GUI

[Justin Fox]

ok here is my code...
it's for a battle ship game...(just the GUI though).

    
/* ***********************
This is the "Driver Class"
*********************** */
 
import java.awt.Event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 

public class BattleShip extends JPanel
{
 
JButton connect, startGame, chat;
Cursor mycursor;
 
public BattleShip()
{
setBackground(Color.cyan);
mycursor = new Cursor(Cursor.CROSSHAIR_CURSOR);
setCursor(mycursor);
 

setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
connect = new JButton("Connect");
startGame = new JButton("Start");
chat = new JButton("Chat");
 
add(connect);
add(startGame);
add(chat);
 

setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600,300));
 

 
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
 
int Xoriginal = 40;
int Yoriginal = 40;
int count = 0;

int X = Xoriginal;
int Y = Yoriginal;
 
int W = 20;
int L = 20;
 

  for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++)
  {
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(X,Y,W,L);
g.setColor(Color.gray);
g.fillRect(X+1,Y+1,W-1,L-1);

count ++;
X += W;

if(count == 10)
{
X = Xoriginal;
Y += L;
count = 0;
}
  }
 
count = 0;
int Xoriginal2 = 320;


X = Xoriginal2;
Y = Yoriginal; 
 
  for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++)
  {
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(X,Y,W,L);
g.setColor(Color.gray);
g.fillRect(X+1,Y+1,W-1,L-1);
count ++;
X+=W;
 
if(count == 10)
{
X = Xoriginal2;
Y +=L;
count = 0;
}
  }
 



}
 
}
 

_________________________________
Here is the JFrame...
_________________________________

    
 
import javax.swing.JFrame;
 

public class BattleShipFrame extends JFrame
{
public static void main (String[]args)
{
 
JFrame fram = new JFrame("BattleShip");
fram.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
fram.getContentPane().add(new BattleShip());
 
fram.pack();
fram.setVisible(true);
 
}
}
 

ok now in the Driver class i wrote a coulpe of
for loops to draw each grid board...

the only problem I can see, that will be a pain
in the future, is making it to where the mouse
interacts with each individual square on the grids...

here is the for loop code separate..

    
 
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
 
int Xoriginal = 40;
int Yoriginal = 40;
int count = 0;

int X = Xoriginal;
int Y = Yoriginal;
 
int W = 20;
int L = 20;
 

  for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++)
  {
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(X,Y,W,L);
g.setColor(Color.gray);
g.fillRect(X+1,Y+1,W-1,L-1);

count ++;
X += W;

if(count == 10)
{
X = Xoriginal;
Y += L;
count = 0;
}
  }
 
count = 0;
int Xoriginal2 = 320;

X = Xoriginal2;
Y = Yoriginal; 
 
  for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++)
  {
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(X,Y,W,L);
g.setColor(Color.gray);
g.fillRect(X+1,Y+1,W-1,L-1);
count ++;
X+=W;
 
if(count == 10)
{
X = Xoriginal2;
Y +=L;
count = 0;
}
  }
 
}

im just not sure, do I need to make a "Grid Board" class?
because the only way to get the squares to do anything right
now, I would have to know every givin point in each square..

that's a good total of about.. oh... 40,000 points...
for each grid table.

If you can help please do,

Justin

[Joel McNary]

This would perhaps make more sense in the Swing forum; but I'll attempt to answer it here.

I only briefly read through your code, concentrating mainly on your question. Instead of creating your own rectangles, why not use JPanels (or a custom subclass thereof)? You can set the background color of each JPanel, register a mouse listener, and then based on which JPanel the mouse was in you could do your logic. I believe that there's a method "getComponentAt(int x, int y)" in Component that you can use to determine which JPanel the mouse is in.

[Justin Fox]

awesome dude!!

I appreciate it a lot, I was trying to make a Square class and pass its

x,y,w,l everytime i made one...

but your idea seems easier, and prolly a lot less code...


thanks,

Justin

[Justin Fox]

well, i need to make lil rectangles (ships) and place them on the grid...

I wouldn't think you could do that with jpanels.


Justin

[Robert Hill]

Why do you think that?

Can you not create a JPanel, fit it to any grid size and place whatever elements on the JPanel, including a section of a ship?

Or how about dynamically creating the JPanel with the whole ship; marking off n equal and distinct area of the JPanel, where n is the number of hits the ship can take; then placing then horizontally or vertically, and then use smaller JPanels to mark unoccupied areas?

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Joel McNary:
This would perhaps make more sense in the Swing forum...

Yeah, moving it there.