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JOption Paneclass

The JOptionPane class is used to display dialog boxes in Java programs. It provides methods to display message dialogs, which show messages, and input dialogs, which prompt users for input. The class must be imported, then static methods are called to show different types of dialog boxes. User input from dialogs is returned as a String, so it may need to be converted to other data types like int or double for calculations. The System.exit() method should be used at the end to close the program window.

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JOption Paneclass

The JOptionPane class is used to display dialog boxes in Java programs. It provides methods to display message dialogs, which show messages, and input dialogs, which prompt users for input. The class must be imported, then static methods are called to show different types of dialog boxes. User input from dialogs is returned as a String, so it may need to be converted to other data types like int or double for calculations. The System.exit() method should be used at the end to close the program window.

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JOptionPane class

Dialog Boxes
• A dialog box is a small graphical window that
displays a message to the user or requests
input.
• A variety of dialog boxes can be displayed
using the JOptionPane class.
• Two of the dialog boxes are:
– Message Dialog - a dialog box that displays a
message.
– Input Dialog - a dialog box that prompts the user
for input.
Using the import Statement
• The JOptionPane class is not
automatically available to your Java
programs.
• The following statement must be before
the program’s class header:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
• This statement tells the compiler where
to find the JOptionPane class. 
Dialog Boxes
The JOptionPane class provides static methods to
display each type of dialog box.
Message Dialogs
• JOptionPane.showMessageDialog method is
used to display a message dialog.
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Hello World");
• The second argument is the message that is
to be displayed
Input Dialogs
• An input dialog is a quick and simple
way to ask the user to enter data.
• The dialog displays a text field, an Ok
button and a Cancel button.
• If Ok is pressed, the dialog returns the
user’s input.
• If Cancel is pressed, the dialog returns
null.
Input Dialogs
String name;
name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"Enter your name.");
• The argument passed to the method is the message
to display.
• If the user clicks on the OK button, name
references the string entered by the user.
• If the user clicks on the Cancel button, name
references null.
NamesDialog.java
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class NamesDialog
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String firstName; // The user's first name
String middleName; // The user's middle name
String lastName; // The user's last name
// Get the user's first name
firstName =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is " +
"your first name? ");
NamesDialog.java
// Get the user's middle name.
middleName =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"What is " + "your middle name? ");

// Get the user's last name.


lastName =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What
is " + "your last name? ");
Example
// Display a greeting
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Hello " + firstName + " " +middleName
+ " " + lastName);
System.exit(0);
}
}
The System.exit() Method
• A program that uses JOptionPane does
not automatically stop executing when
the end of the main method is reached.
• Java generates a thread, which is a
process running in the computer, when a
JOptionPane is created.
• If the System.exit method is not called,
this thread continues to execute.
The System.exit() Method
• The System.exit method requires an integer
argument.
System.exit(0);
• This argument is an exit code that is passed
back to the operating system.
• This code is usually ignored, however, it can
be used outside the program:
– to indicate whether the program ended successfully
or as the result of a failure.
– The value 0 traditionally indicates that the program
ended successfully.
Converting a String to a
Number
• The JOptionPane’s showInputDialog
method always returns the user's input
as a String
• String containing a number, such as
“127.89, can be converted to a numeric
data type.
The Parse Methods
• Parse methods convert strings to
numeric data types
• They are:
– Byte.parseByte
– Integer.parseInt
– Short.parseShort
– Long.parseLong
– Float.parseFloat
– Double.parseDouble
The Parse Methods- Examples
• byte bVar = Byte.parseByte("1");
• int iVar = Integer.parseInt("2599");
• short sVar = Short.parseShort("10");
• long lVar = Long.parseLong("15908");
• float fVar = Float.parseFloat("12.3");
• double dVar =
Double.parseDouble("7945.6");
PayrollDialog.java
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class PayrollDialog


{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String inputString; // For reading input
String name; // The user's name
int hours; // The number of hours worked
double payRate; // The user's hourly pay rate
double grossPay; // The user's gross pay
PayrollDialog.java
// Get the user's name.
name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What
is " + "your name? ");
// Get the hours worked.
inputString =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"How many hours” +
“ did you work this week? ");
// Convert the input to an int.
hours = Integer.parseInt(inputString);
PayrollDialog.java
// Get the hourly pay rate.
inputString =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is” +
" your hourly pay rate? ");
// Convert the input to a double.
payRate =
Double.parseDouble(inputString);
// Calculate the gross pay.
grossPay = hours * payRate;
PayrollDialog.java
// Display the results.
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Hello " + name + ". Your gross pay is $" +
grossPay);

// End the program.


System.exit(0);
}
}

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