How to work with a swing with several classes

Question

I just want to learn something about swing 1) How to use the MVC model in a swing? 2) Say that I have a main window, and I need to make the menu as a separate class, the entire component as a separate class and which will be the best method for integrating it.

Answer 1

OK, this is called an answer with overkill, so sorry for that, but here is a quick example that I whipped that tries to use a simple MVC template to do the trivial thing: click a button and change the text in the JTextField. This is unnecessary because you can do the same in just a few lines of code, but it illustrates some MVCs in separate files and how the model manages the state. Please ask questions if something is misleading!

The main class that unites everything and starts work:

import javax.swing.*;

public class SwingMvcTest {
   private static void createAndShowUI() {

      // create the model/view/control and connect them together
      MvcModel model = new MvcModel();
      MvcView view = new MvcView(model);
      MvcControl control = new MvcControl(model);
      view.setGuiControl(control);

      // EDIT: added menu capability
      McvMenu menu = new McvMenu(control);

      // create the GUI to display the view
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("MVC");
      frame.getContentPane().add(view.getMainPanel()); // add view here
      frame.setJMenuBar(menu.getMenuBar()); // edit: added menu capability
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.pack();
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }

   // call Swing code in a thread-safe manner per the tutorials
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
            createAndShowUI();
         }
      });
   }
}

Presentation Class:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MvcView {
   private MvcControl control;
   private JTextField stateField = new JTextField(10);
   private JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel(); // holds the main GUI and its components

   public MvcView(MvcModel model) {
      // add a property change listener to the model to listen and 
      // respond to changes in the model state
      model.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() {
         public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
            // if the state change is the one we're interested in...
            if (evt.getPropertyName().equals(MvcModel.STATE_PROP_NAME)) {
               stateField.setText(evt.getNewValue().toString()); // show it in the GUI
            }
         }
      });
      JButton startButton = new JButton("Start");
      startButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         // all the buttons do is call methods of the control
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            if (control != null) {
               control.startButtonActionPerformed(e); // e.g., here
            }
         }
      });
      JButton endButton = new JButton("End");
      endButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            if (control != null) {
               control.endButtonActionPerformed(e); // e.g., and here
            }
         }
      });

      // make our GUI pretty
      int gap = 10;
      JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 0, gap, 0));
      buttonPanel.add(startButton);
      buttonPanel.add(endButton);

      JPanel statePanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 0, 0));
      statePanel.add(new JLabel("State:"));
      statePanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(gap));
      statePanel.add(stateField);

      mainPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(gap, gap, gap, gap));
      mainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout(gap, gap));
      mainPanel.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      mainPanel.add(statePanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
   }

   // set the control for this view
   public void setGuiControl(MvcControl control) {
      this.control = control;
   }

   // get the main gui and its components for display
   public JComponent getMainPanel() {
      return mainPanel;
   }

}

Control:

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class MvcControl {
   private MvcModel model;

   public MvcControl(MvcModel model) {
      this.model = model;
   }

   // all this simplistic control does is change the state of the model, that it
   public void startButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
      model.setState(State.START);
   }

   public void endButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
      model.setState(State.END);
   }
}

The model uses the PropertyChangeSupport object, which allows other objects (in this View situation) to listen for state changes. Thus, the model is actually our “observable”, while the view is “observer”

import java.beans.*;

public class MvcModel {
   public static final String STATE_PROP_NAME = "State";
   private PropertyChangeSupport pcSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
   private State state = State.NO_STATE;

   public void setState(State state) {
      State oldState = this.state;
      this.state = state;
      // notify all listeners that the state property has changed
      pcSupport.firePropertyChange(STATE_PROP_NAME, oldState, state);
   }

   public State getState() {
      return state;
   }

   public String getStateText() {
      return state.getText();
   }

   // allow addition of listeners or observers
   public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
      pcSupport.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
   }

}

enum, State, :

public enum State {
   NO_STATE("No State"), START("Start"), END("End");
   private String text;

   private State(String text) {
      this.text = text;
   }

   @Override
   public String toString() {
      return text;
   }

   public String getText() {
      return text;
   }
}

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import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.*;

public class McvMenu {
   private JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
   private MvcControl control;

   @SuppressWarnings("serial")
   public McvMenu(MvcControl cntrl) {
      this.control = cntrl;

      JMenu menu = new JMenu("Change State");
      menu.add(new JMenuItem(new AbstractAction("Start") {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
            if (control != null) {
               control.startButtonActionPerformed(ae);
            }
         }
      }));
      menu.add(new JMenuItem(new AbstractAction("End") {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
            if (control != null) {
               control.endButtonActionPerformed(ae);
            }
         }
      }));

      menuBar.add(menu);
   }

   public JMenuBar getMenuBar() {
      return menuBar;
   }
}

, , ! Rover Goldberg .

Answer 2

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