applet
  • Override any/all of the methods above.

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Applet Methods
  • init method
  • Initializes variables.
  • Gets data from user.
  • Places various GUI components.
  • paint method
  • Performs output.

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Skeleton of a Java Applet
import java.awt.Graphics import
javax.swing.JApplet public class WelcomeApplet
extends JApplet
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Applet Displaying Welcome Message
//Welcome Applet import java.awt.Graphics impor
t javax.swing.JApplet public class
WelcomeApplet extends JApplet public void
paint(Graphics g) super.paint(g)
//Line 1 g.drawString("Welcome
to Java Programming" , 30,
30) //Line 2
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HTML to Run Applet
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class Font
  • Shows text in different fonts.
  • Contained in package java.awt.
  • Available fonts
  • Serif/Sans Serif
  • Monospaced
  • Dialog/DialogInput
  • Arguments for constructor
  • String specifying the font face name.
  • int value specifying font style.
  • int value specifying font size.
  • Expressed in points (72 points 1 inch) .

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class Font
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class Color
  • Shows text in different colors.
  • Changes background color of component.
  • Contained in package java.awt.

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class Color
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class Color
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class Color
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class Graphics
  • Provides methods for drawing items such as lines,
    ovals, and rectangles on the screen.
  • Contains methods to set the properties of graphic
    elements including clipping areas, fonts, and
    colors.
  • Contained in the package java.awt.

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class Graphics
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Constructors and Methods for the class Graphics
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Constructors and Methods for the class Graphics
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Constructors and Methods for the class Graphics
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Constructors and Methods for the class Graphics
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Differences Between Applets and GUI Applications
  • Applets
  • Derived from JApplet.
  • No main method.
  • Uses init method.
  • Displayed by HTML.
  • Sets title in HTML.
  • Size set in HTML.
  • Applet closes when HTML doc closes.
  • GUI applications
  • Class extends JFrame.
  • Invokes main method.
  • Uses constructors.
  • Uses method setVisible.
  • Uses setTitle method.
  • Uses method setSize.
  • Closes with Exit button.

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Converting a GUI Application to an Applet
  • Change JFrame to JApplet.
  • Change constructor to method init.
  • Remove method calls such as setVisible, setTitle,
    setSize.
  • Remove the method main.
  • If applicable, remove Exit button and all code
    associated with it (for example, action listener).

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Additional GUI Components
  • JTextArea
  • JCheckBox
  • JRadioButton
  • JComboBox
  • JList

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JTextArea
  • Can collect multiple lines of input from user.
  • Can display multiple lines of output.
  • Pressing Enter key separates lines of text.
  • Each line ends with newline character (\n).
  • Derived from class JTextComponent.

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JTextArea
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JTextArea
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JTextArea Example
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JCheckBox
  • User selects from predefined values.
  • Example of a toggle button.
  • Clicking JCheckBox generates item event.
  • Use interface ItemListener and its abstract
    method itemStateChanged to handle event.

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JCheckBox
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Constructors and Methods of class JCheckBox
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Constructors and Methods of class JCheckBox
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JRadioButton
  • Created same way as check boxes.
  • Placed in content pane of applet.
  • Forces user to select only one radion button at a
    time.
  • You create a button group to group radio buttons.
  • Generates an ItemEvent.
  • interface ItemListener and method
    itemStateChanged used to handle events.

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JRadioButton
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JRadioButton
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JComboBox
  • Commonly known as a drop-down list.
  • Used to select an item from a list of
    possibilities.
  • Generates an ItemEvent.
  • Event monitored by ItemListener.
  • ItemListener invokes method itemStateChanged.

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JComboBox
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JComboBox
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JList
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JList
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Layout Managers
  • FlowLayout
  • Default layout manager.
  • Places components from left to right until no
    more items can be placed.
  • Can align each line left, center, or right.
  • Default alignment LEFT.
  • GridLayout
  • Similar to FlowLayout.
  • All rows (columns) have same number of
    components.
  • All components have the same size.

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Layout Managers
  • BorderLayout
  • Items placed into one of five specific regions
  • NORTH/SOUTH
  • EAST/WEST
  • CENTER
  • NORTH and SOUTH components extend horizontally
    (completely span one edge to the other).
  • EAST and WEST components extend vertically
    between components in NORTH and SOUTH regions.
  • CENTER component expands to occupy any unused
    regions.

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Menus
  • Allow for various functions without cluttering
    GUI with too many components.
  • Can be attached to objects such as JFrame and
    JApplet (setJMenuBar method).
  • To set a menu bar
  • private JMenuBar menuMB
  • new JMenuBar()
  • setJMenuBar(menuMB)
  • Add menus to menu bar add menu items to menu.
  • Order of menus added order of appearance.

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Keyboard and Mouse Events
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Lecture 12 Summary
  • Creating applets
  • class Font
  • class Graphics
  • class Color
  • Differences between applets and GUI applications
  • Converting GUI applications to applets

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Lecture 12 Summary
  • GUI components
  • JTextArea
  • JCheckBox
  • JRadioButton
  • Layout managers
  • Menus
  • Keyboard and mouse events
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