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Swing
A Quick Tutorial on Programming
Swing Applications
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Swing: A Comprehensive Tutorial on Java's Platform Independent GUI Framework, Study notes of Design
A quick tutorial on Swing, a Java framework for creating platform independent GUI applications. Swing is based on the MVC design pattern and includes various visible components, containers, and supporting classes. The tutorial covers creating a JDialog using NetBeans, editing its properties, and adding fields and components. It also discusses the importance of design patterns and the MVC pattern in Swing components.
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Poelman & Associates, Inc. (c) 2003
Swing
A Quick Tutorial on Programming
Swing Applications
Poelman & Associates, Inc. (c) 2003
MVC – Model View Controller
• Swing is based on this design pattern• It means separating the implementation of
an application into layers or components:– The
Model
- the data structure that
represents something (like a customer inforec)
– The
Controller
- the user interface logic for
manipulating it
– The
View
- the display of that data structure to
the user.
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Swing
• Visible “widgets” - windows, buttons,
combo boxes, trees, tables, checkboxes,text fields, menus, …
• Containers of components – applets,
dialogs, windows and frames
• Supporting classes and utility methods
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Some important Swing visible
component classes
•^
JApplet **
-^
JButton
-^
JCheckBox
-^
JColorChooser
-^
JComboBox
-^
JDialog **
-^
JFileChooser
-^
JFormattedTextField
-^
JFrame **
-^
JLabel
-^
JList
-^
JMenu
-^
JMenuBar
-^
JMenuItem
-^
JPanel
•^
JPasswordField
-^
JPopupMenu
-^
JProgressBar
-^
JRadioButton
-^
JScrollBar
-^
JSlider
-^
JSpinner
-^
JTable
-^
JTextArea
-^
JTextField
-^
JToggleButton
-^
JToolBar
-^
JTree
-^
JWindow **
-^
** means a top level containers
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adding fields
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To kill a zombie or running process in
netbeans right click and choose: ”terminate”
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Editing a dialog
St
select a layout manager for the dialog
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select component edit properties
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what layout manager should I
use?
• Start with the absolute and then
experiment when you feel comfortable (orhire a graphic artist and let them worryabout it ;-).
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Adding other components to the
view - JTextFields
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Adding a combo box
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edit the model property for the
combo box
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