- populating a JTextArea from an array in another class with a button
- public class drink
- {
- private String name;
- private String carb;
- private String desc;
- public drink(String drinkName, String carbDetail, String descDetail)
- {
- name = drinkName;
- carb = carbDetail;
- desc = descDetail;
- }
- public String toString()
- {
- return(name + carb + desc);
- }
- }
- public class drinkViewer
- {
- private String string;
- private String name;
- private drink[] theDrinks;
- private int drinkCount=0;
- public drinkViewer(String Name)
- {
- name = Name;
- theDrinks = new drink[5];
- }
- public void addDrink(String drinkName, String carbDetail, String descDetail)
- {
- theDrinks[drinkCount] = new drink(drinkName, carbDetail, descDetail);
- drinkCount++;
- }
- public void getdrinkArray()
- {
- for(int i=0;i<drinkCount;i++)
- {
- string += (theDrinks[i].toString()+"n");
- //System.out.println(string);
- }
- }
- }//end
- import java.awt.BorderLayout;
- import java.awt.Font;
- import java.awt.GridLayout;
- import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
- import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
- import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
- import javax.swing.JButton;
- import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
- import javax.swing.JComboBox;
- import javax.swing.JFrame;
- import javax.swing.JLabel;
- import javax.swing.JPanel;
- import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
- import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
- import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
- import javax.swing.JTextArea;
- public class driver
- {
- private JTextArea area;
- public static void main(String args[])
- {
- drinkViewer newViewer = new drinkViewer("test");
- newViewer.addDrink("orange", "fruit", "noncarb");
- newViewer.addDrink("beer", "5%","carb");
- newViewer.loop();
- //JTextArea area = new JTextArea(newViewer.getString());
- JFrame frame = new JFrame("Drink Descriptions");
- frame.setVisible(true);
- frame.setSize(400,400);
- JButton button = new JButton("Button");
- JPanel panel = new JPanel();
- frame.add(panel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
- panel.add(button,BorderLayout.NORTH);
- frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
- panel.add(area,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
- class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
- {
- public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event)
- {
- JTextArea area = new JTextArea(newViewer.getdrinkArray());
- }
- }
- listener = new ButtonListener();
- }
- }//end
- string = (theDrinks[i].toString()+"n");
- string.append(theDrinks[i].toString()+"n");
- public void loop(){
- StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
- for(int i=0;i<drinkCount;i++){
- s.append(theDrinks[i].toString()).append("n");
- //System.out.println(theDrinks[i].toString() + "n");
- }
- string = s.toString();
- }
- public String getString(){
- return string;
- }
- }//end