Printing to a text area

[john omeara]

Hi folks
I am returning to java after a bit of a time away so if someone could help me with this little query it would be appreciated. Below are two sets of code. The first draws a simplegui with a textarea. The second is a piece of code given to me to capture packets of the network card and displays them in a terminal.
If anyone knows how it will be possible so that the packets are printed to the gui text area by ammending the code it would be most helpful.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Serverside1 extends JFrame
{
private JFrame window;
public Serverside1()
{
window = new JFrame("Network Packet Sniffer");
window.setSize(700,500);
window.setVisible(true);
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();

TextArea text = new TextArea("Network packets will he here",18, 30, TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NONE);
panel.add(text);
window.getContentPane().add(panel);
window.show();



}
public static void main(String[] args){
Serverside1 s = new Serverside1();
}

}
Code for packet capture
import jpcap.*;
class Tcpdump implements JpcapHandler
{
public void handlePacket(Packet packet){
System.out.println(packet);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException{
String[] lists=Jpcap.getDeviceDescription();
System.out.println("Start capturing on "+lists[0]);
Jpcap jpcap=Jpcap.openDevice(Jpcap.getDeviceList()[0],1000,false,20);
jpcap.loopPacket(-1,new Tcpdump());
}

}
Thanks a lot folks.

[Donny Nadolny]

Hey. You could add in a method to Serverside1 to return the text area that is displayed. Then any class you wanted could draw to it. For example:
import java.awt.*;
class c1 {
TextArea txt;
public c1() {
txt = new TextArea();
}
public TextArea getText() {
return txt;
}
}

public class c2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
c1 myClass1 = new c1();
TextArea txt = myClass1.getText();
myClass1.append("hello");
}
}

This code won't make a frame for the text area and won't display anything (I have to go to school now, it's simple to make it add the textarea to a frame though). Hope this helps.

[john omeara]

Cheers for the reply Donny.
I have done what you have suggested - the logic to it sounds right, but when i complile by i get an error - here is the new code for serverside1
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Serverside1 extends JFrame
{
private JFrame window;
private MenuBar bar;
private MenuItem about;
private Menu help;
public Serverside1()
{

// Create frame and panels for GUI
window = new JFrame("Network Packet Sniffer");
window.setSize(700,500);
window.setVisible(true);
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
GridLayout gridLayout = new GridLayout(2,1);
panel.setLayout(gridLayout);
// Add textarea for packet capture diaplay
TextArea text = new TextArea("Packet Capture Off",18, 30, TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NONE);
panel.add(text);
window.getContentPane().add(panel);
window.show();

bar = new MenuBar();
window.setMenuBar(bar);

about = new MenuItem("About");
help = new Menu("Help");
help.add(about);
bar.add(help);
window.setVisible(true);

}
public TextArea getText(){
return text;
}

public static void main(String[] args){
Serverside1 s = new Serverside1();
}
}
the error is below

C:\Project>javac Serverside1.java
Serverside1.java:51: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable text
location: class Serverside1
return text;
^
1 error
will i also need to implement any classes in serverside1.
Again thanks for the help

[Joe Ess]

This is why you aren't supposed to cross post questions. The answer to your compile error is in the other thread.

[john omeara]

Sorry people it was a mistake. I will use the thread in the swing/gui section.