import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
// Graphical-User-Interface for Desktop in Java using Java Swing.
public class MenuJFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
private JFrame frame;
private JMenuBar menubar;
private JMenu menu;
private JLabel message = new JLabel("Click on Menu to select an action.");
public final String[] MENUS = { // 1D Array of Menu Choices
"roll a dice", "LCM", "GCM",
};
// Statics to assist with timer and messaging, single copy (no instance)
private static int delay = 20;
private static int step = 1;
private static String hashes = "";
// Constructor enables the Frame instance, the object "this.frame"
public MenuJFrame(String title) {
// Initializing Key Objects
frame = new JFrame(title);
menubar = new JMenuBar();
menu = new JMenu("Menu");
// Initializing Menu objects and adding actions
for (String mx : MENUS) {
JMenuItem m = new JMenuItem(mx);
m.addActionListener(this);
menu.add(m);
}
// Adding / Connecting Objects
menubar.add(menu);
frame.setJMenuBar(menubar);
frame.add(message);
// Sets JFrame close operation to Class variable JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// set the size of window based on objects
frame.setSize(300,200);
// makes the frame object visible according to properties previously set
frame.setVisible(true); // flow of control shifts to frame object
}
// event from user selecting a menu option
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// local variable to ActinEvent
String selection = e.getActionCommand(); // menu selection
String msg; // local variable to create response from action
final String[] COLORS = {"Red", "Green", "Blue"}; // add more colors here
final String start_msg = "<html>"; // html building
final String end_msg = "</html>";
final String hash = "#";
// run code based on the menuItem that was selected
if ( selection.equals(MENUS[0]) ) { // Hello Action
Random dice=new Random();
int x= dice.nextInt(6);
msg = "You rolled a: " + x;
message.setText(msg);
} else if ( selection.equals(MENUS[1]) ) { // Color Action
//Here number is the base and p is the exponent
int number = 2, p = 5;
long result = 1;
//Copying the exponent value to the loop counter
int i = p;
for (;i != 0; --i)
{
result *= number;
}
//Displaying the output
System.out.println(number+"^"+p+" = "+result);
} else { // Loading Bar Action
String loading = "<p>Loading</p>";
// Code to run on a Timer
Timer timer = new Timer();
TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
public void run() { // Method for TimerTask
// Static and Local variables used to manage message building
int random = (int) (Math.random() * COLORS.length); // random logic
MenuJFrame.hashes += "<font color=" + COLORS[random] + ">" + hash + "</font>";
String msg = start_msg + loading + hashes + end_msg;
message.setText(msg);
// Shutdown timer and reset data
if(MenuJFrame.step++ > MenuJFrame.delay) {
MenuJFrame.step = 1; MenuJFrame.hashes="";
timer.cancel();
}
};
};
// Schedule task and interval
timer.schedule(task, 200, 200);
message.setText(start_msg + loading + hash + end_msg); // prime/initial display
}
}
// Driver turn over control the GUI
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Activates an instance of MenuJFrame class, which makes a JFrame object
new MenuJFrame("Menu");
}
}
MenuJFrame.main(null);
