Software Design

Introduction to the
Java Programming Language

Material drawn from [JDK99,Sun96,Mitchell99,Mancoridis00]

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 Java Features
• “Write Once, Run Anywhere.”
• Portability is possible because of Java
virtual machine technology:
– Interpreted
– JIT Compilers
• Similar to C++, but “cleaner”:
– No pointers, typedef, preprocessor, structs,
unions, multiple inheritance, goto, operator
overloading, automatic coercions, free.

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 Java Subset for this Course
• We will focus on a subset of the language
that will allow us to develop a distributed
application using CORBA.
• Input and output will be character (terminal)
based.
• For detailed treatment of Java visit:
– http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html

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 Java Virtual Machine
• Java programs run on a Java Virtual
Machine.
• Features:
– Security
– Portability
– Superior dynamic resource management
– Resource location transparency
– Automatic garbage collection

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The Java Environment

Java Source File (*.java)

Java Compiler (javac)

Java Bytecode File (*.class)

Java Virtual Machine (java)

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 Program Organization

JAVA
Source BYTECODE Class
Files (.java) COMPILER Files (.class)
Running
Application JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE
Running
Applet WEB BROWSER

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 Program Organization Standards
• Each class is implemented in its own source file.
• Include one class per file:
– Name of the Java file is the same as the class name.
• Java applications must include a class with a
main method. E.g.,
– public static void main(String args[])

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 Structure of a simple Java
Program
class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
System.out.println(“Hello World!”);
}
}
• Everything must be in a class.
• Java applications (not Applets) must have a
main() routine in one of the classes with the
signature:
– public static void main(String [] args)
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 Compiling and Running
the“Hello World” Program
• Compile:
– javac HelloWorld.java
• Run:
– java HelloWorld
• Output:
– “Hello World”

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 Comments
• Java support 2 commenting styles
– // Line Comments
– /* Block Comments */

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 Data Types
• Basic types:
– byte, boolean, char, short, int, long, float, double.
– New types cannot be created in Java. Must create
a Java class.
• Java arrays are supported as classes. E.g.,
• int[] i = new int[9]
• size of an array i.length

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 Scalar Data Types In Java
<data type> variable_name;
int x;

• Standard Java data types:

– byte 1 byte
– boolean 1 byte
– char 2 byte (Unicode)
– short 2 byte
– int 4 byte
– long 8 byte
– float 4 byte
– double 8 byte

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 Java is Strongly Typed
• Java is a strongly typed language.
• Strong typing reduces many common
programming errors.
• Seems inconvenient to C/C++
programmers.

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 Java is Strongly Typed (Cont’d)
• Assignments must be made to compatible
data types.
• To contrast, in C:
– No difference between int, char, and “boolean”
– Implicit type casts (automatic type promotion)
between many types.

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 Variables
• Variables may be tagged as constants (final
keyword).
• Variables may be initialized at creation time
– final variables must be initialized at creation time
• Objects are variables in Java and must be
dynamically allocated with the new keyword.
– E.g., a = new ClassA();
• Objects are freed by assigning them to null, or when
they go out of scope (automatic garbage collection).
– E.g., a = null;

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 Variables (Cont’d)
int n = 1;
char ch = ‘A’;
String s = “Hello”;
Long L = new Long(100000);
boolean done = false;
final double pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
Employee joe = new Employee();
char [] a = new char[3];
Vector v = new Vector();

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Pointers & References Variables
• Java does not support pointers.
• All variables are passed by value except
objects.
• Java classes either:
– Reference an object (new keyword)
– Alias an object (assign to another object)

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 Expressions
• Java supports many ways to construct
expressions (in precedence order):
– ++,-- Auto increment/decrement
– +,- Unary plus/minus
– *,/ Multiplication/division
– % Modulus
– +,- Addition/subtraction

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Examples of Expressions

int x,y,z;

x = 0;
x++;
y = x + 10;
y = y % 5;
z = 9 / 5;

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 Assignment Operators
• Assignment may be simple
–x=y
• Or fancy with the following operators:
– *=, /=
– %=
– +=, -=
– &= (bitwise AND)
– |= (bitwise OR)
– ^= (bitwise exclusive OR)
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 Examples of
Assignment Operators
int i = 5;

i += 10; // i = 15
i %= 12; // i = 3

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 Conditional Logic
• Conditional logic in Java is performed with the
if statement.
• Unlike C++ a logic expression does not
evaluate to 0 (FALSE) and non-0 (TRUE), it
evaluates to either true or false
• true, false are values of the boolean data
type.
• Building compound conditional statements
– && (And), || (Or), ! (Not), <, >, ==, !=, <=, >=, etc.
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 Example of Conditional Logic
int i = 8;
if ((i >= 0) && (i < 10))
System.out.println(i + “ is between 0 and 9”);
else
System.out.println(i + “ is larger than 9 or less than 0”);

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 Code Blocks
• Java, like many other languages, allows
compound code blocks to be constructed
from simple statements.
• Simply enclose the block of statements
between braces. E.g.,
{
Statement1;
Statement2;
Statement3;
}

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 Looping Constructs
• Java supports three looping constructs:
– while
– do...while
– for

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 Examples of Looping Constructs
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
System.out.println(i);
}
int i = 0;
while(i < 10)
{
System.out.println(i++); //prints i before
} //applying i++
int i = 0;
do
{
System.out.println(i++);
} while(i < 10)

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 Java Exception Handling
• An exception is an object that defines an unusual
or erroneous situation.
• An exception is thrown by a program or a runtime
environment and can be caught and handled
appropriately.
• Java supports user-defined and predefined
exceptions:
– ArithmeticException
– ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
– FileNotFoundException
– InstantiationException
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Java Exception Handling (Cont’d)
• Exception handling allows a programmer to
divide a program into a normal execution
flow and an exception execution flow.
• Separation is a good idea especially since
80% of execution is in 20% of the code
(normal flow).

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Java Exception Handling (Cont’d)
• If an exception is not handled the program
will terminate (abnormally) and produce a
message.
public class DivideBy0 {
public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.println(10 / 0);
}
}

Java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
at DivdeBy0.main(DivdeBy0:3)

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 Try and Catch statements
try {
statement-list1
} catch (exception-class1 variable1) {
statement-list2
} catch (exception-class2 variable2) {
statement-list3
} catch ….

• If an exception is thrown in statement-list1,

control is transferred to the appropriate (with same
exception class) catch handler.
• After executing the statements in the catch clause,
control transfers to the statement after the entire
try statement.
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 Exception Propagation
• If an exception is not caught and handled
where it occurs, it propagates to the calling
method.

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class Demo {
static public void main (String[] args) {
Exception_Scope demo = new Exception_Scope();
System.out.println(“Program beginning”);
demo.L1( );
System.out.println(“Program ending”);
OUTPUT:
}
}
class Exception_Scope { Program beginning
public void L3 ( ) { Level1 beginning
System.out.println(“Level3 beginning”); Level2 beginning
System.out.println(10/0); Level3 beginning
System.out.println(“Level3 ending”); / by zero
}
public void L2 ( ) {
Java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
System.out.println(“Level2 beginning”); at Exception_Scope.L3(Demo.java:18)
L3( ); at Exception_Scope.L2(Demo.java:24)
System.out.println(“Level2 ending”); at Exception_Scope.L1(Demo.java:31)
} at Exception_Demo.main(Demo.java:7)
public void L1 ( ) { Level1 ending
System.out.println(“Level1 beginning”);
Program ending
try { L2 ();
} catch (ArithmeticException problem) {
System.out.println(problem.getMessage( ));
problem.printStackTrace ( );
}
System.out.println(“Level1 ending”);
}
}

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 Throwing an Exception
import java.io.IOException;

public class Demo {

public static void main (String[] args) throws Doh {
Doh problem = new Doh (“Doh!”);
throw problem;
// System.out.println(“Dead code”);
} OUTPUT:
} Doh: Doh!
at Demo.main(Demo.java:4)
class Doh extends IOException {
Doh (String message) {
super(message);
}
}

• The exception is thrown but not caught.

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 Finally clause
• A try statement may have a finally clause.
• The finally clause defines a section of code
that is executed regardless of how the try
block in executed.
try {
statement-list1
} catch (exception-class1 variable1) {
statement-list2
} catch …

} finally {
statement-list3
}

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 I/O
• Java supports a rich set of I/O libraries:
– Network
– File
– Screen (Terminal, Windows, Xterm)
– Screen Layout
– Printer

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 I/O (Cont’d)
• For this course we only need to write to or
read from the terminal screen or file.
• Use:
– System.out.println()
– System.out.print()
• May use ‘+’ to concatenate
int i, j;
i = 1;
j = 7;
System.out.println(“i = “ + i + “ j = “ + j);
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 I/O Example with Reading and
Writing from or to the Screen
import java.io.*;

public class X {
public static void main(String args[])
{
try{
BufferedReader dis = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("Enter x ");
String s = dis.readLine();
double x= Double.valueOf(s.trim()).doubleValue();
// trim removes leading/trailing whitespace and ASCII control chars.
System.out.println("x = " + x);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("ERROR : " + e) ;
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}
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 I/O Example with Reading and
Writing from or to the File
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

// Program that reads from a file with space delimited name-pairs and
// writes to another file the same name-pairs delimited by a tab.
class P
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
BufferedReader reader_d;
int linecount = 0;
Vector moduleNames = new Vector();

try {

reader_d = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(args[0]));

// continued on next page

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 I/O Example with Reading and
Writing from or to the File (Cont’d)
// … continued from previous page.

while (true) {
String line = reader_d.readLine();
if (line == null) {
break;
}

StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(line, " ");

String module1 = tok.nextToken();
String module2 = tok.nextToken();
moduleNames.addElement(module1 + "\t" + module2);

linecount++;
} // end while

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 I/O Example with Reading and
Writing from or to the File (Cont’d)
// … continued from previous page.

catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}

BufferedWriter writer_d;

try {

writer_d = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(args[0] + ".tab"));

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 I/O Example with Reading and
Writing from or to the File (Cont’d)
for(int i = 0; i < moduleNames.size(); i++) {
String modules = (String) moduleNames.elementAt(i);
writer_d.write(modules, 0, modules.length()-1);
writer_d.newLine();
} // end for
writer_d.close();
} // end try
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}

System.out.println("Number of lines: " + linecount);

} // end main
} // end P

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 Classes
• A class can implement an abstract data type
(ADT).
• Classes protect data with functions (methods) that
safely operate on the data.
• Classes are created with the new keyword.
• The new keyword returns a reference to an object
that represents an instance of the class.
• All instances of classes are allocated in a garbage-
collected heap.

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 Classes (Cont’d)
• In Java, everything is a class:
– Classes you write
– Classes supplied by the Java specification
– Classes developed by others
– Java extensions

String s = new String(“This is a test”)

if (s.startsWith(“This”) == true)
System.out.println(“Starts with This”);
else
System.out.println(“Does not start with This”);

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 Classes (Cont’d)
• All classes are derived from a single root
class called Object.
• Every class (except Object) has exactly
one immediate super class.
• Only single inheritance is supported.
Class Dot {
float x, y;
} SAME

class Dot extends Object {

float x, y;
}
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 Casting Classes
• Assume that class B extends class A.
• An instance of B can can be used as an
instance of A (implicit cast, widening).
• An instance of A can be used as an instance
of B (explicit cast, narrowing).
• Casting between instances of sibling classes
in a compile time error.

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 Methods
• Methods are like functions.
• Methods are defined inside of a class
definition.
• Methods are visible to all other methods
defined in the class.
• Methods can be overridden by a subclass.
• Method lookup is done at run-time.
– But lexical scoping on names.

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 Methods (Cont’d)
class Arithmetic
{
int add(int i, int j){
return i + j;
}
int sub(int i, int j){
return i - j;
}
}
…
Arithmetic a = new Arithmetic();
System.out.println(a.add(1,2));
System.out.println(a.sub(5,3));
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 Anatomy of a Method
• Visibility identifier:
– public: Accessible anywhere by anyone.
– private: Accessible only from within the class where
they are declared.
– protected: Accessible only to subclasses, or other
classes in the same package.
– Unspecified: Access is public in the class’s package and
private elsewhere.
• Return type:
– Must specify a data type of the data that the method
returns.
– Use the return keyword.
– Use void if the method does not return any data.

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 Anatomy of a Method (Cont’d)
• Method name
• Argument list:
– List of parameters.
– Each parameter must have a data type.
• Java semantics (IMPORTANT)
– Object references are passed by reference, all
other variables are passed by value.

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 Class (Instance) Variables
• In Java, we can declare variables that are
global to the object.
• Define class variables at the top of the class.
• May be defined as public, private or
protected.

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 Class Variables (Cont’d)
class Add
{
int i; // class variable
int j; // class variable
// scope public in the package, private
// elsewhere.

int add(){
return i + j;
}
}
…
Add a = new Add();
System.out.println(a.add(4,6));
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 Class Variables (Cont’d)
• Class variables are defined for each instance
of the class. Thus, each object gets its own
copy.
• Class variables may be initialized. They are
set to 0 or null otherwise. Local variables
(inside methods) must be initialized before
they can be used.
• May use the static keyword to make a data
element common among all class instances.
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 Class Variables (Cont’d)
class Incrementor Incrementor f1, f2;
{
f1 = new Incrementor();
private static int i = 0;
f2 = new Incrementor();
void incrCount(){ f1.incrCount();
i++; System.out.println(f1.getCount());
} f2.incrCount();
System.out.println(f1.getCount());
int getCount() {
return i;
}
What is the output?
}
What is the output if i is not defined as
static?

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 this and super
• Inside a method, the name this represents
the current object.
• When a method refers to its instance
variables or methods, this is implied.
• The super variable contains a reference
which has the type of the current object’s
super class.

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 Constants
• In C++, constants are defined using const or
#define.
• In Java, it is somewhat more complicated:
– Define a class data element as:
• public final <static> <datatype> <name> = <value>;
– Examples:
• public final static double PI = 3.14;
• public final static int NumStudents = 60;
• Constants may be referenced but not modified.

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 Arrays
• Arrays in Java are objects.
• Arrays must be allocated.
• Arrays are passed by reference.
• Arrays are 0-based.
int [] i = new int[10];
double [] j = new double[50];
String [] s = new String[10];
int a[][] = new int [10][3];
println(a.length); // prints 10
println(a[0].length); // prints 3
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 Arrays (Cont’d)
Object

Array A

int[ ] float[ ] A[ ]

// You can assign an array to an Object

// (implicit upcast)
Object o;
int a[ ] = new int [10];
o = a;

// You can cast an Object to an array

// (explicit downcast)
Object o = new Object();
a = (int [ ]) o;
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 Method Overloading
• In Java, we may create methods with the
same name.
– Parameter lists must be different. Not enough
to have a different return type.
• Allows for the method to be used based on
the called parameters.

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 Method Overloading (Cont’d)
class Adder
{
int add(int i, int j) {
return i + j;
}
double add(double i, double j) {
return i + j;
}
}
…
int i = 4, j = 6; double l = 2.1, m = 3.39;
Adder a = new Adder();
System.out.println(a.add(i, j) + “,” + a.add(l,m));
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 Class Constructors
• Each class may have one or more
constructors.
• A constructor is a “method” (cannot invoke,
does not return anything) that is defined
with the same name as its class.
• A constructor is automatically called when
an object is created using new.
• Constructors are valuable for initialization
of class variables.

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 Class Constructors (Cont’d)
• By default, the super class constructor with
no parameters is invoked.
• If a class declares no constructors, the
compiler generates the following:
Class MyClass extends OtherClass {
MyClass () {
super(); // automatically generated
}
}

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 Class Constructors (Cont’d)
class Batter extends Player {
float slugging;
Batter (float slugging) {
// super is called here
this.slugging = slugging;
}
Batter () {
this((float).450); // does not call super first
}
}

class Pitcher extends Batter {

float era;

Pitcher(float era) {
super((float).300);
this.era = era;
}
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 Packages
• A package is a loose collection of classes.
• Packages are like libraries.
• Packages may be created using the
package keyword.
• Packages are located by the CLASSPATH
environment variable.
• In order to use a package you use the
import keyword.

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 Some Common Java Packages
• java.applet
• java.javax
• java.io
• java.lang
• java.net
• java.util
• java.math
• java.security
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 Importing a Package is
Convenient
import java.io.*;
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream();
or
java.io.DataInputStream dis = new java.io.DataInputStream();

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 The String Class
• Used to create and manipulate strings in
Java.
• Better than a null terminated sequence of
characters.
• Automatically sized (automatic storage
management).

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 The String Class (Cont’d)
• Rich set of functions:
– Concatenation
– Lowercase/Uppercase data conversion
– Sub-strings
– Strip leading and trailing characters
– Length
– Data conversion to/from an array of character
representation

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 The Vector Class
• The vector class may be used as a dynamic
array.
• The vector class can hold any Java object.
import java.util.Vector;
Vector v = new Vector();
v.removeAllElements();
v.addElement(new String(“1”));
v.addElement(new String(“2”));
v.addElement(new String(“3”));
v.addElement(new String(“4”));
for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++)
System.out.println(“Data = “ + v.elementAt(i));
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 Data Conversion Functions
• Java contains a robust set of classes to
convert from one data type to another.
• There is a data encapsulation class for each
scalar type:
– Long for long
– Integer for int
– Float for float
– Double for double
– Boolean for boolean
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 Data Conversion Functions
(Cont’d)
• Typical functionality includes:
– Convert to/from bases
– Convert to/from a string
– Equality checking

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Java Events and GUI Programming

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 Create the Worker
• We start by creating a worker which will
actually do the work
• The example worker is computing all the
multiplications of i and j from 1 to 10

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package Hello;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.Enumeration;

public class claculator {

private int prog;

public claculator() {
prog = 0;
}

public void work()

{
for(int i=1;i<11;i++)
{
for (int j=1;j<11;j++) {
prog = i*j;
notifyListeners(prog, false);
}
}
}
 Creating the Main Program
• The main program will simulate the user
interface that we will create later
• The main program is responsible to start the
worker and receive the results

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package Hello;

public class Hello_main

{

public static void main(String args[])

{
Hello_main hm = new Hello_main();
System.out.println("Start");
hm.workNoThread();
System.out.println("End");
}

public Hello_main() {
}

public void workNoThread()

{
final claculator cc = new claculator();
System.out.println("No Thread");
cc.work();
}
}
 Why Isn’t This Enough
• So far we have a main program that starts a
worker.
• The main program can receive no
information from the worker until the
worker had finished the calculation.
• This situation creates a feeling that the
program is stuck and the user is likely to
restart it.

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 Adding the Event
• The next step is to add an event. The event object
will carry the information from the worker to the
main program.
• The event should be customized to fit your needs.
• Our event includes:
– Progress: let the main program know the progress of the
worker.
– Finished flag: let the main program know when the
worker is done.

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package Hello;

public class IterationEvent {

private int value_;
private boolean finished_;

public IterationEvent(int value, boolean finished) {

value_ = value;
finished_ = finished;
}
public int getValue()
{
return value_;
}
public boolean isFinished()
{
return finished_;
}
}
 Adding the Listener
• Now that we have an event object we can
build an interface of a listener.
• A listerner will be any object that can
receive events.
• The interface should include any function
interface that will be implemented in the
actual listening object.

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package Hello;
public interface IterationListener {
public void nextIteration(IterationEvent e);
}
 The Main Program Revisited
• Now that we have the listener interface we
should change the main program to
implement the interface.
• We need to add the implementation of the
interface and all the functions that we
declared.
Note: don’t try to run the new program before you change the worker as well.

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package Hello; public void nextIteration(IterationEvent e)
public class Hello_main {
implements IterationListener System.out.println("From Main: "+e.getValue());
{
public static void main(String args[]) if (e.isFinished()) {
{ System.out.println("Finished");
Hello_main hm = new Hello_main(); }
System.out.println("Start"); }
hm.workNoThread(); }
System.out.println("End");
}

public Hello_main() {
}

public void workNoThread()

{
final claculator cc = new claculator();
cc.addListener(this);
System.out.println("No Thread");
cc.work();
cc.removeListener(this);
}
 The Worker Revisited
• As you might have noticed there are new functions
that we need to add to the worker object:
– addListener(IterationListener listener)
• Add a new listener to the worker the listener will receive
messages from the worker (you might want more than one).
– removeListener(IterationListener listener)
• Remove a listener from the worker.
– notifyListeners(int value, boolean finished)
• The function that will actually notify the listener

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package Hello;
public void addListener(IterationListener listener)
import java.util.Vector;
{
import java.util.Enumeration;
listeners_.addElement(listener);
}
public class claculator {
private int prog;
public void removeListener(IterationListener listener)
private Vector listeners_ = new Vector();
{
listeners_.removeElement(listener);
public claculator() {
}
prog = 0;
}
private void notifyListeners(int value, boolean finished)
{
public void work()
IterationEvent e = new IterationEvent(value, finished);
{
for (Enumeration listeners = listeners_.elements();
for(int i=1;i<11;i++)
listeners.hasMoreElements(); )
{
{
for (int j=1;j<11;j++) {
IterationListener l = (IterationListener) listeners.nextElement();
prog = i*j;
l.nextIteration(e);
notifyListeners(prog, false);
}
}
}
}
}
notifyListeners(prog, true);
}
 I Am Confused...
• Lets see what are the new things mean:
– addListener(IterationListener listener).
• This function adds a new vector element to the listeners vector (you may have
as many listeners as you wish).
– removeListener(IterationListener listener).
• This function removes a listener from the listeners vector this will free the
listener object once you don’t need it anymore.
– notifyListeners(int value, boolean finished).
• This function is the function that sends the information to the main
program.
• The for loop runs through all the listener elements in the listeners
vector and uses the nextIteration(e) function that is implemented in
the listener it self.
• When the worker call the notifyListeners function the main program
runs the nextIteration(e) function and updates it self.

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 How About Another Listener
• As was said before we can have more than
one listener, lets see how we can do that.
• Remember that the listener needs to
implement the interface and the functions of
that interface.

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package Hello;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.io.*;

public class Printer

implements IterationListener
{
public void nextIteration(IterationEvent e) {
Calendar Now = Calendar.getInstance();
try {
FileWriter fos = new FileWriter("C:\\Ron Projects\\EvensInSwting\\printer.log",true);
fos.write("From Printer - " + Now.getTime() + " Value: "+ e.getValue()+"\n");
//System.out.println("From Printer - " + Now.getTime() + " Value: "+ e.getValue());
if (e.isFinished()) {
fos.write("From Printer - "+Now.getTime()+" Finished\n");
//System.out.println("Finished");
}
fos.close();
} catch (java.io.IOException ex) {
System.out.println("Opps: " + ex);
}
}
}
 The Printer Object
• The printer object is just another listener
that will update a log file for the main
program.
• Notice that this listener should be added
from the main program but is completely in-
depended from the main program
– cc.addListener(new Printer());

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 Threading the Worker
• If you want to thread the worker without
changing it the next code segment that is
part of the main program shows how to
thread the worker from within the main
program.
• We add the function workThread() to the
main program.

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public void workThread()
{
final claculator cc = new claculator();
cc.addListener(this);
cc.addListener(new Printer());
System.out.println("With Thread");
Thread t = new Thread() {
public void run() {
cc.work();
}
};
t.start();
try {
t.join();
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
cc.removeListener(this);
}
 Real Threads
• If you want more information on how to
build a real threaded program visit this
URL:
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 The Output From the Main
Program

As it says the printouts are from the main program

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 The Content of the Log File
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 1
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 2
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 3
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 4
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 5
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 6
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 7
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 8
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 9
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 10
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 11
From Printer - Tue Aug 22 13:18:17 EDT 2000 Value: 12...

The log file was created at the same time as the screen printouts

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 Adding GUI
• Lets see how we can add a nice graphical
user interface to out little example.
• The UI will need to display:
– Start button:
– Progress bar:
– Current value:
– Status bar:

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 Creating Main Frame
• The Main Frame is extending Swing
Jframe.
• We will implement IterationListener again
to get the information from the worker.

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 Main Frame Cont.
• The following code segments show how to
declare the frame:
– Create the content pane
– Create the layout
– Create different fields (buttons, text,
progressbar etc.)

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package Hello; public Hello_Frame1() {

import java.awt.*; contentPane = (JPanel) this.getContentPane();

import java.awt.event.*; contentPane.setLayout(borderLayout1);

import javax.swing.*; this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 300));

import javax.swing.event.*; this.setTitle("Hello GUI");

import java.io.File; statusBar.setOpaque(true);

import javax.swing.UIManager; statusBar.setText("Ready");

jPanel1.setLayout(gridBagLayout1);

public class Hello_Frame1 jLabel1.setText("Click here to start the process:");

extends JFrame implements IterationListener jLabelCurrentValue.setText("Not Running");

{ jButtonRun.setText("Run");

JPanel contentPane; jProgressBar.setValue(0);

JLabel statusBar = new JLabel(); jLabelProgress.setText((String)

BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new (new Integer(jProgressBar.getValue())).toString()+"%");

BorderLayout(); jLabel2.setText("Current Value:");
JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout1 = new
GridBagLayout();
JLabel jLabel1 = new JLabel();
JButton jButtonRun = new JButton();
JLabel jLabelCurrentValue = new JLabel();
JProgressBar jProgressBar = new
JProgressBar(0,100);
JLabel jLabelProgress = new JLabel();
JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
 contentPane.add(statusBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
contentPane.add(jPanel1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
jPanel1.add(jLabel1, new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
jPanel1.add(jButtonRun, new GridBagConstraints(1, 0, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
jPanel1.add(jProgressBar, new GridBagConstraints(0, 1, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
jPanel1.add(jLabelProgress, new GridBagConstraints(1, 1, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
jPanel1.add(jLabel2, new GridBagConstraints(0, 2, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
jPanel1.add(jLabelCurrentValue, new GridBagConstraints(1, 2, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0
,GridBagConstraints.WEST, GridBagConstraints.NONE, new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5), 0, 0));
}
The Main Frame With the
Controls

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 Button Functionality
• We have only one button and we need to
add a listener to it.
• We can add an addActionListener and
implement it later.
• The following code segments show how to
add the listener, create the class and
implement the function.

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 Button Functionality Cont.
• After the declaration of the listener we
implement the actionPerformed function in
a new function:
– jButtonRun_actionPerformed.
• In this function we will run the calculator in
a similar way to the non-GUI way.
• We add the Frame as the listener and
implement how it will listen later.

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jButtonRun.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
jButtonRun_actionPerformed(e);
}
};

void jButtonRun_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
change_status(Color.red, "Working Please wait...");
final claculator cc = new claculator();
final IterationListener listener = this;

//cc.addListener(new Printer());
Thread t = new Thread() {
public void run() {
cc.addListener(listener);
cc.work();
cc.removeListener(listener);
}
};
t.start();
}
 GUI nextIteration
Implementation
• The new function will need to update the
GUI with the status of the worker:
– Change the status bar to a working mode.
– Update:
• Current value field.
• Status Bar.
• Complete percentage.
– When done open the ‘Done’ dialog box and
reset everything to the starting state.

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public void nextIteration(IterationEvent e)
{
//System.out.println(e.getProgress());
jProgressBar.setValue(e.getProgress());
jLabelProgress.setText((String) (new Integer(jProgressBar.getValue())).toString()+"%");
jLabelCurrentValue.setText((String) (new Integer(e.getValue()).toString() ));

if (e.isFinished()) {
change_status(Color.getColor("204,204,204"), "Ready");
//Start the finished dialogBox
Hello_FrameAbout dlg = new Hello_FrameAbout(this);
Dimension dlgSize = dlg.getPreferredSize();
Dimension frmSize = getSize();
Point loc = getLocation();
dlg.setLocation((frmSize.width - dlgSize.width) / 2 + loc.x, (frmSize.height - dlgSize.height) / 2 + loc.y);
dlg.setModal(true);
dlg.show();
jProgressBar.setValue(0);
jLabelProgress.setText("0%");
jLabelCurrentValue.setText("Not Running");
}
}
 Summary
• I hope you gained some knowledge of how to
create and manage Swing applications and events.
• Source code the complete example as well as the
compiled version is available to download.
• Usage:
– Java –classpath Hello.jar Hello.Hello_main filename
– Java –classpath Hello.jar Hello.Hello_GUI

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 References
• [Mitchell99] B. S. Mitchell class lecture
notes.
• [Sun96] The Java Language Tutorial, Sun
Microsystems.
• [JDK99] The Online Java Tutorial
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