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QuizCardBuilder.javaAPI DocExample4318Sat Jan 08 12:06:56 GMT 2005None

QuizCardBuilder

public class QuizCardBuilder extends Object

Fields Summary
private JTextArea
question
private JTextArea
answer
private ArrayList
cardList
private JFrame
frame
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
private voidclearCard()

       question.setText("");
       answer.setText("");
       question.requestFocus();
public voidgo()

        // build gui
        frame = new JFrame("Quiz Card Builder");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);  // title bar
        JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
        Font bigFont = new Font("sanserif", Font.BOLD, 24);
        question = new JTextArea(6,20);
        question.setLineWrap(true);
        question.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        question.setFont(bigFont);
       
        JScrollPane qScroller = new JScrollPane(question);
        qScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
                  ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        qScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(
                  ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);

        answer = new JTextArea(6,20);
        answer.setLineWrap(true);
        answer.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        answer.setFont(bigFont);
       
        JScrollPane aScroller = new JScrollPane(answer);
        aScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
                  ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        aScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(
                  ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);

        JButton nextButton = new JButton("Next Card");
        cardList = new ArrayList();
        JLabel qLabel = new JLabel("Question:");
        JLabel aLabel = new JLabel("Answer:");
        
        mainPanel.add(qLabel);
        mainPanel.add(qScroller);
        mainPanel.add(aLabel);
        mainPanel.add(aScroller);
        mainPanel.add(nextButton);
        nextButton.addActionListener(new NextCardListener());
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New");
        
        JMenuItem saveMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Save");
        newMenuItem.addActionListener(new NewMenuListener());
        saveMenuItem.addActionListener(new SaveMenuListener());

        fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);
        fileMenu.add(saveMenuItem);
        menuBar.add(fileMenu);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    
        frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, mainPanel);
        frame.setSize(500,600);
        frame.setVisible(true);
public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)

       QuizCardBuilder builder = new QuizCardBuilder();
       builder.go();
private voidsaveFile(java.io.File file)

         
       try {
          BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
          Iterator cardIterator = cardList.iterator();
          while (cardIterator.hasNext()) {
             QuizCard card = (QuizCard) cardIterator.next();
             writer.write(card.getQuestion() + "/");
             writer.write(card.getAnswer() + "\n");
          }
         writer.close();


       } catch(IOException ex) {
           System.out.println("couldn't write the cardList out");
           ex.printStackTrace();
       }