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package arrayofobjects;

import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

/**
 *
 * @author jwporter3
 */
public class MainArrayList extends JFrame {
    static final int MAX_NAMES = 5;

    JTextArea namesArea;        // where a list of names is displayed
    JButton newNameButton;      // button to create a new AName object
    ArrayList alNames;          // collection of AName objects

    public MainArrayList() {
        createUserInterface();
        alNames = new ArrayList();
    }

    private void createUserInterface() {
        // get content pane and set layout to null
        Container contentPane = getContentPane();
        contentPane.setLayout(null);

        newNameButton = new JButton("New Name");
        newNameButton.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 20);
        contentPane.add(newNameButton);
        newNameButton.addActionListener(
                new ActionListener() // anonymous inner class
                {
                    // event handler called when viewJButton is pressed

                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                        newNameAction();
                    }
                } // end anonymous inner class
                ); // end call to addActionListener

        namesArea = new JTextArea();
        namesArea.setBounds(10, 50, 200, 200);
        contentPane.add(namesArea);

        setTitle("Name App"); // set title bar string
        setSize(250, 300);     // set window size
        setVisible(true);      // display window
    }

    private void newNameAction() {
        String name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please input a name");
        AName newName = new AName(name);
        alNames.add(newName);

        // pull names from ArrayList into a fixed array for easy iteration
        AName[] newNames = new AName[alNames.size()];
        alNames.toArray(newNames);

        // clear text area
        namesArea.setText("");

        // display all the AName names in the text area
        for (AName an : newNames) {
            namesArea.append(an.getName() + "\n");
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MainArrayList mainClass = new MainArrayList();
        mainClass.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }
}