Using Java BeanBox

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• Click the Juggler Bean in the ToolBox window and then click in the BeanBox: the Juggler Bean is placed in the BeanBox. The Bean starts juggling. The property sheet of the Juggler Bean is displayed. The Bean can be customized by changing its properties.

Diagram 25.3 Adding a Bean





• To add a button to the BeanBox click an OurButton Bean in the ToolBox and then click in the BeanBox. Use the property sheet to set the following properties:

Property Name Value Label Start Background Note1





Diagram 25.4 Adding a Start Button





• In a Similar manner the Stop button is added to the BeanBox.

Diagram 25.5 Adding a Stop Button





• These Start and Stop buttons have added to control the juggler's animation. For this connect the Start button's actionPerformed() event handler to the startJuggler() method of the JugglerBean and the Stop button's actionPerformed() event handler to stopJuggling() method of the Juggler Bean.

• To achieve this Start button has to be selected and the select Edit|Event|Action|ActionPerformed, from the BeanBox member.

Diagram 25.6 Selecting the actionPerformed() event handler





• As soon as this is done a line (red) is visible from the Start button. This line represents the logical connection from the Start button's actionPerformed() event handler to the Juggler. Click inside the Juggler Bean to close the connection.

Diagram 25.7 Connecting the event handler to the Juggler





• On doing so, the EventTargetDialog Box is displayed. This dialog box lits the interface methods of the Juggler Bean. Select startJuggling() method. By doing so, the clicking of Start Button gets connected to the startJuggling() method, via the actionPerformed() event handler of the 'start' button Bean.

Diagram 25.8 Connecting to the start juggling method.





• The EventTargetDialog Box notifies that it is compiling an adapter class. The BeanBox creates a special class called and adapter class, to connect the click of the Start button with the startJuggling() method of the Juggler. The BeanBox must compile this class and add it to the running BeanBox to support this connection.

• In a similar fashion connect the click of the Stop button to the stopJuggling() method.

• Now the Juggler is ready to act.


Understanding the Sample Beans

Just to whet your appetite, what follows is a short description of the Beans that are in the ToolBox.



Blue Button	A simple button with background, foreground, label and font properties.
Orange Button	A simple button with background, foreground, label and font properties.
Out Button	A grey button with additional font properties.
Explicit Button	A simple button with background, foreground, label and font properties.
Jelly Bean	A simple visual component that draws a colored oval "jelly bean".
Voter	Designed to handle a vetoableChange event. By default the Bean will reject all change requests, but change requests will be accepted if the vetoAll property is set to false.
ChangeReporter	A textfiled.
Molecule	Similar to Juggler in concept. The Bean displays a 3-D representation of a molecule and accepts mouse input to rotate the molecule.
QuoteMonitor	Uses RMI to contact a remote (or local) quote server and request a real or imaginary stock quote value.
JDBC Select	Uses the JDBC API to connect to a database at a specified URL and issue a select statement.
BridgeTester	Provides a set of property types and events that may be used to test other bean components.









Java Beans Programming



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