I have JComboBox based on ArrayList:
private ArrayList<String> klienci = new ArrayList<String>();
private JComboBox klienciLista;
and I add it in constructor:
klienciLista = new JComboBox(klienci.toArray());
klienciLista.setPrototypeDisplayValue("#############################");
panel.add(klienciLista); //JPanel panel
At the start List is empty. Client gets via socket new ArrayList in thread:
public void run() {
try {
host = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
socket = new Socket(host, SERVER_PORT);
input = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
output = new ObjectOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
output.writeObject(nazwa);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(e);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Polaczenie sieciowe dla klienta nie moze byc utworzone");
setVisible(false);
dispose(); // zwolnienie zasobów graficznych
// okno graficzne nie zostanie utworzone
return;
}
try {
while (true) {
container = new Object[2];
container = (Object[]) input.readObject();
String m = (String) container[0];
setKlienci((ArrayList<String>) container[1]);
klienciLista = new JComboBox(klienci.toArray());
String pom = textArea.getText();
textArea.setText(pom + ">>> " + m + "\n");
klienciLista.revalidate();
panel.revalidate();
panel.repaint();
if (m.equals("exit")) {
input.close();
output.close();
socket.close();
setVisible(false);
dispose();
break;
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Polaczenie sieciowe dla klienta zostalo przerwane");
setVisible(false);
dispose();
}
}
What I want to do is that my JComboBox klienciLista fill with new ArrayList of available clients, but that does not happen. After connecting, the server sends arrayList and client updates it but doesn't update ComboBox. Why is this?
It's because you keep creating a new JComboBox in your loop, instead of updating the existing one.
Instead of
while(true){
...
klienciLista = new JComboBox(klienci.toArray());
...
}
do:
while(true){
...
klienciLista.removeAllItems();
for(String s:klienci){
klienciLista.addItem(s);
}
...
}
or, preferably, use a model:
klienciLista.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(klienci.toArray()));
This is because you are creating a new JComboBox instead of updating the one on the GUI.
Look at the addItem() method on the JComboBox: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JComboBox.html
First, you should create you JComboBox from a ComboBoxModel. Second, you shouldn't be calling new JComboBox inside the loop.
Because when you do
klienciLista = new JComboBox(klienci.toArray());
you are creating a new JComboBox and referencing it through that variable, but the original JComboBox still exists in the GUI. You have done nothing to change the JComboBox that is currently displayed.
Clear and update your list not your comboBox.
Related
Basically, I click a JButton (unipedal) and it pops up with a JOptionPane with a few JTextFields. I want to take the String inputs of these JTextFields and:
Check to make sure the string values are in a HashMap I have of type (posTasks.taskType), which they should be
Then create a new UNIPEDALImpl object with those Strings as parameters
Use the Strings as keys to another HashMap of type (jLabelsHM) to hide the JLabel if the key of this HashMap returns true when used as a key in posTasks.completedTasks.
I am getting several errors and I can't figure out why.
unipedal.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
#SuppressWarnings("null")
#Override
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
String robotName = null;
String firstTask = null;
String secondTask = null;
String thirdTask = null;
String fourthTask = null;
String fifthTask = null;
JPanel inputBox = new JPanel();
inputBox.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 2, 3, 4));
JTextField name = new JTextField(15);
JTextField task1 = new JTextField(15);
JTextField task2 = new JTextField(15);
JTextField task3 = new JTextField(15);
JTextField task4 = new JTextField(15);
JTextField task5 = new JTextField(15);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Robot's Name:"));
inputBox.add(name);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Task 1:"));
inputBox.add(task1);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Task 2:"));
inputBox.add(task2);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Task 3:"));
inputBox.add(task3);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Task 4:"));
inputBox.add(task4);
inputBox.add(new JLabel("Task 5:"));
inputBox.add(task5);
int option = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(middle,inputBox,
"Please fill all the fields", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
if (option == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
robotName.equals(name.getText());
firstTask.equals(task1.getText());
secondTask.equals(task2.getText());
thirdTask.equals(task3.getText());
fourthTask.equals(task4.getText());
fifthTask.equals(task5.getText());
if (!posTasks.taskType.containsKey(firstTask)||!posTasks.taskType.containsKey(secondTask)||!posTasks.taskType.containsKey(thirdTask)||!posTasks.taskType.containsKey(fourthTask)||!posTasks.taskType.containsKey(fifthTask)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("One or more of the tasks you have requested are invalid. Please choose tasks from the list provided and check your spelling!");
}
try {
UNIPEDALImpl unipedal = new UNIPEDALImpl(firstTask, secondTask, thirdTask, fourthTask,
fifthTask);
LinkedList<String>tasksList = new LinkedList <String>();
tasksList.add(firstTask);
tasksList.add(secondTask);
tasksList.add(thirdTask);
tasksList.add(fourthTask);
tasksList.add(fifthTask);
for (String task : tasksList) {
if (posTasks.completedTasks.get(task) == true) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(task + "has already been completed. Please choose a different task or use 'refresh' if you want the task to be completed again");
}
unipedal.time += unipedal.taskTimes.get(task);
posTasks.completedTasks.put(task, true);
unipedal.tasksList.remove(task);
unipedal.taskCounter++;
}
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SecurityException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
for (Entry<String, JLabel> entry : jLabelsHM.entrySet()) {
if(posTasks.completedTasks.get(entry.getKey()) == true) {
jLabelsHM.get(entry.getKey()).setVisible(false);
}
}
}
}
});
First of all we don't have UNIPEDALImpl class here, so with a black-box view, I can not tell you if there is an error within that part.
About the problems in your code. first it seems that you want to fill your variable with equals method which is wrong, you need to use = sign.
equals methos is for comparing two objects not assigning variables.
robotName = name.getText();
firstTask = task1.getText();
secondTask = task2.getText();
thirdTask = task3.getText();
fourthTask = task4.getText();
fifthTask = task5.getText();
then you move from there.
I am trying to write a server application in java and creating a vector v1 to store all the sockets that hit the server.
Next i made an arraylist where i stored all my Client sockets as objects and then created a JCheckBox array where I loop it to add checkbox to the JPanel controlpanel which was initiated in the class contructor but something seems to be going wrong and i can't see any checkbox.
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
class server extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
JTextArea t1;
PrintWriter pw;
JButton b1, b2;
static Vector v1 = new Vector();
static ArrayList checks = new ArrayList();
static JPanel controlpanel;
server() {
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
t1 = new JTextArea();
add(t1);
b1 = new JButton("Send to All");
b2 = new JButton("Send");
//b1.addActionListener(this);
//b2.addActionListener(this);
add(b2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(b1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
b1.addActionListener(this);
b2.addActionListener(this);
controlpanel = new JPanel();
controlpanel.setVisible(true);
add(controlpanel);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
String m = t1.getText();
if (ae.getSource() == b1) {
try {
Iterator t2 = v1.iterator();
while (t2.hasNext()) {
Socket s = (Socket) t2.next();
pw = new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream(), true);
pw.println(m);
pw.flush();
System.out.println("send" + m);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
if (ae.getSource() == b2) {
try {
Iterator itr = checks.iterator();
while (itr.hasNext()) {
Socket schecked = (Socket) itr.next();
pw = new PrintWriter(schecked.getOutputStream(), true);
pw.println(m);
pw.flush();
System.out.println("sent " + m);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
t1.setText("");
}
public static void main(String z[]) {
try {
new server().setVisible(true);
ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket(2000);
while (true) {
System.out.println("waiting...");
Socket c = s.accept();
// System.out.print(c);
v1.add(c);
for (int i = 0; i < v1.size(); i++) {
checks.add(v1.get(i));
// checks[i].setText()=v1[i];
}
JCheckBox checkbox[] = new JCheckBox[checks.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < checks.size(); i++) {
// Object o=checks.get(i);
checkbox[i] = new JCheckBox();
// checkbox[i].setText()=checks.get(i).name;
controlpanel.add(checkbox[i]);
checkbox[i].setSelected(true);
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
As you are adding UI elements after the JFrame has been made visible, you need to call revalidate() on the panel. Also you should never add directly from a thread which is not the Event Dispatch Thread. Finally, it appears every time a new client connects, you're going to re-add all the checkbox you already have added, plus one (i.e. when the first client connects you will have 1 checkbox, when the second connects you'll have 1 + 2 = 3, when the third connects you'll have 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, etc.).
I strongly suggests you mentally run through your code, instruction by instruction, to see what happens. Alternatively, if you're using a decent IDE, you can step through the code in the debugger and inspect the content of controlPanel. If you're not using an IDE... you should.
I don't quite understand what you need check[] and v1[] for but assuming that you do need them, instead of maintaining three arrays you can define a class containing a variable for a check, one for a v1, and one for a checkbox, and maintain a single array of instances of such objects.
I wanted to make a chat server client with GUI. Any new messages will be added as a JPanel. Initially messages added to my JScrollPanel is updating smoothly. However when i implemented the server and client to work with the GUI, the first few new messages added are never updated. Messages will only be updated to the JScrollPanel after the third add onward. Some times the adding of components ended prematurely. The client implements runnable so any new messages will be updated to the JScrollPanel via a Thread.
It seems like the GUI did not fully initialise.
this is the Client code
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Thread(new MessageClient("htf0001")).start();
MessageGUI dialog = new MessageGUI(collaID);
}
#Override
public void run() {
//loop read from server
// The default port.
int portNumber = 50000;
// The default host.
String host = "localhost";//"54.169.62.79";
/*
* Open a socket on a given host and port. Open input and output streams.
*/
try {
clientSocket = new Socket(host, portNumber);
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
oos.flush();
ois = new ObjectInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream());
Staff staff = new Staff();
sendToServer(staff.connectToMessageServer(collaID));
sendToServer(staff.getMessageLog(collaID));
while(!close){
ArrayList<String> input = new ArrayList<String>();
Object o = ois.readObject();
input = (ArrayList<String>) o;
if(input.get(0).compareTo("end")!=0){
for(int i=0;i<input.size();i=i+5){
MessageGUI.addMessage(input.get(i),input.get(i+1), input.get(i+2),
input.get(i+3),input.get(i+4));
}
}
else close = true;
}
oos.close();
ois.close();
clientSocket.close();
}
catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,uhe.getMessage());
}
catch (IOException ioe) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,ioe.getMessage());
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,ex.getMessage());
}
}
this is the GUI code part that add in the component
public static void addMessage(String date, String firstName, String lastName,
String message, String time){
String newUser = firstName + " " + lastName;
if(recentDate.compareTo(date)!=0){
JLabel newDate = new JLabel(date);
newDate.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
addComponent(newDate,nextLine,0,3,1);
recentDate = date;
nextLine++;
}
if(recentUser.compareTo(newUser)==0 && recentTime.compareTo(time)==0){
recentJTextArea.append("\n\n"+message);
}
else{
if(recentUser.compareTo(newUser)==0) newUser = recentUser;
JTextArea temp = new JTextArea();
temp.setFocusable(false);
temp.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(newUser));
temp.setLineWrap(true);
temp.setWrapStyleWord(true);
temp.setEditable(false);
temp.setText(message);
recentJTextArea = temp;
recentUser = newUser;
JLabel newTime = new JLabel(time);
newTime.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
recentTime = time;
addComponent(temp,nextLine,0,2,1);
nextLine = nextLine + 1;
addComponent(newTime,nextLine,1,1,1);
nextLine = nextLine + 1;
}
invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
ChatLogJScrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setValue(ChatLogJScrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getMaximum());
}
});
}
Seems like you are updating (ie adding the chat text) to your text areas on a thread that is not the GUI thread. Instead, you should call
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
temp.setText(message);
temp.repaint();
});
I've found the solution. I need to validate the JPanel in my JScrollPanel.
JPanel container
JScrollPanel(container)
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
container.validate();
});
What is the best way to handle key presses in Java? I was trying to set up my KeyListener code but then I saw online KeyBinding is what should be used but after reading
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html
and not being able to find any tutorials online I am even more confused.
Here is what i have been trying:
frame = new JFrame("Jay's Game Title");
Container panel = (JPanel)frame.getContentPane();
...
panel.setFocusable(true);
panel.requestFocus();
panel.addKeyListener(this);//TODO:fix me please, this is not working
frame.setSize(1024, 768);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setFocusable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
but to no avail. Any help is much appreciated and in the meantime I will continue to look over others' posts and pull more of my hair out.
note: my code for my buttons work just great, and I would love to have my keypresses handled in another keypresses.java file or something to keep it organized
package com.jayavon.game.client;
/****************************************************************
* Author : ***REMOVED***
* Start Date : 09/04/2011
* Last Update : 10/04/2011
*
* Description
* This is the video game application
* This application is used to sending and receiving the messages
* and all of the game data(soon, hopefully :p).
*
* Remarks
* Before running the client application make sure the server is
* running.
******************************************************************/
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
public class MyClient extends JFrame implements ActionListener, KeyListener{
JFrame frame;
JTextField chatBoxTxt;
JButton sendButton, exitButton, onlineButton, backpackButton, characterButton, helpButton, optionsButton, questsButton, skillsButton;
JInternalFrame skillsFrame, onlineFrame;
DefaultListModel modelChatList;
JList listForChat;
JScrollPane chatScrollPane;
DefaultListModel modelUserList;
JList listForUsers;
JScrollPane userListScrollPane;
String name, password;
Socket s, s1, s2;
DataInputStream messageIn;
DataOutputStream messageOut;
DataInputStream userNameIn;
DataOutputStream userNameOut;
DataOutputStream userLogOut;
MyClient(String name, String password) throws IOException{
this.name = name;
initGUI();
s = new Socket("localhost",1004); //creates a socket object
s1 = new Socket("localhost",1004);
s2 = new Socket("localhost",1004);
//create input-stream for a particular socket
messageIn = new DataInputStream(s.getInputStream());
//create output-stream
messageOut = new DataOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
//sending a message for login
messageOut.writeUTF(name + " has joined the game.");
userLogOut = new DataOutputStream(s1.getOutputStream());
userNameOut = new DataOutputStream(s2.getOutputStream());
userNameIn = new DataInputStream(s2.getInputStream());
//creating a thread for maintaining the list of user name
MyUserNameReciever userNameReciever = new MyUserNameReciever(userNameOut, modelUserList, name, userNameIn);
Thread userNameRecieverThread = new Thread(userNameReciever);
userNameRecieverThread.start();
//creating a thread for receiving a messages
MyMessageReciever messageReciever = new MyMessageReciever(messageIn, modelChatList);
Thread messageRecieverThread = new Thread(messageReciever);
messageRecieverThread.start();
}
public void initGUI(){
frame = new JFrame("Jay's Game Title");
Container panel = (JPanel)frame.getContentPane();
chatBoxTxt = new JTextField();
panel.add(chatBoxTxt);
chatBoxTxt.setBounds(5,605,650,30);
chatBoxTxt.setVisible(false);
sendButton = new JButton("Send");
sendButton.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(sendButton);
sendButton.setBounds(260,180,90,30);
modelChatList = new DefaultListModel();
listForChat = new JList(modelChatList);
chatScrollPane = new JScrollPane(listForChat);
panel.add(chatScrollPane);
chatScrollPane.setBounds(5,640,650,80);
modelUserList = new DefaultListModel();
listForUsers = new JList(modelUserList);
userListScrollPane = new JScrollPane(listForUsers);
userListScrollPane.setSize(100,250);
userListScrollPane.setVisible(false);
backpackButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_backpack.png"));
backpackButton.addActionListener(this);
backpackButton.setBounds(660,686,33,33);
backpackButton.setBorderPainted(false);backpackButton.setFocusPainted(false);
backpackButton.setToolTipText("Backpack[B]");
panel.add(backpackButton);
characterButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_character.png"));
characterButton.addActionListener(this);
characterButton.setBounds(695,686,33,33);
characterButton.setBorderPainted(false);characterButton.setFocusPainted(false);
characterButton.setToolTipText("Character[C]");
panel.add(characterButton);
skillsButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_skills.png"));
skillsButton.addActionListener(this);
skillsButton.setBounds(730,686,33,33);
skillsButton.setBorderPainted(false);skillsButton.setFocusPainted(false);
skillsButton.setToolTipText("Skills[V]");
panel.add(skillsButton);
questsButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_quests.png"));
questsButton.addActionListener(this);
questsButton.setBounds(765,686,33,33);
questsButton.setBorderPainted(false);questsButton.setFocusPainted(false);
questsButton.setToolTipText("Quests[N]");
panel.add(questsButton);
onlineButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_online.png"));
onlineButton.addActionListener(this);
onlineButton.setBounds(800,686,33,33);
onlineButton.setBorderPainted(false);onlineButton.setFocusPainted(false);
onlineButton.setToolTipText("Online List[U]");
panel.add(onlineButton);
helpButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_help.png"));
helpButton.addActionListener(this);
helpButton.setBounds(835,686,33,33);
helpButton.setBorderPainted(false);helpButton.setFocusPainted(false);
helpButton.setToolTipText("Help[I]");
panel.add(helpButton);
optionsButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_options.png"));
optionsButton.addActionListener(this);
optionsButton.setBounds(870,686,33,33);
optionsButton.setBorderPainted(false);optionsButton.setFocusPainted(false);
optionsButton.setToolTipText("Options[O]");
panel.add(optionsButton);
exitButton = new JButton(new ImageIcon("images/gui/button_exit.png"));
exitButton.addActionListener(this);
exitButton.setBounds(905,686,33,33);
exitButton.setBorderPainted(false);exitButton.setFocusPainted(false);
exitButton.setToolTipText("Exit[none]");
panel.add(exitButton);
skillsFrame = new JInternalFrame("Skills", true, true, false, false);
skillsFrame.setBounds(600, 10, 400, 500);
skillsFrame.setVisible(false);
panel.add(skillsFrame);
onlineFrame = new JInternalFrame("Users", true, true, false, false);
onlineFrame.setContentPane(userListScrollPane);
onlineFrame.setBounds(850, 10, 150, 300);
onlineFrame.setVisible(false);
panel.add(onlineFrame);
panel.setLayout(null);
panel.setFocusable(true);
panel.requestFocus();
panel.addKeyListener(this);//TODO:fix me please, this is not working
frame.setSize(1024, 768);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setFocusable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
// sending the messages
if(e.getSource() == sendButton && chatBoxTxt.isVisible() == false){
chatBoxTxt.setVisible(true);
chatBoxTxt.requestFocus(true);
} else if (e.getSource() == sendButton && chatBoxTxt.isVisible() == true){
String str = "";
str = chatBoxTxt.getText();
if (str != ""){
str = name + ": > " + str;
try{
messageOut.writeUTF(str);
System.out.println(str);
messageOut.flush();
}catch(IOException ae)
{System.out.println(ae);}
}
//and hide chatBoxTxt
chatBoxTxt.setText("");
chatBoxTxt.setVisible(false);
}
// show user list
if (e.getSource() == onlineButton){
if (userListScrollPane.isVisible()){
userListScrollPane.setVisible(false);
} else {
userListScrollPane.setVisible(true);
}
if (onlineFrame.isVisible()){
onlineFrame.setVisible(false);
} else {
onlineFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}
// show skill list
if (e.getSource() == skillsButton){
if (skillsFrame.isVisible()){
skillsFrame.setVisible(false);
} else {
skillsFrame.setVisible(true);
}
}
// client logout
if (e.getSource() == exitButton){
int exit = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(this, "Are you sure you want to exit?");
if (exit == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION){
frame.dispose();
try{
//sending the message for logout
messageOut.writeUTF(name + " has logged out.");
userLogOut.writeUTF(name);
userLogOut.flush();
Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);
System.exit(1);
}catch(Exception oe){}
}
}
}
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent w){
try{
userLogOut.writeUTF(name + " has logged out.");
userLogOut.flush();
Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);
System.exit(1);
}catch(Exception oe){}
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
int id = e.getID();
//open up chatBoxTxt for typing
if (id == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER && !chatBoxTxt.isVisible()){
chatBoxTxt.setVisible(true);
chatBoxTxt.requestFocus(true);
} //it is open so want to send text
else if (id == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER && chatBoxTxt.isVisible()) {
//send message
String str = "";
str = chatBoxTxt.getText();
//make sure there is a message
if (str.length() > 0){
chatBoxTxt.setText("");
str = name + ": > " + str;
try{
messageOut.writeUTF(str);
System.out.println(str);
messageOut.flush();
}catch(IOException ae)
{System.out.println(ae);}
}
//and hide chatBoxTxt
chatBoxTxt.setVisible(false);
} //press (Map) key without chatBoxTxt being open
else if (id == KeyEvent.VK_M && !chatBoxTxt.isVisible()){
} //press (Character) key without chatBoxTxt being open
else if (id == KeyEvent.VK_C && !chatBoxTxt.isVisible()){
} //press (Backpack) key without chatBoxTxt being open
else if (id == KeyEvent.VK_B && !chatBoxTxt.isVisible()){
}
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
#Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
// class is used to maintain the list of user name
class MyUserNameReciever implements Runnable{
DataOutputStream userNameOut;
DefaultListModel modelUserList;
DataInputStream userNameIn;
String name, lname;
ArrayList alname = new ArrayList(); //stores the list of user names
ObjectInputStream obj; // read the list of user names
int i = 0;
MyUserNameReciever(DataOutputStream userNameOut, DefaultListModel modelUserList, String name, DataInputStream userNameIn){
this.userNameOut = userNameOut;
this.modelUserList = modelUserList;
this.name = name;
this.userNameIn = userNameIn;
}
public void run(){
try{
userNameOut.writeUTF(name); // write the user name in output stream
while(true){
obj = new ObjectInputStream(userNameIn);
//read the list of user names
alname = (ArrayList)obj.readObject();
if(i>0)
modelUserList.clear();
Iterator i1 = alname.iterator();
System.out.println(alname);
while(i1.hasNext()){
lname = (String)i1.next();
i++;
//add the user names in list box
modelUserList.addElement(lname);
}
}
}catch(Exception oe){}
}
}
//class is used to received the messages
class MyMessageReciever implements Runnable{
DataInputStream messageIn;
DefaultListModel modelChatList;
MyMessageReciever(DataInputStream messageIn, DefaultListModel modelChatList){
this.messageIn = messageIn;
this.modelChatList = modelChatList;
}
public void run(){
String incommingMessage = "";
while(true){
try{
incommingMessage = messageIn.readUTF(); // receive the message from server
// add the message in list box
modelChatList.addElement(incommingMessage);
/* forces chat to bottom of screen :TODO but doesn't allow scrolling up
chatScrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().addAdjustmentListener(new AdjustmentListener() {
public void adjustmentValueChanged(AdjustmentEvent e) {
e.getAdjustable().setValue(e.getAdjustable().getMaximum());
}});*/
}catch(Exception e){}
}
}
}
}
and not being able to find any tutorials online I am even more confused.
That link is a tutorial. Unless you ask a specific question we don't know what you don't understand.
my code for my buttons work just great
It looks like you want the Enter key to do the same processing as clicking on a button. In this case the simple solution is to add an ActionListener to the text field instead of using Key Bindings. You should NOT even consider using a KeyListener for this.
Of course this means you need to redesign your program to use a different ActionListener for each button. So you need "Send", "Online", "Skills", and "Exit" ActionListeners. Then the "Send" ActionListener can be used by both the send button and the text field.
Edit:
for example: the user can hit (VK_V) or click the skills button to show the skills internal frame
You would use Key Bindings for this. You can do the bindings manually as described in the tutorial.
Or, an easier solution is to use a JMenu with menu items to invoke your Actions. Then you can just set an Accelerator for the menu item. Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Menus for more information.
Any further help will require you to post your SSCCE,
Are there any examples of a server and a client that use sockets, but that have send and get methods? I'm doing this networked battleship program, almost finished, but can't get the server and clients to work. I have made a chat program that only sends strings, but this time I need to send objects. I'm already frustrated, so is there any source code that already has this.
Here's the code for the client... how would you modify it to allow to send objects? Also I need to be listening for incoming objects and process them right away.
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SimpleChat extends JFrame {
private Socket communicationSocket = null;
private PrintWriter outStream = null;
private BufferedReader inStream = null;
private Boolean communicationContinue = true;
private String disconnectString = "disconnect764*#$1";
private JMenuItem disconnectItem;
private JTextField displayLabel;
private final Color colorValues[] = { Color.black, Color.blue, Color.red, Color.green };
// set up GUI
public SimpleChat() {
super("Simple Chat");
// set up File menu and its menu items
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
fileMenu.setMnemonic('F');
// set up Activate Server menu item
JMenuItem serverItem = new JMenuItem("Activate Server");
serverItem.setMnemonic('S');
fileMenu.add(serverItem);
serverItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner class
// display message dialog when user selects About...
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
setUpServer();
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
// set up Activate Client menu item
JMenuItem clientItem = new JMenuItem("Activate Client");
clientItem.setMnemonic('C');
fileMenu.add(clientItem);
clientItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner class
// display message dialog when user selects About...
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
setUpClient();
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
// set up Activate Client menu item
disconnectItem = new JMenuItem("Disconnect Client/Server");
disconnectItem.setMnemonic('D');
disconnectItem.setEnabled(false);
fileMenu.add(disconnectItem);
disconnectItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner
// class
// display message dialog when user selects About...
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
disconnectClientServer(true);
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
// set up About... menu item
JMenuItem aboutItem = new JMenuItem("About...");
aboutItem.setMnemonic('A');
fileMenu.add(aboutItem);
aboutItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner class
// display message dialog when user selects About...
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(SimpleChat.this, "This is an example\nof using menus", "About",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
// set up Exit menu item
JMenuItem exitItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
exitItem.setMnemonic('x');
fileMenu.add(exitItem);
exitItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner class
// terminate application when user clicks exitItem
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
disconnectClientServer(true);
System.exit(0);
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
// create menu bar and attach it to MenuTest window
JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar(bar);
bar.add(fileMenu);
// set up label to display text
displayLabel = new JTextField("Sample Text", SwingConstants.CENTER);
displayLabel.setForeground(colorValues[0]);
displayLabel.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 72));
displayLabel.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { // anonymous inner
// class
// display message dialog when user selects About...
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
sendData();
}
} // end anonymous inner class
); // end call to addActionListener
getContentPane().setBackground(Color.CYAN);
getContentPane().add(displayLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setSize(500, 200);
setVisible(true);
} // end constructor
public static void main(String args[]) {
final SimpleChat application = new SimpleChat();
application.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
application.disconnectClientServer(true);
System.exit(0);
}
});
// application.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
}
public void setCommunicationSocket(Socket sock) {
communicationSocket = sock;
communicationContinue = true;
disconnectItem.setEnabled(true);
}
public void setOutStream(PrintWriter out) {
outStream = out;
}
public void setInStream(BufferedReader in) {
inStream = in;
}
public void setUpServer() {
ServerThread st = new ServerThread(this);
st.start();
}
public void setUpClient() {
ClientThread st = new ClientThread(this);
st.start();
}
public void disconnectClientServer(Boolean sendMessage) {
if (communicationSocket == null)
return;
try {
// shut down socket read loop
communicationContinue = false;
disconnectItem.setEnabled(false);
// send notification to other end of socket
if (sendMessage == true)
outStream.println(disconnectString);
// sleep to let read loop shut down
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
try {
t.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
return;
}
outStream.close();
inStream.close();
communicationSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Stream Read Failed.");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(SimpleChat.this, "Disconnection Failed", "SimpleChat", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
} finally {
communicationSocket = null;
}
}
public void sendData() {
if (communicationSocket != null) {
String data = displayLabel.getText();
outStream.println(data);
}
}
public void getData() {
String inputLine;
try {
while (communicationContinue == true) {
communicationSocket.setSoTimeout(100);
// System.out.println ("Waiting for Connection");
try {
while (((inputLine = inStream.readLine()) != null)) {
System.out.println("From socket: " + inputLine);
if (inputLine.equals(disconnectString)) {
disconnectClientServer(false);
return;
}
displayLabel.setText(inputLine);
}
} catch (SocketTimeoutException ste) {
// System.out.println ("Timeout Occurred");
}
} // end of while loop
System.out.println("communication is false");
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Stream Read Failed.");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(SimpleChat.this, "Input Stream read failed", "SimpleChat",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
}
}
}
class ServerThread extends Thread {
private SimpleChat sc;
private JTextField display;
public ServerThread(SimpleChat scParam) {
sc = scParam;
}
public void run() {
ServerSocket connectionSocket = null;
try {
connectionSocket = new ServerSocket(10007);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Could not listen on port: 10007.");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Could not listen on port: 10007", "Server", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Server Socket is now activated", "Server", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
Socket communicationSocket = null;
try {
communicationSocket = connectionSocket.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Accept failed.");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Accept failed", "Server", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Comminucation is now activated", "Server", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
try {
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(communicationSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(communicationSocket.getInputStream()));
sc.setCommunicationSocket(communicationSocket);
sc.setOutStream(out);
sc.setInStream(in);
connectionSocket.close();
sc.getData();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Accept failed.");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Creation of Input//Output Streams failed", "Server", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
}
}
}
class ClientThread extends Thread {
private SimpleChat sc;
public ClientThread(SimpleChat scParam) {
sc = scParam;
}
public void run() {
Socket echoSocket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
String ipAddress = "127.0.0.1";
try {
echoSocket = new Socket(ipAddress, 10007);
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
System.err.println("Don't know about host: " + ipAddress);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Don't know about host: " + ipAddress, "Client", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for " + "the connection to: " + ipAddress);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Couldn't get I/O for the connection to: " + ipAddress, "Client",
JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
return;
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(sc, "Comminucation is now activated", "Client", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
sc.setCommunicationSocket(echoSocket);
sc.setOutStream(out);
sc.setInStream(in);
sc.getData();
}
}
I suggest you read up on java serialization. There is an example here. Basically, there is built in serialization support. Your class needs to implement Serializable. Then you use ObjectOutputStream and ObjectInputStream to write object.
You would be well advised to use libraries that shield you from the error prone low level socket programming.
For C++ look to Boost (http://www.boost.com) or ACE (http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html)
For Java I only found a document that talks about the acceptor pattern http://www.hillside.net/plop/plop99/proceedings/Fernandez3/RACPattern.PDF
But I am sure there's an implementation out somewhere
Your on the right track. A chat program is a good place to start learning about sockets.
What you want is to use the ObjectOutputStream and ObjectInputStream classes. You simply have to wrap your input stream / output stream with these filters. ObjectOutputStream has a method writeObject(), and the ObjectInputStream has a corresponding readObject() method.
Most serialization examples show reading and writing objects to a file, but the same can be done using a socket stream. See http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds4-2/serial.html
I didn't bother to read through your piles and piles of code, but in general you can't directly send objects over the network. Network communication is just bits and bytes. If you want to send objects, you'll need to serialize them on the sending side, and de-serialize them on the receiving side. There are tons of methods of serializing, eg JSON, XML, or even Java's built-in serialization support (only recommended if both the client and server will always be Java).
You may find this code to be a decent starting point for making your own class. These are two classes I made to somewhat abstract the work needed for TCP and UDP socket protocols:
http://code.google.com/p/hivewars/source/browse/trunk/SocketData.java
http://code.google.com/p/hivewars/source/browse/trunk/UDPSocket.java
Quick dislaimer: These are kind of versions of a feature full class, I just added functionality as I needed it. However, it could help you start.