I need help with this creating a UI class which implements a JFrame. You can implement any type of layout for the components. The UI will implement a counter that will start at zero and will be implemented every second by a second thread that is spawned by the UI application. The counter should be shown as a label on the UI application. Create a button that will allow the UI thread to pause the second thread if it is running and start the thread if it has been paused. The button will act as a toggle. This design shows how you can create background tasks that will not interfere with the UI thread. The UI will maintain control over the thread that it spawns.
After hours and hours of confusing myself beyond belief this is what I have:
its horrible and pathetic I know please help
Code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class MyGui {
private static int counter = 0;
public static void main(String[] args) {
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask(){
public void run() {
counter++;
System.out.println(counter);
}
}, new Date(), 1000);
}
//public class TimePrinter extends MyGui {
JLabel l1,l2;
JTextField tf1,tf2;
JButton b1,b2;
//public static void main(String[] args) {
public void MyThread(){
final JFrame jf=new JFrame();
jf.setTitle("My frame");
jf.setSize(500,300);
final JLabel l1=new JLabel("Counter");
final JLabel l2=new JLabel("label 2");
final JTextField tf1=new JTextField(10);
final JTextField tf2=new JTextField(5);
final JButton b1=new JButton("Please");
final JButton b2=new JButton("Resume");
tf1.setText("i am a text field");
tf2.setText("i am a text field and can not be changed");
tf2.setEditable(false);
final Container pane=jf.getContentPane();
pane.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2) );
pane.add(l1);
pane.add(tf1);
pane.add(l2);
pane.add(tf2);
pane.add(b1);
pane.add(b2);
jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(jf.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jf.setVisible(true);
}
public void init(){
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
TextField clockField = new TextField();
add(clockField,"Center");
// Create the thread.
Thread clockThread = new Thread();
clockThread.start();
}
private void add(TextField clockField, String string) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
private void setLayout(BorderLayout borderLayout) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// TODO, add your application code
//MyThread thread = new MyThread();
//thread.start();{
//while (true) {
// Do work
// Pause the thread
// synchronized (thread) {
// thread.pleaseWait = true;
// }
// Do work
// Resume the thread
// synchronized (thread) {
// thread.pleaseWait = false;
// thread.notify();
}
// Do work
}
class MyThread extends Thread {
boolean pleaseWait = false;
// This method is called when the thread runs
public void Go() {
while (true) {
// Do work
// Check if should wait
synchronized (this) {
while (pleaseWait) {
try {
wait();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
// Do work
}
}{
}
//new MyGUI();
public void MyThread(){
final JFrame jf=new JFrame();
jf.setTitle("My frame");
jf.setSize(500,300);
final JLabel l1=new JLabel("Counter");
final JLabel l2=new JLabel("label 2");
final JTextField tf1=new JTextField(10);
final JTextField tf2=new JTextField(5);
final JButton b1=new JButton("Pause");
final JButton b2=new JButton("Resume");
tf1.setText("i am a text field");
tf2.setText("i am a text field and can not be changed");
tf2.setEditable(false);
final Container pane=jf.getContentPane();
pane.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2) );
pane.add(l1);
pane.add(tf1);
pane.add(l2);
pane.add(tf2);
pane.add(b1);
pane.add(b2);
jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(jf.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jf.setVisible(true);
}
public void init(){
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
TextField clockField = new TextField();
add(clockField,"Center");
// Create the thread.
Thread clockThread = new Thread();
clockThread.start();
}
private void add(TextField clockField, String string) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
private void setLayout(BorderLayout borderLayout) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
//public void stop(){
public void destroy(){
boolean running = false;
Object clockThread = null;
}
public void run(){
boolean running;
while (running == true) {
Object cal = Calendar.getInstance();
String time = ((Calendar) cal).get(Calendar.MINUTE)+" : "+((Calendar) cal).get(Calendar.SECOND)+" : "+((Calendar) cal).get(Calendar.MILLISECOND);
AbstractButton clockField;
clockField.setText(time);
try {
Thread clockThread;
// Wait 500milliseconds before continuing
clockThread.sleep(100);
}
catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
{;
// Create and start the thread
MyThread thread = new MyThread();
thread.start();
while (true) {
// Do work
// Pause the thread
synchronized (thread) {
thread.pleaseWait = true;
}
// Do work
// Resume the thread
synchronized (thread) {
thread.pleaseWait = false;
thread.notify();
}
// Do work
}
class MyThread extends MyGui {
boolean pleaseWait = false;
// This method is called when the thread runs
public void run() {
while (true) {
// Do work
// Check if should wait
synchronized (this) {
while (pleaseWait) {
try {
wait();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
// Do work
}
}
}}}
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