GameOfLifeApplet

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;

public class GameOfLifeApplet extends Applet implements MouseListener,ActionListener
{
  //the x and y coordinates to get the location of the clicked points
  private int xCo, yCo;
  private int diff_x, diff_y;
  private GameOfLife game = new GameOfLife();
  private Button nextButton = null;
  public void init()
  {
    setLayout(null);
    nextButton = new Button("Next Stage");
    diff_x = diff_y = 600 / game.getGridSize();
    nextButton.setLocation(250, 575);
    nextButton.setSize(120, 30);
    addMouseListener(this);
  }

  private void drawEmptyGrid(Graphics g)
  {
    g.setColor(Color.white);
    g.fillRect(0,0,600,600);
    g.setColor(Color.black);
    for(int i=0;i<game.getGridSize();++i)
    {
      g.drawLine(0,i*diff_x,600,i*diff_x);
      g.drawLine(i*diff_x,0,i*diff_x,600);
    }
    g.setColor(Color.white);
  }

  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
    drawEmptyGrid(g);
    add(nextButton);
    g.setColor(Color.red);
    for(int i=0;i<game.getGridSize();++i)
    {
      for(int j=0;j<game.getGridSize();++j)
      {
        if( game.grid[i][j] )
        {
          g.fillRect(i*diff_x,j*diff_y,diff_x,diff_y);
        }
      }
    }
    g.setColor(Color.white);
  }

 // This method will be called when the mouse has been clicked.
 public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent me) {

  // Save the coordinates of the click lke this.
  xCo = me.getX();
  yCo = me.getY();

  int x_init = xCo / diff_x;
  int y_init = yCo / diff_y;

  game.grid[x_init][y_init] = true;
  //show the results of the click
  repaint();

 }

 // This is called when the mous has been pressed
 public void mousePressed (MouseEvent me) {}

 // When it has been released
 // not that a click also calls these Mouse-Pressed and Released.
 // since they are empty nothing hapens here.
 public void mouseReleased (MouseEvent me) {}

 // This is executed when the mouse enters the applet. it will only
 // be executed again when the mouse has left and then re-entered.
 public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent me) {}

 // When the Mouse leaves the applet.
 public void mouseExited (MouseEvent me) {}

 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
  {
  // Here we will ask what component called this method
    if (evt.getSource() == nextButton)
    {
      System.out.println("I got clicked!");
      game.nextIteration();
      repaint();
    }
  }

}