Java Swing in java object oriented progaming.ppt

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Java
Java
Swing
Swing

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Introduction
Introduction
• Swing – A set of GUI classes
– Part of the Java's standard library
– Much better than the previous library: AWT
• Abstract Window Toolkit
• Highlights
– A rich set of widgets
• Widget: Any GUI element (also called: components)
– Contents and shape are separated (MVC support)
– Fine-grained control over the behavior and look and feel
– Platform independent
• Isolates the programmer from the operating system's GUI

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Swing Components
Swing Components
• Containers
– Contain and manage other components.
– Top Level/Internal
– Examples: JFrame (Top Level), JScrollPane, JPanel.
• Basic controls
– Atomic components
– Used for showing ouput and/or getting some input
– Inherits JComponent
– Examples: JButton, JLabel, JTextArea, JTable,
Jlist
• Usually every Swing class extends the corresponding AWT class
– For backward-compatibility reasons

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My First Swing Program
My First Swing Program
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class First {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("My First Frame");
// operation to do when the window is closed.
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("I Love Swing"),
BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

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Top Level Containers: JDialog
Top Level Containers: JDialog
• javax.swing.JDialog:
– More simple and limited than frames
– Typically used for showing a short message on the screen
– Also has a border and a title bar
– May have an owner
• If the owner is invisible the dialog will also be invisible
– Use the static method of JoptionPane to show standard dialog boxes:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "4+2=6");

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Top Level Containers: JFileChooser
Top Level Containers: JFileChooser
• javax.swing.JFileChooser:
– Allows the the user to choose a file
– Supports “open” and “save”: showOpenDialog(),showSaveDialog()
JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(null);
if(returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
System.out.println("File: " + fc.getSelectedFile());

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Top Level Containers: JFrame
Top Level Containers: JFrame
• javax.swing.JFrame:
– Top-level window with a title and a border.
– Usually used as a program's main window

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More on JFrame
More on JFrame
• Made of several layers
• Widgets are added to the Content Pane layer.
– Use getContentPane() to obtain it
• Other layers are used for customizing the window's
appearence

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Internal Containers
Internal Containers
• Not Top level containers
• Can contain other non-top level components
• Examples:
– JScrollPane: Provides a scrollable view of its
components
– JSplitPane: Separates two components
– JTabbedPane: User chooses which
component to see

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Containers - Layout
Containers - Layout
• Each container has a layout manager
– Determines the size, location of contained widgets.
• Setting the current layout of a container:
void setLayout(LayoutManager lm)
• LayoutManager implementing classes:
– BorderLayout
– BoxLayout
– FlowLayout
– GridLayout

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Containers - Layout
Containers - Layout

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Swing Components
Swing Components

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Swing Components
Swing Components

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First Swing Program Revisited
First Swing Program Revisited
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class First {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("My First Frame");
// operation to do when the window is closed.
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("I Love Swing"),
BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.pack();
}
}
Create a frame
Create a text
label
Add the label to
the content pane
Choose the border
layout
Specify CENTER as
the layout position

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Input
Input
• So we now know how to present widgets on the screen
• A program also needs to react to the user's actions
• Examples:
– When the user presses a button we want to save a file
– When the user closes the program we want to ask “are you sure?”
– ...
• Swing mechanism: Events and Listeners

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Events, Listeners
Events, Listeners
• Swing defines all sorts of Listener interfaces
– E.g.: ActionListener, MouseMotionListener,
WindowListener, ...
public interface ActionListener extends EventListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e);
}
public interface MouseMotionListener extends EventListener {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e);
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e);
}
• There are default (empty) implementations for many of the listeners
– E.g.: MouseMotionAdapter, WindowAdapter

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Events, Listeners (cont.)
Events, Listeners (cont.)
• A listener is an object that implements a listener interface
• If we need to react to an event (on a certain widget) we register a listener
object with that widget
• E.g.: addActionListener() registers an action listener with its receiver:
JButton button = new JButton();
ActionListener listener = ...;
button.addActionListener(listener);
• When an event occurs, all registered listeners are notified
– The appropriate listener method (e.g: actionPerformed()) is invoked
– An object describing the event is passed as a parameter

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Event Handling Demo: GUI
Event Handling Demo: GUI

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Event Handling Demo: Code
Event Handling Demo: Code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Events implements ActionListener {
public Events() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Events");
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JButton b = new JButton("Click me!");
b.addActionListener(this);
frame.getContentPane().add(b);
frame.pack();
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Thank you");
}
public static void main(String[] args) { new Events(); }
}

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Inner Classes
Inner Classes
• Nested within another classes
• Instance specific:
– Has access to methods & fields of the object that created it
– => An inner class has TWO this variables
• Can be static
– Can access only static members and methods only
– A static method cannot create a non-static inner class

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Local Classes
Local Classes
• Same as inner classes but defined inside a method
• Has access to local variables of the enclosing method
– Only if the variable is defined as final
• Can be anonymous
– Doesn’t have a name.

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Event Handling Demo: Local Class
Event Handling Demo: Local Class
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Events {
public Events() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Events");
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JButton b = new JButton("Click me!");
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Thank you");
}
});
frame.getContentPane().add(b);
frame.pack();
}
public static void main(String[] args) { new Events(); }
}

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Accessing Fields of Enclosing Object
Accessing Fields of Enclosing Object
public class A {
int x = 0;
public void f() {
B b = new B();
b.g();
System.out.println(x); // Output: 5
}
public class B {
public void g() { x = 5; }
}
new A().f();
}
}

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Using the Second this Variable
Using the Second this Variable
public class A {
public void f() {
B b = new B();
System.out.println(b.g()); // Output: 1024
}
public int g() { return 512; }
public class B {
public int g() { return A.this.g() * 2; }
}
new A().f();
}
}

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Appendix:
Appendix:
Contact Book Program
Contact Book Program

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Swing's JTable
Swing's JTable
• Each JTable has a TableModel object that holds the data
shown by the table.
• DefaultTableModel is a default implementation of
TableModel
– By default it makes all the cells editable
• We can customize its behavior by subclassing
– Or we can implement TableModel from scratch
• TableModelListener - a listener interface
– Notified of changes in the model
• Use TableModel.addTableModelListener() to register a
listener object

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Contacts Book example overview
• Each contact has a name and a list of attributes
– Each attribute has a name and a value.
• Operations:
– Add contact
• Contact name is immutable
– Add attributes
• Attribute is identified by it’s name, the attribute name is immutable, it’s value can
be changed
• Classes:
– Contact: represents a contact and maintains list of attributes
– Contact.Attribute: Inner class that represents contact attribute.
– ContactTableModel: model class for the table data
• Doesn’t allow to modify attribute names
– ContactBook: represents the contact book widget.

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