Distributed Database Systems

Java AWT Programming

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David Silberberg
 Overview

• This is a review, not a course on JAVA

• The assumption: you have JAVA programming
experience
• Covers some of the user interface concepts that you
will need
• This lecture covers AWT - you may use SWING for
your project
• Documentation can be found on line
– Goto java.sun.com
– Navigate to documentation

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 2

AWT Programming
 Main Routine
import java.awt.*; public MyFrame()
{
public class MyFrame extends Frame { // Build Frame
buildFrame(this);
// The main method is ignored by applets }
public static void main(String[] args) { }
// Marty's code has QuittableFrame
Frame mainFrame = new MyFrame();

// match applet dimensions

mainFrame.resize(<width>, <height>);
mainFrame.pack();
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
}

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 3

AWT Programming
 Panel

• Borderless window that can contain GUI elements

• Need to put it into a frame
• It is used to group components of a Panel

Panel panel = new Panel();

panel.add(component);
panel.add(anotherComponent);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 4

AWT Programming
 BorderLayout
Button button1 = new Button("Button 1");
Button button2 = new Button("Button 2");
Button button3 = new Button("Button 3");
Button button4 = new Button("Button 4");
Button button5 = new Button("Button 5");

setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add("North", button1);
this.add("East", button2);
this.add("South", button3);
this.add("West", button4);
this.add("Center", button5);

this.remove(button1);
…
this.removeAll();
D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 5
AWT Programming
 GridLayout
TextField field1 = new TextField();
TextField field2 = new TextField(30);
TextField field3 = new TextField("Init string");
TextField field4 = new TextField("Init string", 30);

setLayout(new GridLayout(rows, cols, <hgap>, <vgap>));

add(field1);
…

String val = field1.get<Selected>Text();

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 6

AWT Programming
 ScrollPane

• Holds only one component

• Usually, it holds something that is too large to display
all at once

ScrollPane sp = new ScrollPane();

ScrollPane sp = new
ScrollPane(ScrollPane.SCROLLBARS_ALWAYS);
ScrollPane sp = new ScrollPane(ScrollPane.AS_NEEDED);
ScrollPane sp = new
ScrollPane(ScrollPane.SCROLLBARS_NEVER);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 7

AWT Programming
 List Boxes
List list = new List();
list.addItem(field1);
list.addItem(field2);
…
add(list);
…

for(j=0; j<numListItems; j++) {

if (list.isSelected(j)) {
…
}
}

OR
String[] itemList = list.getSelectedItems();

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 8

AWT Programming
 TextArea

• Sets up larger text areas

• Different constructors

TextArea area1, area2, area3, area4;

area1 = new TextArea(rows, columns);
area2 = new TextArea("Initial text");
area3 = new TextArea("Initial text", rows, columns);
area4 = new TextArea("Initial text", rows, columns, scrollbarType);

TextArea.SCROLLBARS_BOTH
TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY
TextArea.SCROLLBARS_HORIZONTAL_ONLY
TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NEITHER

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 9

AWT Programming
 Label

Label label = new Label("label string",

Label.LEFT | Label.RIGHT | Label.LEFT);
label.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 12);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 10

AWT Programming
 Button

Button button = new Button("label");

button.setLabel("new label");
String buttonLabel = button.getLabel();

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 11

AWT Programming
 Checkbox

Checkbox cb = new Checkbox("label", <true|false>);

panel.add(cb);
boolean bool = cb.getState();
cb.setState(bool);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 12

AWT Programming
 CheckboxGroup

CheckboxGroup cbg = new CheckboxGroup();

Checkbox cb1 = new (label, state, cbg);
Checkbox cb2 = new (label, state, cbg);

Checkbox cb = cbg.getCurrent();
Checkbox cb = cbg.selectedCheckbox();
cbg.setCurrent(cb);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 13

AWT Programming
 Listeners

• Listeners are defined as interfaces in Java

• ActionListener

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class MyActionListener implements ActionListener {

// variables defined

public void MyActionListener(…) {

// initializations
}
D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 14
AWT Programming
 Action Listener (cont.)
public void actionPerformed ( // Other code
ActionEvent event) { {
…
String MyActionListener al = new
event.getActionCommand(); MyActionListener(…);
// do something with string Button button = new Button(label);
button.addActionListener(al);
// or …
}
Object obj = event.getSource();
// do something with object

}
}

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 15

AWT Programming
 Button Listener
public class MyButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public MyButtonListener (…) {
…
}

public void ActionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {

String command = ae.getActionCommand();

if (command.equals("Select")) {
…
}
// or
if (button == getSource()) {
…
}
…
}
}
D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 16
AWT Programming
 Button Listener (cont.)

• In calling code:

MyButtonListener buttonListener = new MyButtonListener(…);

Button button1 = new Button("Text of Button");

add(button1);
button1.addActionListener(buttonListener);

D. Silberberg Distributed Database Systesm Java 17

AWT Programming