1. Reference: COS240 Syllabus
COS240 O-O Languages AUBG, COS dept
Lecture 16
Title:
Java GUI Programming
Reference: COS240 Syllabus

2. Lecture Contents: To distinguish between Swing and AWT.
To describe the Java GUI API hierarchy.
To create user interfaces using frames, panels, and simple GUI components.
To understand the role of layout managers.
To use the FlowLayout, GridLayout, and BorderLayout managers to layout components in a container.
To use JPanel as subcontainers.
To specify colors and fonts using the Color and Font classes.
To apply common features such as borders, tool tips, fonts, and colors on Swing components.
To use borders to visually group user-interface components.
To create image icons using the ImageIcon class

3. Java Applications classified
Console applications
Windowed (dialog box) applications
Windows applications
Applets
Web applications

4. Displaying Text in a Message Dialog Box
Instead of using System.out.println() for console output
you can use the showMessageDialog() method in the JOptionPane class. JOptionPane is one of the many predefined classes in the Java system, which can be reused rather than “reinventing the wheel.”

5. The showMessageDialog Method
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Welcome to Java!",
"Display Message",
JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);

6. Two Ways to Invoke the Method
There are several ways to use the showMessageDialog() method. Here are two ways to invoke it.
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, x);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, x, y, JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
where x is a string for the text to be displayed, and y is a string for the title of the message dialog box.

7. JOptionPane Input Here are two ways to enter input data at run time.
Using the Scanner class (console input)
Using JOptionPane input dialogs

8. Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes
String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"Enter an input");

9. Getting Input from Input Dialog Boxes
String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
null, “Prompting Message”, “Dialog Title”,
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

10. Three Ways to Invoke the Method
There are several ways to use the showInputDialog() method. Here are three ways to invoke it:
String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(x);
String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, x);
String string = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, x, y, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
where x is a string for the prompting message, and y is a string for the title of the input dialog box.

11. Converting Strings to Integers
The input returned from the input dialog box is a string. If you enter a numeric value such as 123, it returns “123”. To obtain the input as a number, you have to convert a string into a number.
To convert a string into an int value, you can use the static parseInt() method in the Integer class as follows:
int intValue = Integer.parseInt(intString);
where intString is a numeric string such as “123”.

12. Converting Strings to Doubles
To convert a string into a double value, you can use the static parseDouble method in the Double class as follows:
double doubleValue = Double.parseDouble(doubleString);
where doubleString is a numeric string such as “123.45”.

13. (GUI) Confirmation Dialogs
int option = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog
(null, "Continue");

14. Demo
Open file ProgDialogBoxes.java

15. GUI Basics or Windows Based Applications

16. Motivations
To build Windows application you need a frame (with title bar and content pane) structured to contain components/controls such as
buttons,
labels,
text fields,
check boxes,
radio buttons,
combo boxes, and others.
See next slide for illustration

17. Creating GUI Objects // Create a button with text OK
JButton jbtOK = new JButton("OK");
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

18. Creating GUI Objects // Create a label with text "Enter your name: "
JLabel jlblName = new JLabel("Enter your name: ");
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

19. Creating GUI Objects // Create a text field with text "Type Name Here"
JTextField jtfName = new JTextField("Type Name Here");
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

20. Creating GUI Objects // Create a check box with text bold
JCheckBox jchkBold = new JCheckBox("Bold");
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

21. Creating GUI Objects // Create a radio button with text red
JRadioButton jrbRed = new JRadioButton("Red");
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

22. Creating GUI Objects
// Create a combo box with choices red, green, and blue
JComboBox jcboColor =
new JComboBox(new String[]{"Red", "Green", "Blue"});
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

23. Creating GUI Objects Radio Button Label Text field Check Box Button
// Create a button with text OK
JButton jbtOK = new JButton("OK");
// Create a label with text "Enter your name: "
JLabel jlblName = new JLabel("Enter your name: ");
// Create a text field with text "Type Name Here"
JTextField jtfName = new JTextField("Type Name Here");
// Create a check box with text bold
JCheckBox jchkBold = new JCheckBox("Bold");
// Create a radio button with text red
JRadioButton jrbRed = new JRadioButton("Red");
// Create a combo box with choices red, green, and blue
JComboBox jcboColor = new JComboBox(new String[]{"Red", "Green", "Blue"});
Radio Button
Label
Text field
Check Box
Button
Combo Box

24. (Abstract Windows Toolkit)
Swing vs. AWT
Swing class library OR
AWT class library
(Abstract Windows Toolkit)

25. Swing vs. AWT
So why do the GUI component classes have a prefix J? Instead of JButton, why not name it simply Button? In fact, there is a class already named Button in the java.awt package.
When Java was introduced, the GUI classes were bundled in a library known as the Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT). For every platform on which Java runs, the AWT components are automatically mapped to the platform-specific components through their respective agents, known as peers. AWT is fine for developing simple graphical user interfaces, but not for developing comprehensive GUI projects. Besides, AWT is prone to platform-specific bugs because its peer-based approach relies heavily on the underlying platform. With the release of Java 2, the AWT user-interface components were replaced by a more robust, versatile, and flexible library known as Swing components. Swing components are painted directly on canvases using Java code, except for components that are subclasses of java.awt.Window or java.awt.Panel, which must be drawn using native GUI on a specific platform. Swing components are less dependent on the target platform and use less of the native GUI resource. For this reason, Swing components that don’t rely on native GUI are referred to as lightweight components, and AWT components are referred to as heavyweight components.

26. GUI Class Hierarchy (AWT/Swing)

27. The Java GUI API
The Java GUI API contains classes that may classify in three groups:
Component classes
Used to create interface
Container classes
Used to contain components
Helper classes
Used to support components

28. Container Classes
Container classes can contain other GUI components.

29. GUI Helper Classes
The helper classes are not subclasses of Component. They are used to describe the properties of GUI components such as graphics context, colors, fonts, and dimension.

30. Swing GUI Components

31. Components Covered in the Brief Version

32. Components Covered in the Comprehensive Version

33. AWT (Optional)

34. Frames To create a user interface, you need to create a frame.
Frame is a window that is not contained inside another window. Frame is the basis to contain other user interface components in Java GUI applications.
The JFrame class can be used to create windows.
For Swing GUI programs, use JFrame class to create windows.

35. Creating Frames (open file ProgPureFrame.java)
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test Frame");
frame.setSize(400,300);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(
JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true); }

36. Adding Components into a Frame
// Add a button into the frame
frame.getContentPane().add(
new JButton("OK"));
Title bar
Content pane

37. Content Pane Delegation in JDK 1.5
// Add a button into the frame
frame.getContentPane().add(
new JButton("OK"));
Title bar
// Add a button into the frame
frame.add( new JButton("OK") );
Content pane

38. JFrame Class
Demo: Open file ProgFrameAndControls.java

39. Demo – different source text structure – same functionality
Open file ProgFrameAndControls.java
Open file ProgFrameAndControlsStyleStandard.java
Open file ProgFrameAndControlsStyleRecommended.java
Open file ProgFrameAndControlsStyleSeparateClasses.java

40. Demo Open file ProgFrameAndControls.java
You cannot visualize more than one component.
Each new component replaces the previous one
The component occupies all the frame space
How to proceed with more components?
You need a layout manager to associate with the container using method setLayout() in
context <container>.setLayout(<arg>);

41. Layout Managers
Java’s layout managers provide a level of abstraction to automatically map your user interface on all window systems.
The UI components are placed in containers. Each container has a layout manager to arrange the UI components within the container.
Layout managers are set in containers using the setLayout(LayoutManager) method in a container.

42. Kinds of Layout Managers
FlowLayout
GridLayout
BorderLayout
Several other layout managers will be introduced in Chapter 33, “Containers, Layout Managers, and Borders”

43. FlowLayout Example The simplest layout manager.
Components arranged from left to right row by row in the order in which they were added.
Possible alignment control
Demo: file ProgFrameAndLayout.java

44. FlowLayout Example
Run the ProgFrameAndLayout.java program as it is set without layout manager:
// with and/or without layout manager
// frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,20));
// frame.setLayout(new GridLayout( 3, 2, 10, 15));
// frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout( 10, 20));

45. FlowLayout Example
Run the ProgFrameAndLayout.java program as it is set with FlowLayout layout manager:
// with and/or without layout manager
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,20));
// frame.setLayout(new GridLayout( 3, 2, 10, 15));
// frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout( 10, 20));

46. FlowLayout Example
Write a program that adds three labels and text fields into the content pane of a frame with a FlowLayout manager.

47. The FlowLayout Class

48. GridLayout Example
Components arranged in a grid (matrix) formation. from left to right row by row in the order in which they were added.
Demo: file ProgFrameAndLayout.java

49. GridLayout Example
Run the ProgFrameAndLayout.java program as it is set with GridLayout layout manager:
// with and/or without layout manager
// frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,20));
frame.setLayout(new GridLayout( 3, 2, 10, 15));
// frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout( 10, 20));

50. GridLayout Example
Rewrite the program in the preceding example using a GridLayout manager instead of a FlowLayout manager to display the labels and text fields.

51. The GridLayout Class

52. The BorderLayout Manager
add(Component, constraint), where constraint is BorderLayout.EAST, BorderLayout.SOUTH, BorderLayout.WEST, BorderLayout.NORTH, or BorderLayout.CENTER.
The BorderLayout manager divides the container into five areas: East, South, West, North, and Center. Components are added to a BorderLayout by using the add method.

53. BorderLayout Example File ProgFrameAndLayout.java

54. BorderLayout Example
Run the ProgFrameAndLayout.java program as it is set with BorderLayout layout manager:
// with and/or without layout manager
// frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,10,20));
// frame.setLayout(new GridLayout( 3, 2, 10, 15));
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout( 10, 20));
// uncomment this text
frame.add(jbtOK1, BorderLayout.EAST);
frame.add(jbtOK2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(jbtOK3, BorderLayout.WEST);
frame.add(jbtOK4, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(jbtOK5, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

55. The BorderLayout Class

56. The Color Class
You can set colors for GUI components by using the java.awt.Color class. Colors are made of red, green, and blue components, each of which is represented by a byte value that describes its intensity, ranging from 0 (darkest shade) to 255 (lightest shade). This is known as the RGB model.
Color c = new Color(r, g, b);
r, g, and b specify a color by its red, green, and blue components.
Example:
Color c = new Color(228, 100, 255);

57. Standard Colors
Thirteen standard colors (black, blue, cyan, darkGray, gray, green, lightGray, magenta, orange, pink, red, white, yellow) are defined as constants in java.awt.Color.
The standard color names are constants, but they are named as variables with lowercase for the first word and uppercase for the first letters of subsequent words. Thus the color names violate the Java naming convention. Since JDK 1.4, you can also use the new constants: BLACK, BLUE, CYAN, DARK_GRAY, GRAY, GREEN, LIGHT_GRAY, MAGENTA, ORANGE, PINK, RED, WHITE, and YELLOW.

58. Setting Colors
You can use the following methods to set the component’s background and foreground colors:
setBackground(Color c)
setForeground(Color c)
Example:
jbt.setBackground(Color.yellow);
jbt.setForeground(Color.red);

59. The Font Class Font Names Font Style
Standard font names that are supported in all platforms are: SansSerif, Serif, Monospaced, Dialog, or DialogInput.
Font Style
Font.PLAIN (0), Font.BOLD (1), Font.ITALIC (2), and Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC (3)
Font myFont = new Font(name, style, size);
Example:
Font myFont = new Font("SansSerif ", Font.BOLD, 16);
Font myFont = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,12);
JButton jbtOK = new JButton("OK“);
jbtOK.setFont(myFont);

60. Finding All Available Font Names
GraphicsEnvironment e =
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
String[] fontnames = e.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();
for (int i = 0; i < fontnames.length; i++)
System.out.println(fontnames[i]);

61. Using Panels as Sub-Containers
Panels act as sub-containers for grouping user interface components.
It is recommended that you place the user interface components in panels and place the panels in a frame. You can also place panels in a panel.
To add a component to JFrame, you actually add it to the content pane of JFrame.
To add a component to a panel, you add it directly to the panel using the .add() method.

62. Creating a JPanel
You can use new JPanel() to create a panel with a default FlowLayout manager or
new JPanel(LayoutManager) to create a panel with the specified layout manager. Use the add(Component) method to add a component to the panel. For example,
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(new JButton("OK"));

63. Demo
Open file ProgTestPanels.java
Open file ProgTestPanels2.java

64. Testing Panels Example
This example uses panels to organize components. The program creates a user interface for a Microwave oven.

65. Common Features of Swing Components

66. Borders
You can set a border on any object of the JComponent class. Swing has several types of borders. To create a titled border, use
new TitledBorder(String title).
To create a line border, use
new LineBorder(Color color, int width),
where width specifies the thickness of the line. For example, the following code displays a titled border on a panel:
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBorder(new TitledBorder(“My Panel”));

67. Test Swing Common Features
Component Properties
font
background
foreground
preferredSize
minimumSize
maximumSize
JComponent Properties
toolTipText
border

68. Reference: COS240 Syllabus
COS240 O-O Languages AUBG, COS dept, Spring 2015
Lecture 16
Title:
Java Graphics
Reference: COS240 Syllabus

69. Lecture Contents:
To describe Java coordinate systems in a GUI component.
To draw things using the methods in the Graphics class.
To override the paintComponent method to draw things on a GUI component.
To use a panel as a canvas to draw things.
To draw strings, lines, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and polygons.
To obtain font properties using FontMetrics and know how to center a message.
To display an image in a GUI component.
To develop reusable GUI components FigurePanel, MessagePanel, StillClock, and ImageViewer

70. Chapter 15 Graphics

71. Motivations
If you want to draw shapes such as a bar chart, a clock, or a stop sign, how do you do it?

72. Java Coordinate System

73. Each GUI Component Has its Own Coordinate System

74. The Graphics Class
You can draw strings, lines, rectangles, ovals, arcs, polygons, and polylines, using the methods in the Graphics class.

75. paint() Example The simplest way to draw: Open file Graphics1.java
How to draw into a frame
Open file Graphics1m.java
A panel into a frame
How to draw into a panel
Open file Graphics1mm.java
Two panels into a frame

76. paintComponent() Example
In order to draw things on a component, you need to define a class that extends JPanel and overrides its paintComponent method to specify what to draw..
Open file ProgGraphics2.java

77. Drawing Geometric Figures
Drawing Strings
Drawing Lines
Drawing Rectangles
Drawing Ovals
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Polygons

78. Drawing Strings drawString(String s, int x, int y);
drawLine(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2);

79. Drawing Rectangles drawRect(int x, int y, int w, int h);
fillRect(int x, int y, int w, int h);

80. Drawing Rounded Rectangles
drawRoundRect(int x, int y, int w, int h, int aw, int ah);
fillRoundRect(int x, int y, int w, int h, int aw, int ah);

81. Drawing Ovals drawOval(int x, int y, int w, int h);
fillOval(int x, int y, int w, int h);

82. Thank You for Your attention!
Liang, Introduction to Java Programming, Eighth Edition, (c) 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved