JAVA GUI PROGRAMMING USING SWING-I

Type A: Very Short Answer Questions

1

What is GUI programming?

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GUI stands for Graphical User Interface. A program's graphical user interface presents an easy-to-use visual display to
the user. It is made up of graphical components (e.g., buttons, labels, windows).

2.

What is Java JFC?

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Swing API is part of a larger family of java products known as Java Foundation Classes (JFC).

How is Swing related to GUI programming?

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The swing toolkit, shipped as part of java SE platform, includes a rich set of graphical components for building GUIs and
adding interactivity to java applications.

What is container component?

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A container component is a special type of component that can hold other components. Some swing containers are
JPanel, JFrame etc.

Name some top level containers.

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JFrame, JDialog, JApplet

Name some special purpose containers.

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JInternalFrame, JLayeredPane, RootPane

What is an event? What is event handler?

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Event is an occurrence of an activity.

Event handler is a method that understands the event and processes it. The event handler method takes the event
object as a parameter.

What is layout manager?

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Layout manager is a way to control arrangement, position and size of visual components on a GUI form.

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Name at least three Event types that can occur during an application run.
1.
Window Events
2.
Action Events
3.
Mouse Events

10

What is default layout manager for a frame and for a panel?

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frame Border Layout and panel Flow Layout

11

What is the default name of action event handler of a button namely TestBin?

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TestBinActionPerformed()is the default name of action event handler of a button namely TestBin.

12

Why are GUI components that you add to your application are termed as objects?

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GUI components which we add to our application is termed as object because all basically are classes and when we
add those component netbeans automatically create object of that respective class.

13

Name some properties of JFrame object.

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title, cursor, iconImage, resizeable, defaultCloseOPeration.

14

Name some properties of JPanel object.

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background, border, foreground, toolTipText, preferredSize.

15

Name some properties of JButton object.

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actionCommand, background, border, font, foreground, icon,text.

16

What property would you set to assign access key to a button?

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mnemonic

17

What does getActionCommand() method do?

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Returns the string set in actionCommand property of the button.

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Which method can programmatically mimic the click action of a push button?

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doClick() method can programmatically mimic the click action of a push button.

Type B: Short Answer Questions

1.
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Discuss briefly about JFC and its constituent APIs.

JFC expands to Java Foundation Classes. JFC is a suit of five libraries designed to assist programmers in creating
enterprise applications.
1.
Swing API
2.
AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit)
3.
Accessibility API
4.
2D API
5.
Drag and Drop API
Differentiate between a container and a component.

container

component

1. Container is a window-like component that can contain A component is an object, like a button or a scroll bar.
other components.
2. Examples of containers are JPanel, JFrame, JApplet.
Examples of components are JLabel, JTextField, JButton.
3
What are various categories of Swing controls? Give examples for each of them.
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Following are the various categories of Swing controls:
1.
Basic Control JButton, JCheckBox, JComboBox, JList, JMenu, JRadioButton, JSlider, JSpinner, JTextField,
JPasswordField.
2.
Interactive Displays JcolorChooser, JEditorPane, JTextPane, JFileChooser, JTable, JTextArea, JTree.
3.
Uneditable Information Displays Jlabel, JProgressBar, JSeparator, JToolTip.
4.
Top-Level Container Japplet, JDialog, JFrame.
5.
General-Purpose Container Jpanel, JScrollPane, JSplitPane, JTabbedPane, JToolBar.
6.
Special-purpose Container JinternalFrame, JLayeredPane, RootPane
4
Write steps to create a GUI application in java.
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1.
Define a container to hold components. Examples of containers are : JFrame, Jpanel, JDialog etc.
2.
Add required GUI components/widgets to the container. Example of GUI components are : JButton, JLabel,
JTextField etc.
3.
Use Layout Manager to determine position and size of components.
4.
Add action to GUI by adding event listeners to GUI components.
5.
Save and test run your GUI application.
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Discuss briefly about different layout managers offered by Swing API.
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Flow Layout: Default layout manager. It lays out the components from left to right
Border Layout: It has five areas for holding components: north, east, west, south and center. When there are only 5
elements to be placed, border layout is the right choice.
Grid Layout: Grid Layout places components in a grid of equally sized cells, adding them to the grid from left to right
and top to bottom.
Card Layout: Different components at different times are laid out. Controlled by a combo box, determining which
panel the Card layout displays.
Box Layout: Box Layout allows multiple components to be arranged either vertically or horizontally, but not both.
Components managed by Box Layout are arranged from left to right or top to bottom in the order they are added to
the container.
Spring Layout: Spring Layout do their job by defining directional relationship or constraints between the edges if
components. Spring Layout is very low level Layout
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Suggest the layouts for the following scenarios.

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A space hungry component is to be added at the centre of the frame.
2.
Components should appear in a row.
3.
Components should appear in rows and columns.
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1.
Border Layout
2.
Flow Layout
3.
Grid Layout
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How does Java handle events?
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Java handles the event by using 3 components - Event Source, Event Handler and Event Listener. When the user clicks
on the event source which can be a button,
1. ActionEvent event is generated.
2. Then the ActionEvent object is created and linked to the listener which is ActionListener for processing.
3. The Listener object contains the actionPerformed() method which is event handler and this event handler processes
the ActionEvent and our code is executed
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Which event listeners would respond to following actions?
1.
User moves the mouse
2.
User presses a key on keyboard
3.
User clicks a button
4.
A component loses focus
5.
Window is closed.
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1. Mouse Listener 2. Key Listener
3. Action Listener 4. Focus Listener 5. Window Listener
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What are top-level containers? What is their significance?
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1. The top level containers are JFrame, JDialog, JApplet.
2. Top level containers and all its child components can be moved, hidden, shown, etc. in a single operation e.g., if
you move a container then its child components also move with it; if you hide a container then all of its child
controls also get hidden.
10
Name component classes for the following GUI components.
1. Text field 2. Text area 3. Label 4. Panel 5. Button
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1. JTextField 2. JTextArea 3. JLabel 4. JPanel 5. JButton
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Write code for both the buttons of following GUI application.

Button2

Button1

Full Form Label

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//Button1
jTextField2.setText("Non-resident Indian");
//Button2
jTextField2.setText("Central Board for Secondary Education");
Write code for event handler of each of the buttons in following application:

Button1

IntialValue

Button2

Increment

Button3

Decrement

Button1
Button2

CalcLabel

Initializes the value of label to 0 (zero)

Increments the value of label by 1 (one)

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Button3 Decrements the value of label by 1 (one)

int i=0;
// Button 1
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
i=0;
jLabel1.setText(Integer.toString(i));
}
//Button 2
private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
i=i+1;
jLabel1.setText(Integer.toString(i));
}
//Button 3
private void jButton3ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
i=i-1;
jLabel1.setText(Integer.toString(i));
}

TYPE C : Practical/Lab Questions

Design a GUI applicaton having an interface as shown below:

Text Area

Label 1
Label 2

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1.
When user clicks on a button, Lable1 lists an image/picture of that tourist place.
2.
The Text Area lists the package details for the selected tourist place.
3.
Label2 shows some interesting information about the selected tourist place.
// Shimla Button
jTextArea1.setText("");
jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Mention You image file name with its path"));
jLabel2.setText("Shimla, is the capital city of the Indian state of Himachal
Pradesh, located in northern India. ");
jTextArea1.append("Package"+'\n');
//Darjeeling Button
jTextArea1.setText("");
jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Mention You image file name with its path"));
jLabel2.setText("Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal.");
jTextArea1.append("Package"+'\n');
//Srinagar Button
jTextArea1.setText("");
jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Mention You image file name with its path"));
jLabel2.setText("Srinagar is the most populous district in the state of Jammu
and Kashmir,Indian Administered Kashmir and is home to the summer capital of

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Jammu and Kashmir.");

jTextArea1.append("Package"+'\n');
// Kodaikanal Button
jTextArea1.setText("");
jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Mention You image file name with its path"));
jLabel2.setText("Kodaikanal is a city in the hills of the taluk division of the
Dindigul district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ");
jTextArea1.append("Package"+'\n');
// Pachmarhi Button
jTextArea1.setText("");
jLabel1.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Mention You image file name with its path"));
jLabel2.setText("Pachmarhi is a hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central
India, also known for the Pachmarhi Cantonment. It is widely known as Satpura ki
Rani, situated at a height of 1100 m in a valley of the Satpura Range in
Hoshangabad district. ");
jTextArea1.append("Package"+'\n');
An institute offers MCA cources of duration 3 years. The interface given below is designed to capture the marks
secured by student in the semester exams. Your help is sought to enhance the interface so that it is able to:
1.
When user clicks the button Total, the total marks and the percentage of marks secured by the student
should be displayed in text txtTotal and txtPercent respectively. (Assume that the marks in each semester are out of
600)

2.
When the user clicks on the button Report, the final repirt should be displayed in the label lblResult in the
following format:
Total marks = ... and Percentage = %
//Total Button
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
int m1=Integer.parseInt(jTextField2.getText());
int m2=Integer.parseInt(jTextField3.getText());
int m3=Integer.parseInt(jTextField4.getText());
int m4=Integer.parseInt(jTextField5.getText());
int m5=Integer.parseInt(jTextField6.getText());
int m6=Integer.parseInt(jTextField7.getText());
int total=m1+m2+m3+m4+m5+m6;
float per=total/36;
jTextField8.setText(Integer.toString(total));
jTextField9.setText(Float.toString(per));
}
//Report Button
private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{

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int total=Integer.parseInt(jTextField8.getText());
float per=Float.parseFloat(jTextField9.getText());
jLabel8.setText("Total marks = "+total+" and Percentage ="+per+"%");
}
Design an application having interface as shown below:

Text area

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When the user clicks Submit button after entering data in textfields, all the entered information should be
appended to text area. Recall that information can be appended to a text area using method:
<textareaname>.append ( info_to_be appended);
// SUBMIT BUTTON
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
{
jTextArea1.append("Name :" + jTextField1.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("House No :" + jTextField2.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("Building :" + jTextField3.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("Street :" + jTextField4.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("City :" + jTextField5.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("State :" + jTextField6.getText() + "\n");
jTextArea1.append("info to be appended" + "\n\n")
}

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