Re: gui help

From:
IchBin <weconsul@ptd.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:43:38 -0500
Message-ID:
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porky008 wrote:

IchBin wrote:

porky008 wrote:

I can not figure out how to add a way to get the following program to
display the total value of the inventory or a re-stocking fee. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
class Testing
{
  java.util.List dvds = new java.util.ArrayList();

  JTextField tfTitle = new JTextField(15);
  JTextField tfProductNumber = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfPrice = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfQuantity = new JTextField();
  DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
  JList list = new JList(dlm);
  public void buildGUI()
  {
    JButton btn = new JButton("Add");
    JPanel p1 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JPanel p = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,2));
    p.add(new JLabel("DVD Title: "));
    p.add(tfTitle);
    p.add(new JLabel("Product Number: "));
    p.add(tfProductNumber);
    p.add(new JLabel("Price per Unit: "));
    p.add(tfPrice);
    p.add(new JLabel("Quantity on Hand: "));
    p.add(tfQuantity);
    p1.add(p,BorderLayout.NORTH);
    JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
    p2.add(btn);
    p1.add(p2,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.getContentPane().add(p1,BorderLayout.NORTH);
    JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(list);
    f.getContentPane().add(sp,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.pack();
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
    btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
        dvds.add(new DVD(tfTitle.getText(),tfProductNumber.getText(),
                                Double.parseDouble(tfPrice.getText()),

Integer.parseInt(tfQuantity.getText())));
        setList();
        clearTextFields();
      }
    });
    list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener(){
      public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent lse){
        if(lse.getValueIsAdjusting() == false)
        {
          DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(list.getSelectedIndex());
          tfTitle.setText(dvd.title);
          tfProductNumber.setText(dvd.productNumber);
          tfPrice.setText(""+dvd.price);
          tfQuantity.setText(""+dvd.quantity);
        }
      }
    });
  }
  public void setList()
  {
    dlm.clear();
    for(int x = 0, y = dvds.size(); x < y; x++)
    {
      dlm.addElement((DVD)dvds.get(x));
    }
  }
  public void clearTextFields()
  {
    tfTitle.setText("");
    tfProductNumber.setText("");
    tfPrice.setText("");
    tfQuantity.setText("");
    tfTitle.requestFocusInWindow();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
        new Testing().buildGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}
class DVD
{
  String title;
  String productNumber;
  double price;
  int quantity;
  public DVD(String t,String pn, double p, int q)
  {
    title = t; productNumber = pn; price = p; quantity = q;
  }
  public String toString(){return title;}
}


Just add 2 methods to your DVD class to add it and get that total value.

Example..

In your DVD Class
  - add an class instance field to hold total price value
  - add a getter method say called getTotalPrice() to allow users
retrieve that information.
  - in your DVD method add a call to say a method called
addTotoalPrice() to add to the instance total price field.

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Thanks in Advance... http://ichbin.9999mb.com
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I have been trying for a while now to add a method to the dvd class and
can not seem to get the methods right. Can I get a little more help on
this? Thanks


Sorry, I did not realize you were creating a DVD instance for each record.

I would create one instance of DVD for all of you records. Maintain all
the data (private ArrayList) and functions in that class with getter()
and setter() methods for the data. In the DVD class you should create
private methods to accumulate the data you want. Again give access to
that data with public getters (accessors).

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Hope this helps... http://ichbin.9999mb.com
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______________________________________________________________________
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