Java and J2EE: Unit 4-

Swing
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Nagaraja Hebbar N
Department of CSE, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangalore
UNIT – 4:Swing
 Swings:
 The origins of Swing;
 Two key Swing features;
 Components and Containers;
 The Swing Packages;
 A simple Swing Application;
 Create a Swing Applet;
 JLabel and ImageIcon;
 JTextField;
 The Swing Buttons;
 JTabbedpane;
 JScrollPane;
 JList;
 JComboBox;
 JTable.
 What is Swing?
Why Swing?
 Early Java’s approach to GUI design was using AWT (Abstract Window Tool kit)
 Experienced with lot of deficiencies.
 These are tackled in Swing classes.
 AWT defines a basic set of controls , windows and dialog boxes that support a
usable , but limited graphical interface
 AWT translates various visual components into their corresponding, platform
specific equivalents
 Look and feel of a components is defined by the platform (not by java)
 AWT uses native code resources –so refereed to heavyweight
Before Swing: Abstract Window Toolkit

Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT)

 Controls are components that allow a user to interact with your application in
various ways.
 A layout manager automatically positions components within a container.
 The appearance of a window is determined by a combination of the controls that it
contains and the layout manager used to position them.
 A frame window can also include a standard-style menu bar.
 Each entry in a menu bar activates a drop-down menu of options from which the
user can choose.
 A menu bar is always positioned at the top of a window. Although different in
appearance, menu bars are handled in much the same way as are the other
controls.
Problems from AWT..

 Variations between operating systems-components look differently in different

platforms
 Violates the motto of Java “Write once run anywhere any time”
 Look and feel of components was fixed and could not be changed
 Heavyweight code put restriction ex: components were rectangle in shape,
opaque.
 Swing introduced as part of Java in 1997 by Java Foundation Classes JFC.
 Swing is now fully integrated in Java.
 During Java 1.1, it was separate library.
Swing features
 Swing is built on AWT
 Swing does replace AWT
 Still AWT is crucial part of Java
 In GUI development , strict use AWT is now replaced by Swing components
Key features

 AWT [Abstract Window Toolkit]is useful for developing simple user interface
Window Fundamental
 Swing components are less dependent on target platform
 Swing components are less of native GUI resource
 Hence Swing are also known as lightweight components.
Key swing features

 Swing components are lightweight

 Written entirely in Java
 Do not map directly to plat form specific peers
 Light weight components are more flexible and efficient.
 Look and feel is determined by swing not by Operating system
 Swing support a pluggable Look and Feel(LAF)
 Each swing component is rendered by Java code rather than by native peers
 Look and feel is now separated from the logic of the components
 So we could change Look and Feel of component without affecting any other aspects.
 Pluggable look and feel is another advantage of swing
9 Component characteristics

 contents, such as the state of a button (pushed in or not), or the text in a text field;
 visual appearance (color, size, and so on)
 behaviour (reaction to events).

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 The model-view-controller (MVC) design pattern
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Implement three separate classes:

• The model, which stores the contents;
• The view, which displays the contents;
• The controller, which handles user input.
The pattern specifies precisely how these three objects interact.

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11 Example for MVC

 The controller handles the user input events-mouse clicks ..

 It decides whether to translate these events into changes in the model or the
view.
 For example, if the user presses a character key in a text box,
 The controller calls the “insert character” command of the model.
 The model then tells the view to update itself.

 The view never knows why the text changed.

 But if the user presses a key, then the controller may tell the view to scroll.
 Scrolling the view has no effect on the underlying text, so the model never
knows that this event happened.

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12 Components and containers
A swing GUI consist of: component and containers
 Component: It is an independent visual control.
(Ex: Button)
 A container holds a group of components.
(Ex: Dialog box, window etc.)
 Swing components are derived from the JComponent class
 Supports the pluggable look and feel
 It inherits the AWT classes Container and Component

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Components

 Swing components are derived from Jcomponnets (except 4 top level

containers: JFrame, JApplet,JWindows,JDialog)
 Provides functionalities common to all components.
 Inherits from AWT classes
 All swing components are defined within javax.swing package
Components hierarchy

 Observations:
 JApplet, JFrame,Jdialog are not inherited
from JComponents
 All are inherited from AWT
 So AWT is base for all swing components
and container class
 (this hierarchy is incomplete )
15 Containers

 Top level containers: JFrame, JApplet,JWindow and JDialog..

 A top level container is not contained within any other container
 Two top level containers used in application development are: Jframe and Japplet
 The class either should extend JFrame or JApplet
 Second type lightweight containers (Ex: JPanel) are used to manage or organize
group of related components.

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 Top-level Container pane

 Layered pane allows components to be given with depth value

 Content pane is opaque instance of JPanel
  Panel
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 The simplest concrete subclass of Container
 Window
 Creates a window with no frame, no menu bar, and no title.
 Components
 An abstract super class for various AWT
 Container
 A subclass of Component that can hold other components
 Frame
 Creates a standard window that has a title bar, resize corners, and a menu bar.

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Layout Manager

 A layout manager is an object that performs the layout

computations for a container.
 The AWT package has five common layout manager
classes and Swing has a few more
 Flowlayout
 Gridnlayout
 Border layout
 Card layout (not discussed)
 Gridbag (not discussed)
How to set layout?

 void setLayout(LayoutManager layoutobj)

 layoutobj is reference to the desired layout manager
 To disable layout manager( to consider default) use null value
Example: (detail in next slides)
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,100,20));
 Default Layout Manager
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 Responsible for arranging components.

 setLayout () method can be used to set layout (discussed earlier)
 Default layouts:
 JFrame: BorderLayout
 JApplet: BorderLayout
 JPanel: FlowLayout

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21 Types of Layout

 FlowLayout
 Places components in rows from left to right.
 Starts new row once previous row is filled.
 BorderLayout
 Places components in north,south,east,west, center.
 GridLayout
 Places in grid of cells in rows and columns.
 CardLayout
 The card layout manager. Card layouts emulate index cards. Only the one on top is
showing.
 Grid bag layout
 The grid bag layout manager. Grid bag layout displays components subject to the
constraints specified by GridBagConstraints.

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Default layout ..
Adding and Removing Controls

 To include a control in a window, you must add it to the window.

 You must first create an instance of the desired control and then add it to a
window by calling add( ), which is defined by Container.
 Component add(Component compObj);
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Layout properties: FlowLayout
 FlowLayout Constructor Parameters
 Default ()
 Align: Left, Right
 hgap and vgap
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); //Default layout
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT)); //set to left
 contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,100,20)); //left and gaps
 When a line is filled , advances to next line. (ex: close button in the next line)
contentPane.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT,100,20));
jbtnOK=new JButton("Close");
JLabel lblUSN =new JLabel("Name:");
JTextField txtUSN=new JTextField(25);
contentPane.add(lblUSN);
contentPane.add(txtUSN);
contentPane.add(jbtnOK);

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The flow layout manager :Example 2
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The flow layout manager. Flow layout positions components left to right, top to bottom.

JPanel panel=new JPanel();

JButton ybutton =new JButton("Yellow");
JButton rbutton =new JButton("Red");
JButton gbutton =new JButton("Green");
panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
panel.add(ybutton);
panel.add(gbutton);
panel.add(rbutton);
add(panel);
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26 Layout properties: BorderLayout
 The border layout manager. Border layouts use five components: North, South, East, West, and
Center.
 BorderLayout Constructor Parameters
 Default ()
 hgap and vgap
 contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(int hgap, int vgap));
…
public SwingDemo5()
{
jbtnOK=new JButton("Close");
JLabel lblUSN =new JLabel("Name:");
JTextField txtUSN=new JTextField(25);
contentPane.add(lblUSN,BorderLayout.NORTH);//Up
contentPane.add(txtUSN,BorderLayout.WEST); //Left
contentPane.add(jbtnOK,BorderLayout.EAST);//right
}
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 Border Layout Example 2
The border layout manager. Border layouts use five components: North, South, East, West,
and Center.
JPanel Borderpanel=new JPanel();

JButton bTop =new JButton("Top");

JButton bBottom =new JButton("Bottom");
JButton bLeft =new JButton("Left");
JButton bRight =new JButton("Right");
JButton bCenter =new JButton(“Center");
Borderpanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
Borderpanel.add(bBottom,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
Borderpanel.add(bRight,BorderLayout.EAST);
Borderpanel.add(bLeft,BorderLayout.WEST);
Borderpanel.add(bTop,BorderLayout.NORTH);
Borderpanel.add(bCenter,BorderLayout.CENTER);

add(Borderpanel);
}
}
 Layout properties: GridLayout
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GridLayout: Constructor Parameters

Rows ,columns
Rows columns ,hgap and vgap

contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(int rows, int columns));

contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(int rows, int columns,int hgap, int vgap));
…

public SwingDemo5(){

contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
//contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,3));
jbtnOK=new JButton("Close");
JLabel lbl =new JLabel("Name:");
JTextField txt=new JTextField(25);
contentPane.add(lbl);
contentPane.add(txt);
contentPane.add(jbtnOK);
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}
GridLayout Example 2

 The grid layout manager. Grid layout displays components i n a two-

dimensional grid.
 JButton ybutton =new JButton("Yellow");
 JButton rbutton =new JButton("Red");
 JButton gbutton =new JButton("Green");
 panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,3));
 add(panel);
 ---
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JPanel: Revisited
public SwingDemo() // contructor
{ Panels may be used as container to hold components
Default layout in Panel is : flow layout, left to right orientation
setTitle("User Interface...... ");
setSize(450,400);
contentPane = getContentPane();
jbtn=new JButton("Close");
lbl =new JLabel("Name:");
txt=new JTextField(25);
panel=new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,3)); //this panel's Grid 1X3
panel.add(lbl);
panel.add(txt);
panel.add(jbtn);
contentPane.add(panel);
}

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 Swing Application :simple version
import javax.swing.*; class SimpleFrameDemo extends Jframe //extended from JFrame class

public class SwingGUI1SimpleFrame { {

public static void main(String[] args) { ImageIcon imagebox;

public SimpleFrameDemo()
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
{ public void run() {new SwingDemo1();}} ); setTitle("User Interface...... ");

} setSize(200,200);

} }

class SwingDemo1 }

{
public SwingDemo1()
{
SimpleFrameDemo frame=new SimpleFrameDemo();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
About first Swing application
 Use Javax.swing.* package to utilize all wing classes.
 Create customized frame
 Set default close operation
 By default when top level windows is closed , the window is removed from screen.
 But application still running, to terminate application when top level is closed use:
setDefaultCloseOperation. On exit of Close i.e JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE
 Other possible values are: DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE, HIDE_ON_CLOSE,DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE

 Set size of the frame as per requirement (setsize(width,height);)

Event handling thread in swing:
 Inside main() , object of this application is created on event handling thread rather
than main thread of the application.
 Swing programs are event driven, events are called on a thread , that was not created
by application program.
 To handle this event handling situation application object is not created by main
rather Runnable object that executes on the event handling thread
 To enable GUI code to be created on the event handling thread , we must use one of
the two methods of swing utilities
 invokeLater
 invokeAndWait
 Runnable object will have its run() method called by the event dispatching thread.
Swing Applet: simple version
import javax.swing.*; public void SwingDemoApplet()
public class SwingGUI1SimpleFrameApplet extends JApplet
{
{
Frame c = (Frame)this.getParent().getParent();
Container contentPane;
public void init()
//parent of the Applet is AppletViewerPanel and its parent is
AppletViewe
{
try
c.setTitle("User Interface:Simple Frame (Applet).....");

{ }
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){ }
public void run(){SwingDemoApplet();}});
}
catch(Exception e){}
}
 Swing Application: JLabel
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 Constructors and Methods

 JLabel(String text);
 Constructs Label with left aligned text.
 JLabel(Icon icon);
 Constructs a label with left aligned icon
 JLabel(String text,int align);
 Constructs a label with specified alignment
 Align: LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER
 JLabel(String text,int align);
 Constructs a label with specified alignment and icon
 Icon Left of Text

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JLabel: Methods

The icon and text associated with the label can be read
and written by the following methods:
 Icon getIcon( ) //returns icon that was set
 String getText( )//returns text
 void setIcon(Icon i)//sets image
 void setText(String s) //sets text
Here, i and s are the icon and text, respectively.
 ImageIcon
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 To obtain image icon
 The object of type ImageIcon can be passed as an
argument to the icon parameter of Jlabel’s
constructor.
 Constructor: ImageIcon(String filename)
 Icon and text associated with the label can be
obtained by: Icon getIcon()
String getText()
 Icon and text associated with a label can be set by:
void setIcon(Icon icon)
void setText(String str)
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 JLabel and ImageIcon
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 Constructors and Methods

 void setText(String text); Sets the text of the Label

 void setIcon(Icon icon); Sets the icon of the Label

 Note: Complete program: SwingColorFontImageLabel.java

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How to set image to label?

 lbl=new JLabel("My Swing Example..");

 lbl.setIcon(imagebox);
How to change default application icon?

 imagebox=new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("Image1.gif"));
 setIconImage(imagebox.getImage());
 JTextField
41  It is a text component of swing, used to edit one line of text
 Constructors and Methods
 JTextFields(int cols);
 creates text field and sets size to cols

 JTextFields(String str);
 creates text field, and initializes text also

 JTextFields(String str,int cols);

 creates text field, sets size to cols and initialzes text aslo

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42 JTextField
Str: string to be initialized, Cols: number of columns in the text
field
 If no string is specified, the string is set to empty
 ActionEvent is fired when the user presses ENTER
 CaretEvent is fired when cursor changes its
position

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 JTextField
43  Constructors and Methods

void setText(String text);

 Sets the text of the TextField

void setColumns (int cols);

 Sets no. of columns

String getText();
 Returns the text from the TextField
txt1=new JTextField("Source");
txt2=new JTextField();
txt2.setText(txt1.getText());
panel=new JPanel();
panel.add(lbl);
panel.add(txt1);
panel.add(txt2);

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JTextArea
Constructors and Methods
 JTextArea(int row,int cols);
 creates text field and sets size to cols and rows
 JTextFields(String str, int row,int cols);
 creates text field, and initializes text and sets rows and column

Constructors and Methods

void setColumns(int cols); sets column
void setRows(int rows); sets rows
void append(String text); appends given text to end of text that it has
void setLineWrap(boolean wrap); toggles line wrap

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 JTextArea(contd..)
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 txt1=new JTextArea();
 txt1.setColumns(8);
 txt1.setRows(2);
 txt1.setLineWrap(true);
 txt2=new JTextArea();
 txt2.setText(txt1.getText());

Complete Program:SwingTextFieldDemo.java

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46 JPasswordField
 To hide characters typed in with echo character.
 Constructor:
 JPasswordField(String text,int cols);
 Methods
 void setEchoChar(char echo);
 Sets echo character

 char[] getPassWord()
 Returns the text contained in PasswordField
 Overwrite the array after use

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How to use password field
passTxt=new JPasswordField(14); //create password field
passTxt.setEchoChar('*'); //set password character
char[] pass=passTxt.getPassword(); //get password from password field
String StrPassword="";
for(int i=0;i<pass.length;i++)
{
StrPassword=StrPassword+pass[i]; /clear password char array for safety purpose
pass[i]='\0';
}
Complete Program:SwingPasswordDemo.java
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Swing Buttons
 JButton
 JToggleButon
 JCheckBox
 JRadioButton
 These are subclasses of AbstractButtonClass
 Extends from Jcomponents
 Common Methods
 Void setDisabledIcon(Icon di)
 Void setPressedIcon(Icon dp)
 Void setSelectedIcon(Icon si)
 Void setRolloverIcon(Icon ri)
 String getText()
 void setText(String str)
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49 Buttons-JButton
 Constructors:
 JButton(Icon icon)
 JButton(String str)
 JButton(String str,Icon icon)

 Methods:
 void setDisabledIcon(Icon di)
 void setPressedIcon(Icon di)
 void setSelectedIcon(Icon si)
 void setRolloverIcon(Icon ri)
 String getText()
 void setText(String str)
 String Java
getActionCommand():This
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JButton
Events
 When the button is pressed, an ActionEvent is generated.
 Using ActionEvent object passed to the actionPerformed () method
of the registered ActionListener. You can obtain the action
command string associated with the button.
 String getActionCommand()
 This identifies the button among other buttons within the same application.
 Complete example:SwingButtonDemo.java

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 Toggle Button
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 Constructor:
 JToggleButton(String str)
 Method
 boolean isSelected();
 Events
Implements: ItemListener
Method to implemented:
itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ae){..}
Complete example:SwingToggleDemo.java

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 Check Boxes
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 JCheckBox class provides the functionality of a check box.

 Constructor: JCheckBox(String str)
 When the user selects /deselects a check box, an ItemEvent is generated
 Object reference can be obtained by getItem()
 State of the check is determined by isSelected()
 Example:
 c1 = new JCheckBox("PU");
 c1.addActionListener(acl1);
 if (c1.isSelected()) br1="PU ";
 Complete example: SwingCheckBox.java

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 Radio Buttons
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 Group of mutually exclusive buttons

 Only one button (in a group) can be selected at any time.

 Constructor: JRadioButton(String str)

 JRadioButton generates: action, item, change events each time the button selection changes.
 ActionListener interface is implemented with method actionPerformed
 Example:
 rbtn1 = new JRadioButton("A");
 group.add(rbtn1);
 rbtn1.setActionCommand("A");
 rbtn1.addActionListener(acl1);
 Complete example:SwingRadioButton.java

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JScrollPane
 It is a lightweight container that automatically handles the scrolling of another
component.
 The component being can either be an individual component , such as a table, or
a group of components contained within another lightweight container such as
JPanel.
 If object being scrolled is larger than the viewable area, horizontal and or vertical
scroll bars are automatically provided, the component can be scrolled through
the pane.
Constructor: JScrollPane(Component comp)
Genear Steps to followed:
1. Create the component to be scrolled (Textarea)
2. Create an instance of JScrollPane, passing to it the object to scroll
3. Add the scroll pane to the content pane.

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 ScrollPane (Steps explained)

 JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(8, 40);

 textArea.setText("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.");
 JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
 contentPane.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
56 JTabbedPane
 Encapsulates tabbed pane
 It manages a set of components by linking them with tabs
 Selecting a tab causes the component associated with that tab to come to the forefront
 Constructor: JTabbedPane();
 Tabs are added by calling addTab()
 Void addTab(String name,Component comp)
 name: is name of the tab;
 comp: is the component that should be added to the tab

 General procedure to use a tabbed pane:

 Create an instance of JTabbedPane
 call addTab to add each tab
 Add the tabbed pane to the content pane.

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JTabbedPaneScrollPane (Steps explained)
 JTabbedPane Jtab = new JTabbedPane();
 Jtab.addTab(“Tab1”, new JLabel(“Hello”);
 Jtab.addTab(“Tab2”, new JLabel(“Hai”);
 contentPane.add(Jtab);
58 JList
 Supports the selection of one or more items from a list.
Constructor
 In Java 7: JList<E> where E is type of item in the class ; a generic class
 (Previous version )Constructor: JList (E[] items)
 JList contains the items in the array specified by items.
Methods
 setSelectionMode(int mode) // to set or deselect multiselect list box
 Values: SINGLE_SELECTION, SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION,MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION

 getselectedIndex(): returns index of item selected (index starts from 0) -1 means no item selected
 Events:
 ListSelectionEvent: generated when user makes or changes a selection, also when deselects handled by
ListSelectionListener:
 The listener specifies only one method: Valuechanged(ListSelectionEvent e) method

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 JList -exampe
String[] El2 ={".Net","DIP","GT","AI","VLSI","FL"};
list1=new JList<String> (El2);
ListSelectionListener acl1=new ListSelection();
list1.addListSelectionListener(acl1);
JScrollPane jsp1=new JScrollPane(list1);
jsp1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(120,70));
p.add(jsp1);
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private class ListSelection implements ListSelectionListener{
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent ae){
txtField.setText(list1.getSelectedValue());
}}
Complete example:SwingList.java
60 JCombo
 Combo provides combination of a textfield and a drop down list, It normally displays one
entry, but it will also display a drop down list that allows a user to select a different entry.
Constructor
 In Java 7: JCombo<E> where E is type of item in the class ; a generic class
 (Previous version )Constructor: JCombo (E[] items)
 JList contains the items in the array specified by items.
Methods
 addItem(E obj) used only with mutable combo box to add items dynamically
 getSelectedItem() returns selected item (Object type)
 Events:
 ActionEvent which implements ActionListener and uses method actionPerformed

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 JCombo:Example
JComboBox<String> cmbo1;
ActionListener acl1;
acl1=new CommandActionCombo();
String[] El1={"ADBMS","DSP","Java","DM","MC","NN"};
cmbo1=new JComboBox<String> (El1);
cmbo1.addActionListener(acl1);
p.add(cmbo1);
private class CommandActionCombo implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
txtField.setText((String)cmbo1.getSelectedItem());
}
}
Complete example:SwingCombo.java
 JTable
62  Displays rows and columns of data
 User can drag corner to resize the columns
 Constructor: JTable(Object data[][],Object colHeads[]);
 Steps:
 Create an instance of JTable
 Create a JScrollPane object
 Add the table to the scroll pane
 Add the scroll pane to the content pane

Java and J2EE/NH/CS

JTable example

 DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel();

 JTable table = new JTable(model);
 model.addColumn("Name");
 model.addColumn("USN");
 JScrollPane jsp1=new JScrollPane(table);
 jsp1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,100));
 JPanel p2=new JPanel();
 p2.add(jsp1);
 Complete example: SwingTable.java
Working with Color ( Additional information)

 Color class: constructor: Color(int red,int green,int blue);

 Jlable lbl=new Jlabel(“SSSSSS”);
 lbl.setBackground(new Color(100,220,230));
 lbl.setForeground(new Color(100,100,100));
 Complete example:SwingColorFontImageLabel.java
Working with Font ( Additional information)

 Class: Font class

 Constructor: Font(String Fontname, int fontstyle,int fontsize)
 lbl.setFont(new Font("serif",Font.BOLD+Font.ITALIC,12));
 Complete example:SwingColorFontImageLabel.java
Dimension object

 Class Dimension(int width,int height )

 jsp1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,100));
Reference

 Java Complete Reference 8th ed author Herbert schildt

 Internet resources