Event Driven Programming PowerPoint Presentation

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1 Chapter 14 Event-Driven Programming

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2 Objectives To start with event-driven programming with a simple example (§14.1). To explain the concept of event-driven programming (§14.2). To understand events, event sources, and event classes (§14.2). To declare listener classes and write the code to handle events (§14.3). To register listener objects in the source object (§11.3). To understand how an event is handled (§14.3). To write programs to deal with ActionEvent (§14.3). To write programs to deal with MouseEvent (§14.4). To write programs to deal with KeyEvent (§14.5). To use the Timer class to control animations (§14.6 Optional).

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3 Procedural vs. Event-Driven Programming Procedural programming is executed in procedural order. In event-driven programming, code is executed upon activation of events.

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4 Taste of Event-Driven Programming The example displays a button in the frame. A message is displayed on the console when a button is clicked. SimpleEventDemo Run

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5 Events An event can be defined as a type of signal to the program that something has happened. The event is generated by external user actions such as mouse movements, mouse clicks, and keystrokes, or by the operating system, such as a timer.

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6 Event Classes

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7 Event Information An event object contains whatever properties are pertinent to the event. You can identify the source object of the event using the getSource() instance method in the EventObject class. The subclasses of EventObject deal with special types of events, such as button actions, window events, component events, mouse movements, and keystrokes. Table 14.1 lists external user actions, source objects, and event types generated.

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8 Selected User Actions Source Event Type User Action Object Generated Click a button JButton ActionEvent Click a check box JCheckBox ItemEvent, ActionEvent Click a radio button JRadioButton ItemEvent, ActionEvent Press return on a text field JTextField ActionEvent Select a new item JComboBox ItemEvent, ActionEvent Window opened, closed, etc. Window WindowEvent Mouse pressed, released, etc. Component MouseEvent Key released, pressed, etc. Component KeyEvent

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9 The Delegation Model

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10 Internal Function of a Source Component

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11 The Delegation Model: Example JButton jbt = new JButton("OK"); ActionListener listener = new OKListener(); jbt.addActionListener(listener);

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12 Selected Event Handlers Event Class Listener Interface Listener Methods (Handlers) ActionEvent ActionListener actionPerformed(ActionEvent) ItemEvent ItemListener itemStateChanged(ItemEvent) WindowEvent WindowListener windowClosing(WindowEvent) windowOpened(WindowEvent) windowIconified(WindowEvent) windowDeiconified(WindowEvent) windowClosed(WindowEvent) windowActivated(WindowEvent) windowDeactivated(WindowEvent) ContainerEvent ContainerListener componentAdded(ContainerEvent) componentRemoved(ContainerEvent) MouseEvent MouseListener mousePressed(MouseEvent) mouseReleased(MouseEvent) mouseClicked(MouseEvent) mouseExited(MouseEvent) mouseEntered(MouseEvent) KeyEvent KeyListener keyPressed(KeyEvent) keyReleased(KeyEvent) keyTypeed(KeyEvent)

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13 java.awt.event.ActionEvent

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14 Inner Class Listeners A listener class is designed specifically to create a listener object for a GUI component (e.g., a button). It will not be shared by other applications. So, it is appropriate to define the listener class inside the frame class as an inner class.

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15 Inner Classes Inner class: A class is a member of another class. Advantages: In some applications, you can use an inner class to make programs simple. An inner class can reference the data and methods defined in the outer class in which it nests, so you do not need to pass the reference of the outer class to the constructor of the inner class. ShowInnerClass

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16 Inner Classes, cont.

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17 Inner Classes (cont.) Inner classes can make programs simple and concise. An inner class supports the work of its containing outer class and is compiled into a class named OuterClassName$InnerClassName.class. For example, the inner class InnerClass in OuterClass is compiled into OuterClass$InnerClass.class.

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18 Inner Classes (cont.) An inner class can be declared public, protected, or private subject to the same visibility rules applied to a member of the class. An inner class can be declared static. A static inner class can be accessed using the outer class name. A static inner class cannot access nonstatic members of the outer class

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19 Revising SimpleEventDemo Using Inner Classes SimpleEventDemoInnerClass Run

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20 Anonymous Inner Classes An anonymous inner class must always extend a superclass or implement an interface, but it cannot have an explicit extends or implements clause. An anonymous inner class must implement all the abstract methods in the superclass or in the interface. An anonymous inner class always uses the no-arg constructor from its superclass to create an instance. If an anonymous inner class implements an interface, the constructor is Object(). An anonymous inner class is compiled into a class named OuterClassName$n.class. For example, if the outer class Test has two anonymous inner classes, these two classes are compiled into Test$1.class and Test$2.class.

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21 Anonymous Inner Classes (cont.) Inner class listeners can be shortened using anonymous inner classes. An anonymous inner class is an inner class without a name. It combines declaring an inner class and creating an instance of the class in one step. An anonymous inner class is declared as follows: new SuperClassName/InterfaceName() { // Implement or override methods in superclass or interface // Other methods if necessary }

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22 Revising SimpleEventDemo Using Anonymous Inner Classes SimpleEventDemoAnonymousInnerClass Run

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23 Example: Handling Simple Action Events Objective: Display two buttons OK and Cancel in the window. A message is displayed on the console to indicate which button is clicked, when a button is clicked. TestActionEvent Run

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24 Interaction Between Source and Listener jbtOK registers btListener by invoking addActionListener(btListner). jbtCancel registers btListener by invoking addActionListener(btListner). jbtOK invokes btListener’s actionPerformed method to process an ActionEvnet. jbtCancel invokes btListener’s actionPerformed method to process an ActionEvent.

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25 Example: Handling Window Events TestWindowEvent Run Objective: Demonstrate handling the window events. Any subclass of the Window class can generate the following window events: window opened, closing, closed, activated, deactivated, iconified, and deiconified. This program creates a frame, listens to the window events, and displays a message to indicate the occurring event.

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26 Example: Multiple Listeners for a Single Source TestMultipleListener Run Objective: This example modifies Listing 14.1 to add a new listener for each button. The two buttons OK and Cancel use the frame class as the listener. This example creates a new listener class as an additional listener for the action events on the buttons. When a button is clicked, both listeners respond to the action event.

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27 MouseEvent

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28 Handling Mouse Events Java provides two listener interfaces, MouseListener and MouseMotionListener, to handle mouse events. The MouseListener listens for actions such as when the mouse is pressed, released, entered, exited, or clicked. The MouseMotionListener listens for actions such as dragging or moving the mouse.

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29 Handling Mouse Events

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30 Example: Moving Message Using Mouse Objective: Create a program to display a message in a panel. You can use the mouse to move the message. The message moves as the mouse drags and is always displayed at the mouse point. MoveMessageDemo Run

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31 Example: (Omitted) Handling Complex Mouse Events Objective: Create a program for drawing using a mouse. Draw by dragging with the left mouse button pressed; erase by dragging with the right button pressed. ScribbleDemo Run

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32 Handling Keyboard Events keyPressed(KeyEvent e) Called when a key is pressed. keyReleased(KeyEvent e) Called when a key is released. keyTyped(KeyEvent e) Called when a key is pressed and then released. To process a keyboard event, use the following handlers in the KeyListener interface:

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33 The KeyEvent Class Methods: getKeyChar() method getKeyCode() method Keys: Home VK_HOME End VK_END Page Up VK_PGUP Page Down VK_PGDN etc...

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34 The KeyEvent Class, cont.

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35 Example: Keyboard Events Demo Objective: Display a user-input character. The user can also move the character up, down, left, and right using the arrow keys. KeyEventDemo Run

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36 The Timer Class Some non-GUI components can fire events. The javax.swing.Timer class is a source component that fires an ActionEvent at a predefined rate. Optional The Timer class can be used to control animations. For example, you can use it to display a moving message. AnimationDemo Run

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37 Clock Animation In Chapter 12, you drew a StillClock to show the current time. The clock does not tick after it is displayed. What can you do to make the clock display a new current time every second? The key to making the clock tick is to repaint it every second with a new current time. You can use a timer to control how to repaint the clock. ClockAnimation Run