/**
 * Created by sharanya on 11/30/15.
 */
import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;
public class FactorialTest extends JApplet {
    //An Applet is a mini application.
    JTextArea outputArea; //This creates a textarea reference

    // All applets ahould override the init() method.
    // This method defines what the Applet looks like when it is started up.
    public void init()
    {
        outputArea = new JTextArea(); //create a TextArea object

        // A Container is a "window". Here, we create a container reference, attach the Applet's content pane to it, and add the text area to it.
        Container container = getContentPane();
        container.add( outputArea );

        //We just generate some text to populate the text area with.
        // calculate the factorials of 0 through 10
        for ( long counter = 0; counter <= 10; counter++ )
            outputArea.append( counter + "! = " +
                    factorial( counter ) + "\n" );

    } // end method init

    // recursive declaration of method factorial
    public long factorial( long number )
    {
        // base case
        if ( number <= 1 )
            return 1;

            // recursive step
        else
            return number * factorial( number - 1 );

    } // end method factorial

}