JAVA GUI PART III

JAVA GUI PART III

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  » GUI ˃ Events ˃Event Handling https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20 oxus20@gmail.com JAVA GUI PART III Milad Kawesh
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  Agenda » Events » JavaDelegation Model » Event Handling » Practical Examples 2 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Windows based JavaPrograms » Console-Based Programming ˃ Every thing is predetermined ˃ The program code determines the sequence of events » Window-Based Programming ˃ The operation is driven by what you do with the GUI ˃ Selecting menu items, buttons, or keyboard causes particular actions within a program ˃ The specific program that is executed next is not known https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20 3
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  Event driven Programming »The signals that a program receives from the OS as a result of your actions are called events » A window based program is called event driven program » Unlike the old rigid old sequential programs, » it puts user in charge, user control the sequence of program » Application waits for the user action » This approach is called event driven programming 4 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  The Event HandlingProcess » Suppose a user clicks a button in the GUI ˃ Button is the source of the event » When a button is clicked, it will create a new object that have information about event and its source (in this case ActionListener) » This object is passed to a method that handles the event in its listener » A listener is called Target of an event 5 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Delegation Event Model »The way in which events are handled in Java, using listener objects, is called delegation event model » We can make objects of any class listener objects by making the class implement a listener interface » In case of the button, the ActionListener interface needs to be implemented to receive events from button » actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) is called when the event occurs and the event object is passed as an argument https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20 6
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  Java Events » Eventsare objects ˃ Objects that represent user initiated actions ˃ Examples: + button clicked -> ActionEvent + mouse dragged -> MouseEvent + Enter key pressed -> KeyEvent ˃ EventObject; root event class for all event objects ˃ AWTEvent; root event class for all AWT events ˃ Package java.awt.event + Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components. 7 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Event Handling » Programmerchoice to decide how to handle the generated event ˃ Ignore the Event ˃ Have the Event handled by the component where the event was generated (Self Contained Event handling) ˃ Delegate event handling to some other object called Listeners (Event Delegation) 9 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Event Delegation » Sometime component on which event was generated is not best suited to handle its own event » The process of assigning an object to handle a component’s events is called delegation. » The event handling objects are called Listeners 10 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Key Methods ofEvent » Object getSource() In ObjectEvent, return the component in which event took place. » int getID() In AwtEvent, return int that describes the nature of the event e.g. on MouseEvent it will give MOUSE_PRESSED, MOUSE_DRAGGED. 11 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Event Listeners » Interfacesto support dispatching of events » Each Event class has a corresponding Listener interface » Multiple listeners for the same event type » Each interface will have one or more method corresponding to types of events » ActionEvent -> ActionListener » MouseEvent -> MouseListener and MouseMotionListener https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20 12
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  Registering Listeners » Listenersregister themselves with component ˃ public void addXXXListener(XXXListener) ˃ addActionListener, addItemListener, etc. » Multiple listeners can be registered for the same event on a component ˃ One event can trigger numerous responses ˃ Events are broadcast to all listeners 13 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Wiring a Listener »Define a class to implement the Listener Interface Public class Applet extends Applet implements ActionListener public class MyClass implements ActionListener { » Add the implementation of the Interface … public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // here’s where I do stuff when the action happens … » Add class as a Listener to Component … Button ok = new Button(“OK”) ok.addActionListener(this); 14 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  ActionListener Example import import import import import javax.swing.*; java.awt.FlowLayout; java.awt.Dimension; java.awt.event.ActionListener; java.awt.event.ActionEvent; public classActionListenerTest extends JFrame implements ActionListener { JTextArea topTextArea; JTextArea bottomTextArea; JButton button1, button2; final static String newline = "n"; 15 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  ActionListener Example (cont.) publicActionListenerTest() { setLayout(new FlowLayout()); topTextArea = new JTextArea(); topTextArea.setEditable(false); JScrollPane topScrollPane = new JScrollPane(topTextArea); topScrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 75)); add(topScrollPane); bottomTextArea = new JTextArea(); bottomTextArea.setEditable(false); JScrollPane bottomScrollPane = new JScrollPane(bottomTextArea); bottomScrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 75)); 16 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  ActionListener Example (cont.) add(bottomScrollPane); button1= new JButton("top Text area"); add(button1); button2 = new JButton("down text area"); add(button2); button1.addActionListener(this); button2.addActionListener(this); setSize(300, 222); setResizable(false); setLocationRelativeTo(null); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); } 17 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  ActionListener Example(cont.) public voidactionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (e.getSource() == button1) { topTextArea.append(e.getActionCommand() + newline); } if (e.getSource() == button2) { bottomTextArea.append(e.getActionCommand() + newline); } } public static void main(String[] args) { new ActionListenerTest(); } } 18 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  OUTPUT 19 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  Lets practice 20 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20
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  END 21 https://www.facebook.com/Oxus20