Computer Science 523
Advanced Programming

Summer 2014, The College of Saint Rose

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ManyJLabelsContentPane Demo

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ManyJLabelsContentPane BlueJ Project

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ManyJLabelsContentPane Source Code

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ManyJLabelsContentPane.java

/*
 * Example ManyJLabelsContentPane
 *
 * Jim Teresco, The College of Saint Rose, CSC 523, Summer 2014
 *
 * $Id: ManyJLabelsContentPane.java 2379 2014-06-17 03:52:55Z terescoj $
 */

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class ManyJLabelsContentPane extends JApplet {

    public void init() {
        
        // When we create a JApplet, we automatically get a "container" for the
        // items within it, called the "content pane".  We can get our hands on
        // it from the getContentPane method.
        Container contentPane = getContentPane();

        // We now add our components to the content pane.  By default, the
        // content pane gives us 5 places where we can add items: to the
        // north, west, center, east, and south parts of the window.  We
        // specify these as follows, with the BorderLayout's constants.
	    contentPane.add(new JLabel("1) I know Java is fun."), BorderLayout.NORTH);
        contentPane.add(new JLabel("2) I'm gettting good at applications."), BorderLayout.WEST);
        contentPane.add(new JLabel("3) I expect GUIs will be good too."), BorderLayout.EAST);
        contentPane.add(new JLabel("4) I wish they had buttons and stuff, though."), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }
}