/** * Created by sharanya on 11/30/15. */ import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; /* * RadioButtonDemo.java requires these files: * Spongebob.png * Patrick.png * Squidward.png */ public class RadioButtonDemo extends JPanel implements ActionListener { static String spongebobString = "Spongebob"; static String patrickString = "Patrick"; static String squidwardString = "Squidward"; JLabel picture; public RadioButtonDemo() { super(new BorderLayout()); //Create the radio buttons. JRadioButton spongebobButton = new JRadioButton(spongebobString); spongebobButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_B); spongebobButton.setActionCommand(spongebobString); spongebobButton.setSelected(true); JRadioButton patrickButton = new JRadioButton(patrickString ); patrickButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C); patrickButton.setActionCommand(patrickString ); JRadioButton squidwardButton = new JRadioButton(squidwardString); squidwardButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D); squidwardButton.setActionCommand(squidwardString); //Group the radio buttons. ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup(); group.add(spongebobButton); group.add(patrickButton); group.add(squidwardButton); //Register a listener for the radio buttons. spongebobButton.addActionListener(this); patrickButton.addActionListener(this); squidwardButton.addActionListener(this); //Set up the picture label. picture = new JLabel(createImageIcon(spongebobString + ".png")); //The preferred size is hard-coded to be the width of the //widest image and the height of the tallest image. //A real program would compute this. picture.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(177, 122)); //Put the radio buttons in a column in a panel. JPanel radioPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1)); radioPanel.add(spongebobButton); radioPanel.add(patrickButton); radioPanel.add(squidwardButton); add(radioPanel, BorderLayout.LINE_START); add(picture, BorderLayout.CENTER); setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20)); } /** Listens to the radio buttons. */ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { picture.setIcon(createImageIcon(e.getActionCommand() + ".png")); } /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */ protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) { java.net.URL imgURL = RadioButtonDemo.class.getResource(path); if (imgURL != null) { return new ImageIcon(imgURL); } else { System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path); return null; } } /** * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, * this method should be invoked from the * event-dispatching thread. */ private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new JFrame("RadioButtonDemo"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Create and set up the content pane. JComponent newContentPane = new RadioButtonDemo(); newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque frame.setContentPane(newContentPane); //Display the window. frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread: //creating and showing this application's GUI. javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }