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00 Tutorial 6

Swing

 Agenda
Introduction to Swing
Swing event handling
Anatomy of a Swing Application
Online Java Tutorial
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/
 GUI Classes
Components (JLabel, JButton)
Present Graphical User Interface Elements
Interact with the user

Containers (JPanel, JScrollPane)

Hold other Components

Top Level Windows (JFrame, JDialog)

Are not contained in other Containers
Interact with the native windowing system
 Swing Event Model

Event Sources
Components generate events upon User/System interaction
Event Objects
Events are encapsulated by instances of subclasses of
EventObject (ActionEvent, MouseEvent, SelectionEvent)
Event Listeners
Listen and react to EventObjects
Event sources are delegated to Event listeners by the
programmer.
Many to Many relationship
 Two Ways to Handle Events

Implement the Listener interface in the

same class
For small problems (The CurrencyConverter class)
public class MyClass extends Jframe implements
ActionListener {

component.addActionListener(this);

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {

}
}
 Anonymous Inner Classes

A nameless class with a single instance

button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
// Handle the ActionEvent

}
});
 Model View Controller
View manages the graphical/textual
output
Controller interprets user interaction
and directs the Model/View to change
as necessary
Model manages behaviour of
application.
Responds to requests for state from View
Responds to requests for change of state from Controller
 SwingApplication
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE)
Swing Border class & the BorderFactory
Anonymous inner class to handle the ActionEvent
Component Layout
FlowLayout
BorderLayout

getContentPane()
pack()
setVisible(true)
 Excercise
Add a reset Button to our application

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