Java Noob in need!

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    Xyronerva New Member

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    I am typically the type of person to find my own mistakes as i feel that if it takes me hours to do so i will learn the lesson more thoroughly, so i typically spend time thumbing the tabs of Notepad++ holding the applications i have written, but i am at a total loss with Swing. I am in school trying to learn the language . I usually make sense of the matter in time, but the JavaDocs are so ambiguous, and that lack of specificity leaves me at a loss with swing. In my example here i use an array of objects that as far as the code here is concerned is irrelevant. When i attempt to add button functions to my application it returns with an error stating that it is not an abstract and does not overwrite the default. I have a vague understanding what this means but when i researched deeper into the abstract keyword i found that was not where my problem lied either, and if it were my problems are even larger than i had previously assumed. My assumption is that my problem lies in that i have not specified a subclass of the class that extends Jframe to implement ActionListener and yet further specify mehtods to do so however i have seen applications that work without the need for implementation. This is for a final project. I am not asking for the answer but if anyone can point me toward it I would much appreciate it. While i udnerstand the basics of the language syntax, structure, etc but when implementing code into my own (from APIs) i find that with out seeing what i am working with i do not know exactly how to use it as the API documentation is very vague. Any help would be much appreciated.

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    Xyronerva New Member

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    Code:
    import java.util.*;
    import java.text.NumberFormat;
    import java.util.Locale;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    
    
    public class InventoryGUI  extends JFrame 
    
    {
        static int myPrintersIndex = 0;
        
        public static JTextArea display (Printer printers, JTextArea myTextArea)
        {
            NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
    
            myTextArea.setText("");
    
    
           
            myTextArea.append(printers.toString());
    
            return myTextArea;
        
           /* class EventHandeling implements ActionListener
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event);
                {
                    
                }
            }    */
        }
        
        public static void main (String args [])
        {
            Printer printer1 = new Printer ("St. No. 1", "Hp Laser Jet 2000", 3, 49.85); 
            Printer printer2 = new Printer ("St. No. 2", "Hp Ink Jet 85", 5, 29.99);        
            
            Supplier supplier1 = new Supplier ("St. No. 4", "Lexmark Ink Jet S2300", 2, 29.49, "Lexmark Direct Buy" );
            Supplier supplier2 = new Supplier ("St. No. 5", "Lexmark Laser Jet P4300", 7, 65.99, "Lexmark Direct Buy");
            Supplier supplier3 = new Supplier ("St. No. 3", "Hp Scanner Printer Combo 65L", 1, 87.65,"HPMegaDeals.com");
            
            Printer myUnsortedPrinters [] = {supplier1, supplier2, supplier3, printer1, printer2};
            
            myUnsortedPrinters = sortArray(myUnsortedPrinters);
            
            final Printer [] myPrinters = new Printer [5];
    
    
            myPrinters [0] = myUnsortedPrinters[0];
            myPrinters [1] = myUnsortedPrinters[1];
            myPrinters [2] = myUnsortedPrinters[2];
            myPrinters [3] = myUnsortedPrinters[3];
            myPrinters [4] = myUnsortedPrinters[4];
            
    
            NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
    
        /*    double totalValue = calculateTotalInventory(myPrinters);
            String totalValueString = Double.toString(totalValue); */
            
            final JTextArea textBox = new JTextArea(10,20);
            textBox.setText("");
            textBox.setEditable(false);
            
            JPanel buttons = new JPanel();
            buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout (1,3));
            
            JButton first = new JButton ("First");
            buttons.add(first);
            first.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
                    myPrintersIndex = 0;
                    display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                }
            
            });
            
            JButton next = new JButton ("Next");
            buttons.add(next);
            next.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                if (myPrintersIndex > 3)
                    myPrintersIndex = 0;
                else
                    {
                    myPrintersIndex ++;
                    display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                    }
                }
            
            });
            
            JButton Pervious = new JButton ("Pervious");
            buttons.add(Pervious);
            Pervious.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                if (myPrintersIndex < 1)
                    myPrintersIndex = 4;
                else
                    {
                    myPrintersIndex --;
                    display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                    }
                }
            
            });
            
            JButton last = new JButton ("Last");
            buttons.add(last);
            last.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                    myPrintersIndex = 4;
                    display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                }
            
            });
            
            JLabel companyLogo = new JLabel (new ImageIcon("DigitalNhilism.jpeg"));
            JPanel logoPanel = new JPanel();
            logoPanel.add(companyLogo);
            
            JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();
            centerPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(centerPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
            centerPanel.add(display(myPrinters [myPrintersIndex],textBox));
            
            
               
            JFrame frame = new JFrame();
            frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); 
            frame.add(companyLogo, BorderLayout.NORTH); 
            frame.add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH); 
            frame.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER); 
            frame.setDefaultCloseOPeration(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            frame.pack();
            frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
            frame.setVisible(true);
            
            
            
        }    
        public static Printer[] sortArray (Printer myPrinters[])
        {
    
        
        String names [] = new String [5];
        Printer mySortedPrinters [] = new Printer [5];
        
        for (int a = 0; a < 5; a++)
            {
                String pName = myPrinters[a].getProductName();
                names [a] = pName;
            
            }
            Arrays.sort(names);
            
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
                {
                 
                for (int j = 0; j<5; j++)    
                    {
                        String printerName = myPrinters[j].getProductName();
                        String nameName = names[i];
                        
                        if (nameName.equals(printerName))    
                        {
                            mySortedPrinters[i] = myPrinters[j];
                        }
                    }
                }
            return mySortedPrinters;
        }  
        
            public static double calculateTotalInventory (Printer myPrinters [])
        {//method to calculate total stock value begins
            
            double totalValue = 0;//variable to hold sum of array values 
            
            double stockValues [] = new double [5];//array to hold the combind values for each individual items
        
            for ( int c = 0; c < 5; c++) 
            {//for loop is iterating through stock and copying the combind value to an array of doubles to facilitate a calculation for grand total of all stock
                double stockValue = myPrinters[c].findStockValue();
                stockValues [c] = stockValue;
            } 
            
            for (int d = 0; d < 5; d++)
            {//grand total for stock value is being calculated
                totalValue += stockValues [d];
            }
            
            
        return totalValue;
            
        
        }
     
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  3. Xyronerva

    Xyronerva New Member

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    there is obviously more than one class needed for this code to compile but my problem is in my action listener/actionPerformed areas i hope i have tried to follow all the specifications made in the post about asking questions.
     

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