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SwingJFC

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Contents

1 JFC or Swing

2 What is AWT then?

3 Swing features

4 Classes

5 Fundamental steps in creating GUI application in java

6 java.awt.Component

7 JFrame

8 java.awt.Graphics

9 java.awt.Color

10 Look and Feel

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Contents

21 Setting look and feel

22 JButton

23 Look and feel with JButton

24 JPanel

25 JLabel

26 Adding Borders

27 JRadioButton

28 With borders

29 JList

30 JCombo

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contents

31 JTextField

32 Types of Menus

33 JTabbedPane

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Know • JFC / Swing fundamentals• The JFC classes

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Be able to• Create rich GUI for Java programs using JFC

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JFC or Swing

• JFC: Java Foundation Classes• Light-weight user interface components.• OS independent look and feel.• Uses MVC, model stores the content, view

displays the content and controls the interaction between model and view.

• javax.swing package• 100% pure java components.

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What is AWT then?• Abstract window toolkit is also a class library

that contains classes that help to build GUI based application. But they are heavy-weight (uses native screen resources).

• Advantage of swing components over AWT area) Better and uniform look and feelb) Efficient use of resources

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Swing features• JComponent is the root of all swing components

(similar to Component in awt).• Only top-level swing classes like JWindow,

JFrame, JApplet and JDialog are heavy weight.• General features of swing components:

• Border property • Tooltips• Automatic scrolling• Keystroke handling that works with nested

components.

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Classes

• JPanel• JButton• JLabel• JList• JScrollbar• JScrollPane• JComboBox • JMenuBar • JTextField• JTextArea

java.awt.Container

JComponent

JFrame

java.awt.Frame

JAppletjava.applet.Applet

Abstract class

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Fundamental steps in creating GUI application in java

1. Create a class that extends JFrame.2. Set the layout manager (or use the default

layout)3. Create the swing components and place it on the

container.4. Write event handlers if necessary.5. In the main method, create an instance of the

class.

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java.awt.Componentvoid setBackground(Color c) Color getBackground()void add(PopupMenu popup) void addXXXListener(XXXListener l) void removeXXXListener(XXXListener l)String getName()void setName(String s)boolean isVisible()void setVisible(boolean b) boolean isEnabled() void setEnabled(boolean b) void setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)

What XXX is, we will see in event handling

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int getX(),int getY() void setSize(int width, int height) void requestFocus()

void setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)

int getX() int getY() void setSize(int width, int height) void paint(Graphics g)

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JFrame• Constructor:JFrame([String title])

• Methods:String getTitle() void setTitle(String title)void show() void hide() void dispose()Container getContentPane() void setContentPane(Container cp) void setIconImage(Image image)

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void setIconImage(Image image) Image getIconImage()void setResizable(boolean resizable) void setDefaultCloseOperation(int opr) JMenuBar getJMenuBar() void setJMenuBar(JMenuBar m)void pack() void setSize(int width,int height)void setVisible(boolean flag)

DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE,HIDE_ON_CLOSE, DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE,EXIT_ON_CLOSE

Necessary for the frame to appear

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java.awt.Graphics

• Methods:void drawString(String str, int x, int y) void drawLine(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2)void drawOval(int x, int y, int width, int height)

void fillOval(int x, int y, int width, int height) void drawRect(int x, int y, int width, int height)

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void fillRect(int x, int y, int width, int height) void drawPolygon(int[] xPoints, int[] yPoints, int nPoints)

void fillPolygon(int[] xPoints, int[] yPoints, int nPoints)

void setColor(Color c)

Color getColor()

void setFont(Font font) ,Font getFont()

boolean drawImage(Image img, int x, int y, ImageObserver observer)

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java.awt.Color• Static constants: black, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, gray, orange, pink, magenta, white (same in upper case also)

• Constructor :Color(int r, int g, int b) • Methods:static Color getColor(String nm) Color darker()

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Simple Frame Exampleimport javax.swing.*;import java.awt.*;

public class FrameSimple extends JFrame{public FrameSimple(){super("Simple Frame");setBackground(Color.pink);setSize(200,150);}

public void paint(Graphics g){g.setColor(Color.yellow);g.fillRect(40,80,50,30);

Example 1

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g.setColor(Color.red) ;g.drawString("Hello", 50,100);

}public static void main(String str[]){

new FrameSimple().setVisible(true);}}

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Look and Feel• UIManager class’s setLookAndFeel(String newfeel) throws UnsupportedLookAndFeelException

is used to set look and feel where the string argument is the class name for look and feel.

com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndF

eel javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel are the strings that can be used to set motif, windows

and metal look and feel.

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Setting look and feel

public class TestJFC extends JFrame {TestJFC() throws Exception{…UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");

…}} Throws ClassNotFOundException, InstantiationException.

•The default look and feel depends on the JRE.•For the JRE that sun provides the default look and feel is ‘Metal’ or also called ‘Java look and feel’.

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JButton• Constructors:

JButton() JButton(Icon icon) JButton(String text)

• JButton b1 = new JButton ("Submit",new ImageIcon(“s.jpg"));

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Look and feel with JButton

• void setRolloverIcon(Icon rollIcon) • void setPressedIcon(Icon pressedIcon)• void setToolTipText(String text)

Method in JComponent

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import javax.swing.*;public class TestJFC extends JFrame{TestJFC() throws Exception{setVisible(true); UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");JButton b1 = new JButton ("submit“, new ImageIcon("bicon.gif"));

JButton Example

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setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

getContentPane().add(b1);pack();}public static void main(String s[]) throws Exception{

new TestJFC();}}

Example 2

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JPanel• JPanel is a component in which several

components can be placed.• This component is fundamentally used for

arranging the component in a frame. We will see more of this in the layout managers.

• JPanel Constructor: JPanel()• void setOpaque(boolean isOpaque) • void setBorder(Border border)

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JLabel

JLabel Constructor and methods: JLabel([String s],[Icon image],[int horizontalAlignment ])

Setter and getters for the above parameters

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Adding Borders• Borders can be set for every JComponent (JPanel,

JButton, JLabel) using setBorder() method.• BorderFactory class has many methods that help

in creating different types of border like a beveled border, etched border, a matte-look border, titled border etc.

• BorderFactory.createXXXBorder() methods can be used where XXX determine the type of border. This method returns Border.

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JRadioButtonJRadioButton male, female;male = new JRadioButton("Male");female = new JRadioButton("Female;");JPanel panel= new JPanel();panel.add(male);panel.add(female);

ButtonGroup bgroup =new ButtonGroup();bgroup.add(male); bgroup.add(female);

Constructor

Create and add to button groupExample 3

With borderspanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(java.awt.Color.red));

panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Entry form"));

panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());

Border b=BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder();

panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(b,"Entry form"));

Example 4

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JListConstructors:

JList()JList(Object[] ob)JList(Vector<?> vec)

Method:int getSelectedIndex() Object getSelectedValue() void clearSelection() Object[] getSelectedValues()

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JComboConstructors:

JComboBox(), JComboBox(Object[] ob)JComboBox(Vector<?> vec)

Method:void addItem(Object anObject) Object getItemAt(int index) void insertItemAt(Object anObject, int index)

int getItemCount() void removeAllItems() void removeItemAt(int anIndex)void removeItem(Object anObject)

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Examplejava.util.Vector a= new java.util.Vector();

a.add("Rose");a.add("Lilly");a.add("Lotus");a.add("Jasmine");JList flowers= new JList(a);

JComboBox season= new JComboBox();season.addItem("Autumn");season.addItem("Winter");season.addItem("Spring");season.addItem("Summer"); Example 5

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JTextFieldJTextField([String text],[int columns]) void setText(String t),String getText() boolean isEditable()void setEditable(boolean b)

JPasswordField JTextField([String text],[int columns]) void setEchoChar(char c) char[] getPassword() boolean echoCharIsSet()

* is the default echo char

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import javax.swing.*;import java.awt.*;public class TestJFC extends JFrame {public static void main(String s[]) {new TestJFC();}TestJFC() {setVisible(true);setSize(200,120);JPanel p= new JPanel();p.setBackground(Color.white);

Example 6Example

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p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(-1,-1,-1,-1,new ImageIcon("bullet.gif")));

p.add(new JLabel("Login"));JTextField login= new JTextField(10);p.add(login);

p.add(new JLabel("Password"));JPasswordField pass= new JPasswordField(10);p.add(pass);

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String roles[]={"Student","Teacher","HOD","Management"};p.add(new JLabel("Role"));JComboBox role= new JComboBox(roles);p.add(role);

getContentPane().add(p, BorderLayout.CENTER);validate();}}We need to learn layout managers to layout the components properly.

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Types of Menus

JMenu

JMenuItem

JCheckBoxMenuItem

JRadioButtonMenuItemseperator

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Example demonstrating use of Menus

import javax.swing.*;import java.awt.*;public class MenuJFC extends JFrame{public static void main(String s[]){new MenuJFC ();}MenuJFC() {setVisible(true);setSize(300,300);JMenuBar mbar = new JMenuBar();

Create menu bar Example 7

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JMenu mFile = new JMenu("File");mbar.add(mFile); JMenuItem open = new JMenuItem("Open", new ImageIcon("open.gif"));

JMenuItem exit = new JMenuItem("Close",new ImageIcon("close.gif"));

mFile.add(open);mFile.add(exit);mFile.addSeparator();

Create menu

Create menu items

add menu items to menu

JMenu options = new JMenu("Options"); JCheckBoxMenuItem readonly = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Read-only");

JRadioButtonMenuItem toolbar1= new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Status Bar");

JRadioButtonMenuItem toolbar2= new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Toolbar");

ButtonGroup bg= new ButtonGroup();bg.add(toolbar1);bg.add(toolbar2);options.add(readonly);options.addSeparator();options.add(toolbar1);options.add(toolbar2);

Create check box and radio button menu items

Grouping the radio button toolbar

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mFile.add(options);setJMenuBar(mbar);validate();}}

add menu (option) to menu

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JTabbedPane• Provides tabbed view that lets the user switch

several tabs. Components can be added to each tab.• Constructors: JTabbedPane() JTabbedPane(int p)

• Methods:void addTab(String title, [Icon icon,] Component component[,String tip])

void remove(int ind), void removeAll()int getSelectedIndex()

JTabbedPane.TOP, JTabbedPane.BOTTOM, JTabbedPane.LEFT, JTabbedPane.RIGHT.

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import javax.swing.*;import java.awt.Color;public class TabPaneEx extends JFrame{public static void main(String s[]) {new TabPaneEx();}

TabPaneEx(){setVisible(true);setSize(200,120);final JTabbedPane tab= new JTabbedPane();ImageIcon i= new ImageIcon("bullet.gif");

JPanel p= new JPanel();p.setBackground(Color.white);

Example 8

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JPanel p1= new JPanel();p1.setBackground(Color.yellow);JPanel p3= new JPanel();tab.addTab("Panel 1",i,p);tab.addTab("Panel 2",i,p1);getContentPane().add(tab);validate();}}