Chapter 14 Windows and applets.ppt

Chapter 14: Windows and applets Java provides cross-platform window facilities In Java 1, this has been done by AWT package However AWT had some problems Main problem was the different lookfeel with other windows in the hosting OS Java 2 introduced swing which creates more compatible look feel with the hosting OS In java we can define two type of GUI Applets which run inside a web browser Applications which run as a stadnalone window The model for applets and normal windows application is different, but with some efforts we can make applications that can be run as both Applets Programs that run inside a browser When a browser loads a page that includes an applet, browser downloads the applet and starts it Because normally an applet comes from another machine, java runtime environment enforce some restrictions on them: An applet can’t touch the local disk. Java offers digital signing for applets. Many applet restrictions are relaxed when you choose to allow signed applets Applets can take longer to display, since you must download the whole thing every time, including a separate server hit for each different class. Application framework for applets A simple applet Running inside a browser Running applet as an application A display framework Putting buttons Capturing an event Example of event capturing Runnin the example Controlling layout (layout manager) BorderLayout Controlling layout (layout manager) FlowLayout Controlling layout (layout manager) GridLayout Events and listener types Swing components - Buttons Icons and tooltips-changing Jbutton and other components look and feel Diffent looks Other components Other components (cont.) Drawing Result Other components (cont.) Selecting look and feel Binding events dynamically Separating business logic from UI logic Visual builder tools and JavaBeans What is a JavaBean JavaBean example JavaBean example (cont.) There is a JApplet class that all applets inherit from An applet overrides some of the methods to do