Example Programs - JFC Swing Tutorial, The: A Guide to Constructing GUIs, Second Edition

Example Programs

You can find source files for all of the examples from this chapter on the CD and online:

JavaTutorial/uiswing/learn/example-1dot4/index.html

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/learn/example-1dot4/index.html

The preceding URLs take you to an index that has links to the files required by each example. You can go directly to the entry for a particular example by adding #ExampleName to the URL. Most examples have a "Run" link in the index which executes the example using Java Web Start technology.

Example	Where Described	Notes
HelloWorldSwing	Page 12	Demonstrates the basic code in every Swing program.
SwingApplication	Page 15	Demonstrates setting up buttons and labels, adding components to a container, adding borders, and event handling.
CelsiusConverter	Page 21	Shows event handling and the use of text fields in a simple temperature conversion tool.
CelsiusConverter2	Page 22	Adds color and boldface fonts to an improved temperature conversion tool. Also adds a graphic to the button and sets it as the default button.
LunarPhases	Page 25	Shows how to use images in your application and how to implement combo boxes.
VoteDialog	Page 30	Illustrates the use of dialogs and radio buttons.