Java: Java Applets

Introducing Applets Applets Java programs called from within another application Frequently run from a Web page Display as rectangular area Can respond to user-initiated events Behaviors come from Java class named JApplet Steps to write an applet Set up layout for applet Create components and add them to applet

Applets An applet is a program that is typically embedded in a Web page and can be run from a browser You need special HTML in the Web page to tell the browser about the applet You don’t need to supply a main method; the browser does that When you write an applet, you are writing only part of a program You supply certain methods that the browser calls For security reasons, applets run in a sandbox : they have no access to the client’s file system

What an applet is You write an applet by extending the class JApplet JApplet is just a class like any other; you can even use it in applications if you want When you write an applet, you are only writing part of a program; the browser supplies the main method Once you understand how applets work, you can write a program that function either as an applet or as an application—just write a main method that calls the right methods at the right time Such programs have the ugly name “ appletcations ”

The simplest possible applet import javax.swing.JApplet; public class TrivialApplet extends JApplet { } <applet code="TrivialApplet.class" width="150" height="100"> </applet> TrivialApplet.java TrivialApplet.html

The simplest reasonable applet import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.JApplet; public class HelloWorld extends JApplet { public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawString("Hello World!", 30, 30); } }

What are the disadvantages of applets? Applets can’t run any local executable programs Applets can’t with any host other than the originating server Applets can’t read/write to local computer’s file system

What are the disadvantages of applets? (Cont’d) Applets can’t find any information about the local computer All java-created pop-up windows carry a warning message Stability depends on stability of the client’s web server Performance directly depend on client’s machine

What are the advantages of applets? Automatically integrated with HTML; hence, resolved virtually all installation issues. Can be accessed from various platforms and various java-enabled web browsers. Can provide dynamic, graphics capabilities and visualizations Implemented in Java, an easy-to-learn OO programming language

What are the advantages of applets? (Cont’d) Alternative to HTML GUI design Safe! Because of the security built into the core Java language and the applet structure, you don’t have to worry about bad code causing damage to someone’s system Can be launched as a standalone web application independent of the host web server

Java Applets Can not Applets are programs designed to run as part of a Web Page (Applet = little application). Applets are similar to normal Java Applications but have extra security features to prevent a downloaded Applet damaging your computer or transmitting information from it. For instance an Applet cannot: Access local files Delete local files Run another program Find out your name Connect to another host

Running a Java Applet You write Java code using an editor javac MyApp.java appletviewer MyApp.html Text Editor You save the file with a .java extension You run the Java compiler ' javac ' You can view the applet with the command ' appletviewer ' This creates a file of bytecode with a .class extension Web Browser You write a web page in html using an editor You can view the web page from a web browser You save the file with a .html extension Java code: MyApp.java Bytecode: MyApp.class Window Web page: MyApp.html Text Editor

Creating an Applet  Open " Notepad " (Start  Programs  Other  Notepad)  Type this in:  Save As "Greetings.java" (Put the " " round the name otherwise it adds .txt to the end!)  Open a DOS Window (Start  MS-DOS Prompt)  Type javac Greetings.java G:\> javac Greetings.java G:\> If it gives an error check you typed it in exactly right. import java.awt.*; import java.applet.Applet; public class Greetings extends Applet { public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawString("Hello World!", 50, 50); } }  If you type dir Greetings.* you should see Greetings.java and Greetings.class

Creating the Web Page In order to run an applet you have to embed it in a web page using a special <applet> tag e.g: <applet code="name.class" width=www height=hhh></applet> <html> <head> <title>Greetings Applet</title> </head> <body> <applet code="Greetings.class" width=300 height=200 ></applet> </body> </html> Using Notepad type in the following and save it as "Greetings.html" : Size of the applet in pixels

Running the Program G:\> appletviewer Greetings.html In the DOS window type appletviewer Greetings.html You should see something like this:

Running in a Web Browser In Netscape go to the File menu then Open Page ... Press Choose File... Find your file Greetings with the Netscape symbol alongside it (Greetings.html) - click on it and press Open (or double click on it) Back in the Open Page dialog press Open You should see something like: Title Your greeting Message

What does it mean? import java.awt.*; import java.applet.Applet; public class Greetings extends Applet { public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawString("Hello World!", 50, 50); } } These 2 lines tell the computer to include ( import ) two standard libraries awt (Abstract Window Toolkit) and applet . This line tells the computer to display some text ( a string) on the screen. This line announces that the program ( class ) can be run by anyone ( public ), is called Greetings and is an Applet . This line declares what follows in the { } as a method called paint. This is where it is displayed in pixels across and down from the top left hand corner This is what is displayed

General Form of an Applet New applets are created by extending the Applet class contained in the java . applet package. Also, the package java.awt is needed for the graphical interface of the applet. In general, an applet program would look like the following: import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class AppletName extends Applet { . . . }

General Form of an Applet (cont’d) An applet overrides a set of methods in the class Applet to implement its functionality. These methods are used as an interface with the browser or the applet viewer. An applet does not need to override those methods it does not use. The following lists the most important methods that are usually used: import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class AppletName extends Applet { public void init (){ . . . } public void start (){ . . . } public void stop (){ . . . } public void destroy (){ . . .} public void paint (Graphics g ){ . . .} }

Applet Initialization and Termination When an applet begins, the browser calls the following methods, in this sequence: init() , start() . Every time the applet is redrawn, the method paint() is called. When an applet is terminated, the following sequence of methods is invoked: stop() , destroy(). Called just before the applet is terminated. Your applet should override this method if it needs to perform any cleanup prior to its destruction. destroy() Called to suspend execution of the applet. Once stopped, an applet is restarted when the execution environment calls start() . stop() Called by the execution environment when an applet should start or resume execution. It is automatically called after init() when an applet first begins. start() Applets do not usually have main method; instead they have the init() method that, like main() , is invoked by the execution environment. It is the first method called for any applet . It is called only once during the run-time of an applet. init() Comment Method

Applet methods public void init () public void start () public void stop () public void destroy () public void paint (Graphics) Also: public void repaint() public void update (Graphics) public void showStatus(String) public String getParameter(String)

public void init ( ) init() is the first method to execute init() is an ideal place to initialize variables init() is the best place to define the GUI Components (buttons, text fields, checkboxes, etc.), lay them out, and add listeners to them Almost every applet you ever write will have an init( ) method

start( ) , stop( ) and destroy( ) start() and stop( ) are used when the Applet is doing time-consuming calculations that you don’t want to continue when the page is not in front public void start() is called: Right after init( ) Each time the page is loaded and restarted public void stop( ) is called: When the browser leaves the page Just before destroy( ) public void destroy( ) is called after stop( ) Use destroy() to explicitly release system resources (like threads) System resources are usually released automatically

Methods are called in this order init and destroy are only called once each start and stop are called whenever the browser enters and leaves the page do some work is code called by your listeners paint is called when the applet needs to be repainted init() start() stop() destroy() do some work

public void paint(Graphics g) Needed if you do any drawing or painting other than just using standard GUI Component s Any painting you want to do should be done here, or in a method you call from here Painting that you do in other methods may or may not happen Never call paint( Graphics ) , call repaint( )

repaint( ) Call repaint( ) when you have changed something and want your changes to show up on the screen You do not need to call repaint() when something in Java’s own components (Buttons, TextFields, etc.) You do need to call repaint() after drawing commands ( drawRect(...) , fillRect(...) , drawString(...) , etc.) repaint( ) is a request --it might not happen When you call repaint( ) , Java schedules a call to update(Graphics g )

update( ) When you call repaint( ) , Java schedules a call to update(Graphics g) Here's what update does: public void update(Graphics g) { // Fills applet with background color, then paint(g); }

The paint() method The paint() method is called by the execution environment (i.e. the browser) each time the applet has to be redrawn. The inherited paint() method is empty. In order to draw anything on the applet, this method must be overridden. paint() method takes an object of class Graphics as an input argument, which is passed by the execution environment. public void paint(Graphics g){ . . . } This Graphics object represents a drawing area. It has methods to draw strings and many shapes. Also, it can manipulate fonts and colors.

The Graphics Object A Graphics object has a coordinate system that is illustrated below: Anything that is drawn on the Graphics object, appears on the applet. Some of the drawing methods of the Graphics object are: drawString() drawLine() drawRect() drawOval() (0,0) x y

Displaying Strings Using the Graphics Object To display a string on the Graphics object, the method drawString() can be used. It has the following arguments: void drawString( String str, int x, int y) str is the string to be displayed, x and y are the coordinates of the top left point of the string. For example, the following applet displays the string “Hello World!!” starting at the point (50,25). Its file name must be HelloApplet.java. import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class HelloApplet extends Applet { public void paint(Graphics g) { // overriding paint() method g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25); } }

Placing an Applet in a Web Page Recall that web pages are written in HTML. HTML language describes the appearance of a page using tags . For example, <html> is a tag. Another tag is <body> . Some tags have a closing tag . For example, <html> is closed by </html> . HTML is based on text, just like Java. You can use any editor (like Notepad or JCreator) to write HTML files. HTML files should have the extension HTML, like (first.html). All HTML pages should look like: <html> <body> The body of the html page… write whatever you like here. </body> </html>

Placing an Applet in a Web Page (cont’d) To place an applet in a web page, the <applet> tag is used in the body of an HTML page as follows: < applet code =“HelloApplet.class” width =600 height =100> </ applet > The parts in green are called attributes . The applet tag has three mandatory (non-optional) attributes: code: the name of the class file of the applet. width: the width of the applet, in pixels. height: the height of the applet, in pixels. If the class file is not at the same folder as the HTML page, the codebase attribute is used to indicate the location of the class file relative to the directory that has the HTML page. < applet code =“HelloApplet.class” codebase =“app\” width =600 height =100> </ applet >

Colors The class Color of java . awt package is used to define Color objects. All colors can be specified as a mix of three primary colors : red, green, and blue. A particular color can be specified by three integers, each between 0 and 255, or by three float values, each between 0.0 and 1.0. The class Color has some pre-defined colors that are commonly used. 255, 255, 0 1.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F Color.yellow 255, 255, 255 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F Color.white 255, 0, 0 1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F Color.red 255, 175, 175 1.0F, 0.7F, 0.7F Color.pink 255, 200, 0 1.0F, 0.8F, 0.0F Color.orange 255, 0, 255 1.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F Color.magenta RGB Value (integer) RGB Value (float) Color 0, 255, 0 0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F Color.green 192, 192, 192 0.75F, 0.75F, 0.75F Color.lightGray 64, 64, 64 0.25F, 0.25F, 0.25F Color.darkGray 128, 128, 128 0.5F, 0.5F, 0.5F Color.gray 0, 255, 255 0.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F Color.cyan 0, 0, 255 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F Color.blue 0, 0, 0 0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F Color.black RGB Value (integer) RGB Value (float) Color

Colors (cont’d) A Color object can be created using one of two constructors: Color(int red, int green, int blue) Color(float red, float green, float blue) For example: Color c1 = new Color(255, 100, 18); Color c2 = new Color(0.2F, 0.6F, 0.3F); By default, the Graphics object has a black foreground and a light gray background . This can be changed using the following methods (of the Graphics object): void setBackground(Color newColor) void setForeground(Color newColor) void setColor(Color newColor)

Colors (cont’d) The following example displays some strings in different colors. Although it is possible to set the background and foreground colors in the paint() method, a good place to set these colors is in the init() method. import java.awt.*; import java.applet.*; public class MyApplet extends Applet { public void init() { setBackground(Color.blue); setForeground(Color.yellow); } public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawString("A yellow string", 50, 10); g.setColor(Color.red) ; g.drawString("A red string", 50, 50); g.drawString("Another red string", 50, 90); g.setColor(Color.magenta) ; g.drawString("A magenta string", 50, 130); } }

Drawing Some Shapes An oval can be drawn using the method drawOval() as follows: void drawOval( int x, int y, int width, int height ) A rectangle can be drawn using the method drawRect() as follows: void drawRect( int x, int y, int width, int height ) A line linking two points can be drawn using the method drawLine() as follows: void drawLine( int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2 ) To draw a shape using a specific color, the method setColor() should be used before drawing the shape. There are no methods called drawCircle() or drawSquare(). How can we draw a circle or a square..???

Executing a Java Applet A Java applet must be compiled into bytecode before it can be used in a web page. When a web page containing an <applet> tag is opened, the associated bytecode is downloaded from the location specified by the CODE or CODEBASE attribute. This location can be in the local machine or in a machine across the web . To interpret the applet bytecode, the browser must have a Java plug-in . Also, an applet can be executed using the applet viewer , which comes with the JDK.

Comparing Applets with Applications Has a restricted access to the machine resources (cannot open files or run other programs) {Security reasons} Has an unrestricted access to the machine resources Almost always works with GUI Can work with command-line (like what are always doing), or using a graphical user-interface (GUI) {More on this in ICS-201} Has to extend java.applet.Applet class Doesn’t have to extend any class Starts by the init() method Starts by the main() method Has to run inside another program, called execution environment (like a web browser or an applet viewer ) Runs independently An Applet An Application

A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Now, create applets of our own Take a while before we can write applets like in the demos Cover many of same techniques Upcoming program Create an applet to display "Welcome to Java Programming!" Show applet and HTML file, then discuss them line by line

Java applet Program Output 1 // Fig. 3.6: WelcomeApplet.java 2 // A first applet in Java. 3 4 // Java core packages 5 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 6 7 // Java extension packages 8 import javax.swing.JApplet; // import class JApplet 9 10 public class WelcomeApplet extends JApplet { 11 12 // draw text on applet’s background 13 public void paint( Graphics g ) 14 { 15 // call inherited version of method paint 16 super .paint( g ); 17 18 // draw a String at x-coordinate 25 and y-coordinate 25 19 g.drawString( "Welcome to Java Programming!" , 25 , 25 ); 20 21 } // end method paint 22 23 } // end class WelcomeApplet import allows us to use predefined classes (allowing us to use applets and graphics, in this case). extends allows us to inherit the capabilities of class JApplet . Method paint is guaranteed to be called in all applets. Its first line must be defined as above.

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Comments Name of source code and description of applet Import predefined classes grouped into packages import statements tell compiler where to locate classes used When you create applets, import the JApplet class (package javax.swing ) import the Graphics class (package java.awt ) to draw graphics Can draw lines, rectangles ovals, strings of characters import specifies directory structure 5 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 8 import javax.swing.JApplet; // import class JApplet // Fig. 3.6: WelcomeApplet.java 2 // A first applet in Java.

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Applets have at least one class definition (like applications) Rarely create classes from scratch Use pieces of existing class definitions Inheritance - create new classes from old ones (ch. 15) Begins class definition for class WelcomeApplet Keyword class then class name extends followed by class name Indicates class to inherit from ( JApplet ) JApplet : superclass (base class) WelcomeApplet : subclass (derived class) WelcomeApplet now has methods and data of JApplet 10 public class WelcomeApplet extends JApplet {

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Class JApplet defined for us Someone else defined "what it means to be an applet" Applets require over 200 methods! extends JApplet Inherit methods, do not have to define them all Do not need to know every detail of class JApplet 10 public class WelcomeApplet extends JApplet {

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Class WelcomeApplet is a blueprint appletviewer or browser creates an object of class WelcomeApplet Keyword public required File can only have one public class public class name must be file name 10 public class WelcomeApplet extends JApplet {

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Our class inherits method paint from JApplet By default, paint has empty body Override (redefine) paint in our class Methods paint , init , and start Guaranteed to be called automatically Our applet gets "free" version of these by inheriting from JApplet Free versions have empty body (do nothing) Every applet does not need all three methods Override the ones you need Applet container “draws itself” by calling method paint 13 public void paint( Graphics g )

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Method paint Lines 13-21 are the definition of paint Draws graphics on screen void indicates paint returns nothing when finishes task Parenthesis define parameter list - where methods receive data to perform tasks Normally, data passed by programmer, as in JOptionPane.showMessageDialog paint gets parameters automatically Graphics object used by paint Mimic paint 's first line 13 public void paint( Graphics g )

3.3 A Simple Java Applet: Drawing a String Calls version of method paint from superclass JApplet Should be first statement in every applet’s paint method Body of paint Method drawString (of class Graphics ) Called using Graphics object g and dot operator ( . ) Method name, then parenthesis with arguments First argument: String to draw Second: x coordinate (in pixels) location Third: y coordinate (in pixels) location Java coordinate system Measured in pixels (picture elements) Upper left is ( 0 , 0 ) 16 super .paint( g ); 19 g.drawString( "Welcome to Java Programming!" , 25 , 25 );

3.3.1 Compiling and Executing WelcomeApplet Running the applet Compile javac WelcomeApplet.java If no errors, bytecodes stored in WelcomeApplet.class Create an HTML file Loads the applet into appletviewer or a browser Ends in .htm or .html To execute an applet Create an HTML file indicating which applet the browser (or appletviewer ) should load and execute

3.3.1 Compiling and Executing WelcomeApplet Simple HTML file ( WelcomeApplet.html ) Usually in same directory as .class file Remember, .class file created after compilation HTML codes (tags) Usually come in pairs Begin with < and end with > Lines 1 and 4 - begin and end the HTML tags Line 2 - begins <applet> tag Specifies code to use for applet Specifies width and height of display area in pixels Line 3 - ends <applet> tag 1 <html> 2 <applet code = "WelcomeLines.class" width = "300" height = "40" > 3 </applet> 4 </html>

3.3.1 Compiling and Executing WelcomeApplet appletviewer only understands <applet> tags Ignores everything else Minimal browser Executing the applet appletviewer WelcomeApplet.html Perform in directory containing .class file 1 <html> 2 <applet code = "WelcomeLines.class" width = "300" height = "40" > 3 </applet> 4 </html>

3.4 Two More Simple Applets: Drawing Strings and Lines More applets First example Display two lines of text Use drawString to simulate a new line with two drawString statements Second example Method g.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2 ) Draws a line from ( x1 , y1 ) to ( x2 , y2 ) Remember that ( 0 , 0 ) is upper left Use drawLine to draw a line beneath and above a string

1 // Fig. 3.8: WelcomeApplet2.java 2 // Displaying multiple strings in an applet. 3 4 // Java core packages 5 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 6 7 // Java extension packages 8 import javax.swing.JApplet; // import class JApplet 9 10 public class WelcomeApplet2 extends JApplet { 11 12 // draw text on applet’s background 13 public void paint( Graphics g ) 14 { 15 // call inherited version of method paint 16 super .paint( g ); 17 18 // draw two Strings at different locations 19 g.drawString( "Welcome to" , 25 , 25 ); 20 g.drawString( "Java Programming!" , 25 , 40 ); 21 22 } // end method paint 23 24 } // end class WelcomeApplet2 1. import 2. Class WelcomeApplet2 ( extends JApplet ) 3. paint 3.1 drawString 3.2 drawString on same x coordinate, but 15 pixels down The two drawString statements simulate a newline. In fact, the concept of lines of text does not exist when drawing strings.

HTML file Program Output 1 <html> 2 <applet code = "WelcomeApplet2.class" width = "300" height = "60" > 3 </applet> 4 </html>

WelcomeLines.java 2. Class WelcomeLines ( extends JApplet ) 3. paint 3.1 drawLine 3.2 drawLine 3.3 drawString Program Output 1 // Fig. 3.10: WelcomeLines.java 2 // Displaying text and lines 3 4 // Java core packages 5 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 6 7 // Java extension packages 8 import javax.swing.JApplet; // import class JApplet 9 10 public class WelcomeLines extends JApplet { 11 12 // draw lines and a string on applet’s background 13 public void paint( Graphics g ) 14 { 15 // call inherited version of method paint 16 super .paint( g ); 17 18 // draw horizontal line from (15, 10) to (210, 10) 19 g.drawLine( 15 , 10 , 210 , 10 ); 20 21 // draw horizontal line from (15, 30) to (210, 30) 22 g.drawLine( 15 , 30 , 210 , 30 ); 23 24 // draw String between lines at location (25, 25) 25 g.drawString( "Welcome to Java Programming!" , 25 , 25 ); 26 27 } // end method paint 28 29 } // end class WelcomeLines Draw horizontal lines with drawLine (endpoints have same y coordinate).

HTML file 1 <html> 2 <applet code = "WelcomeLines.class" width = "300" height = "40" > 3 </applet> 4 </html>

3.4 Two More Simple Applets: Drawing Strings and Lines Method drawLine of class Graphics Takes as arguments Graphics object and line’s end points X and y coordinate of first endpoint X and y coordinate of second endpoint

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Next applet Mimics application for adding two integers (Fig 2.9) This time, use floating point numbers (numbers with a decimal point) Using primitive data types Double – double precision floating-point numbers Float – single precision floating-point numbers Show program, then discuss

AdditionApplet.java 1. import 2. Class AdditionApplet ( extends JApplet ) 3. Instance variable 4. init 4.1 Declare variables 4.2 showInputDialog 4.3 parseDouble 1 // Fig. 3.12: AdditionApplet.java 2 // Adding two floating-point numbers. 3 4 // Java core packages 5 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 6 7 // Java extension packages 8 import javax.swing.*; // import package javax.swing 9 10 public class AdditionApplet extends JApplet { 11 double sum; // sum of values entered by user 12 13 // initialize applet by obtaining values from user 14 public void init () 15 { 16 String firstNumber; // first string entered by user 17 String secondNumber; // second string entered by user 18 double number1; // first number to add 19 double number2; // second number to add 20 21 // obtain first number from user 22 firstNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( 23 "Enter first floating-point value" ); 24 25 // obtain second number from user 26 secondNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( 27 "Enter second floating-point value" ); 28 29 // convert numbers from type String to type double 30 number1 = Double.parseDouble( firstNumber ); 31 number2 = Double.parseDouble( secondNumber ); 32 2 // Adding two floating-point numbers 3 import java.awt.Graphics; // import class Graphics 5 6 public class AdditionApplet extends JApplet { 7 double sum; // sum of the values entered by the user 8 9 public void init() 10 { 11 String firstNumber, // first string entered by user 12 secondNumber; // second string entered by user 13 double number1, // first number to add 14 number2; // second number to add 15 16 // read in first number from user 17 firstNumber = 18 JOptionPane.showInputDialog( 19 "Enter first floating-point value" ); 20 21 // read in second number from user 22 secondNumber = 23 JOptionPane.showInputDialog( 24 "Enter second floating-point value" ); 25 26 27 // convert numbers from type String to type double * allows any class in the the package to be used. Instance variable sum may be used anywhere in the class, even in other methods. Data type double can store floating point numbers.

5. Draw applet contents 5.1 Draw a rectangle 5.2 Draw the results HTML file 33 // add numbers 34 sum = number1 + number2; 35 } 36 37 // draw results in a rectangle on applet’s background 38 public void paint( Graphics g ) 39 { 40 // call inherited version of method paint 41 super .paint( g ); 42 43 // draw rectangle starting from (15, 10) that is 270 44 // pixels wide and 20 pixels tall 45 g.drawRect( 15 , 10 , 270 , 20 ); 46 47 // draw results as a String at (25, 25) 48 g.drawString( "The sum is " + sum, 25 , 25 ); 49 50 } // end method paint 51 52 } // end class AdditionApplet 1 <html> 2 <applet code = "WelcomeLines.class" width = "300" height = "40" > 3 </applet> 4 </html> 31 // add the numbers 32 sum = number1 + number2; 33 } 34 35 public void paint( Graphics g ) 36 { 37 // draw the results with g.drawString 38 g.drawRect( 15, 10, 270, 20 ); 39 g.drawString( "The sum is " + sum, 25, 25 ); 40 } 41 } 1 <html> 2 <applet code="AdditionApplet.class" width=300 height=50> 3 </applet> 4 </html> drawRect takes the upper left coordinate, width, and height of the rectangle to draw.

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Lines 1-2: Comments Line 5: import s class Graphics import not needed if use full package and class name public void paint ( java.awt.Graphics g ) Line 8: specify entire javax.swing package * indicates all classes in javax.swing are available Includes JApplet and JOptionPane Use JOptionPane instead of javax.swing.JOptionPane * does not not load all classes Compiler only loads classes it uses 5 import java.awt.Graphics; 8 import javax.swing.*;

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Begin class definition Inherit from JApplet , import ed from package javax.swing Instance variable declaration Each object of class gets own copy of the instance variable Declared in body of class, but not inside methods Variables declared in methods are local variables Can only be used in body of method Instance variables can be used anywhere in class Have default value ( 0.0 in this case) 10 public class AdditionApplet extends JApplet { 11 double sum; // sum of values entered by user

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Primitive data type double Used to store floating point (decimal) numbers Method init Normally initializes instance variables and applet class Guaranteed to be first method called in applet First line must always appear as above Returns nothing ( void ), takes no arguments Begins body of method init 11 double sum; // sum of values entered by user 14 public void init () 15 {

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Declare variables Two types of variables Reference variables (called references) Refer to objects (contain location in memory) Objects defined in a class definition Can contain multiple data and methods paint receives a reference called g to a Graphics object Reference used to call methods on the Graphics object Primitive data types (called variables) Contain one piece of data 16 String firstNumber; // first string entered by user 17 String secondNumber; // second string entered by user 18 double number1; // first number to add 19 double number2; // second number to add

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Distinguishing references and variables If data type is a class name, then reference String is a class firstNumber , secondNumber If data type a primitive type, then variable double is a primitive data type number1 , number2 16 String firstNumber; // first string entered by user 17 String secondNumber; // second string entered by user 18 double number1; // first number to add 19 double number2; // second number to add

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Method JOptionPane.showInputDialog Prompts user for input with string Enter value in text field, click OK If not of correct type, error occurs In Chapter 14 learn how to deal with this Returns string user inputs Assignment statement to string Lines 26-27: As above, assigns input to secondNumber 22 firstNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( 23 "Enter first floating-point value" );

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers static method Double.parseDouble Converts String argument to a double Returns the double value Remember static method syntax ClassName.methodName( arguments ) Assignment statement sum an instance variable, can use anywhere in class Not defined in init but still used 34 sum = number1 + number2; 30 number1 = Double.parseDouble( firstNumber ); 31 number2 = Double.parseDouble( secondNumber );

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Ends method init appletviewer (or browser) calls inherited method start start usually used with multithreading Advanced concept, in Chapter 15 We do not define it, so empty definition in JApplet used Next, method paint called Method drawRect( x1, y1, width, height ) Draw rectangle, upper left corner ( x1, y1 ), specified width and height Line 45 draws rectangle starting at (15, 10) with a width of 270 pixels and a height of 20 pixels 33 } 45 g.drawRect( 15 , 10 , 270 , 20 );

3.5 Another Java Applet: Adding Floating-Point Numbers Sends drawString message (calls method) to Graphics object using reference g "The sum is" + sum - string concatenation sum converted to a string sum can be used, even though not defined in paint Instance variable, can be used anywhere in class Non-local variable 48 g.drawString( "The sum is " + sum, 25 , 25 );

3.6 Viewing Applets in a Web Browser Applets can execute on Java-enabled browsers Many different browser version supporting different Java version specifications Some support for Java 1.0, many for Java 1.1 inconsistently Netscape Navigator 6 supports Java 2 (section 3.6.1) Use Java Plug-in to execute Java 2 applets on other browsers (section 3.6.2)

Fonts By default, strings are drawn using the default font, plain style and default font size. To change the font, style or size, we need to create an object of class java.awt.Font and pass it to the setFont() method of the graphics object used in the paint() method. To create such a Font object, we need to specify the following parameters: The font name. The Style (Font.PLAIN, Font.BOLD, Font.ITALIC, or Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC). The font size. The font name can be the name of any font available on the particular computer (such as: TimesRoman, Courier, Helvetica etc.,) or any of the logical names shown in the table below: A screen font suitable for user input in text fields DialogInput A screen font suitable for labels in dialogs Dialog A font in which all characters have the same width. e.g. Courier Monospaced A font without small segments, e.g. Helvetica SansSerif A font with small segments at the end, e.g. Times New Roman Serif

Fonts (cont’d) Example: The following applet displays the word Applet in large SansSerif font. import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class BigFontApplet extends Applet{ public void paint(Graphics g){ final int SIZE = 48; Color myColor = new Color(0.25F, 0.5F, 0.75F); Font myFont = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, SIZE); g.setColor(myColor); g.setFont(myFont); g.drawString("Applet",5,60); } }

Fonts (cont’d) If an applet will use several fonts , it is good to create the font objects in the init() method: import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class FontExamples extends Applet{ private Font f, fb, fi, fbi; public void init() { setBackground(Color.yellow); f = new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 18); fb = new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 20); fi = new Font("TimesRoman", Font.ITALIC, 18); fbi = new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC, 25); } public void paint(Graphics g){ g.setColor(Color.blue); g.setFont(f); g.drawString("This is TimesRoman plain font", 10, 25); //... } }

Drawing in an Applet import java.applet.Applet; import java.awt.*; // assume that the drawing area is 150 by 150 public class SquareAndRectangle extends Applet { final int areaSide = 150 ; final int width = 100, height = 50; public void paint ( Graphics gr ) { setBackground( Color.green ); gr.setColor( Color.red ); // outline the drawing area gr.drawRect( 0, 0, areaSide-1, areaSide-1 ); // draw interiour rectange. gr.drawRect( areaSide/2 - width/2 , areaSide/2 - height/2, width, height ); } }

Java’s coordinate system Java uses an (x, y) coordinate system (0, 0) is the top left corner (50, 0) is 50 pixels to the right of (0, 0) (0, 20) is 20 pixels down from (0, 0) (w - 1, h - 1) is just inside the bottom right corner, where w is the width of the window and h is its height (0, 0) (0, 20) (50, 0) (50, 20) (w-1, h-1) (50, 0) (0, 0) (0, 20) (50, 20)

Drawing rectangles There are two ways to draw rectangles: g.drawRect( left , top , width , height ); g.fillRect( left , top , width , height );

Drawing strings A String is a sequence of characters enclosed in double quote marks "Hello, World!" A double quote mark in a String must be preceded by a backslash ( \ ) "He said, \"Please don't go!\" " To draw a string, you need to specify not only what you want to say, but where to say it g.drawString( string , left , top ); For example, g.drawString("Example JApplet", 20, 80);

The complete applet import javax.swing.JApplet; import java.awt.*; // CIT 591 example public class Drawing extends JApplet { public void paint(Graphics g) { g.setColor(Color.BLUE); g.fillRect(20, 20, 50, 30); g.setColor(Color.RED); g.fillRect(50, 30, 50, 30); g.setColor(Color.BLACK); g.drawString("Example JApplet", 20, 80); } }

More java.awt.Graphics methods g.drawLine( x1 , y1 , x2 , y2 ); g.drawOval( left , top , width , height ); g.fillOval( left , top , width , height ); g.drawRoundRect( left , top , width , height, arcWidth , arcHeight ); arcWidth , arcHeight define the “roundedness” of corners g.fillRoundRect( left , top , width , height, arcWidth , arcHeight ); g.drawArc( left , top , width , height , startAngle , arcAngle ); Angles are in degrees 0 degrees is the 3 o’clock position Positive angles are to the right g.FillArc( left , top , width , height , startAngle , arcAngle );

Still more Graphics methods g.drawPolygon( xPoints , yPoints , n ); g.fillPolygon( xPoints , yPoints , n ); xPoints and yPoints are int arrays of size n One way to write an int array is: new int[] { value1 , value2 , ..., valueN } Example: g.drawPolygon(new int[] { 250, 290, 210 }, new int[] { 210, 290, 290 }, 3); draws a triangle using the 3 points (250, 210), (290, 290), and (210, 290). g.drawPolyline( xPoints , yPoints , n ); A “polyline” is like a polygon, except the first and last points are not automatically connected Hence, there is no “fillPolyline” method

The HTML page You can only run an applet from an HTML page The HTML looks something like this: <html> <body> <h1>Drawing Applet</h1> <applet code="Drawing.class" width="100" height="150"> </applet> </body> </html> Eclipse will create this HTML for you You don’t even need to think about the HTML just yet

Other useful JApplet methods System.out.println(String s ) Works from appletviewer , not from browsers Automatically opens an output window. showStatus(String s ) displays the String in the applet’s status line. Each call overwrites the previous call. You have to allow time to read the line!

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