CapitalizeApplet Example

[Java Tip]

Following example is a good one to understand how to use textfields.

public class CapitalizeApplet extends Applet {

  private TextField input;
  private TextField output;
  
  public void init () {
   
     // Construct the TextFields
     this.input = new TextField(40);
     this.output = new TextField(40);
     this.output.setEditable(false);
     Button b = new Button("Capitalize");

     // add the button to the layout
     this.add(input);
     this.add(b);
     this.add(output);

     // specify that action events sent by the
     // button or the input TextField should be handled 
     // by the same CapitalizerAction object
     CapitalizerAction ca = new CapitalizerAction();
     b.addActionListener(ca);
     this.input.addActionListener(ca);

     // notice that ActionEvents produced by output are ignored.
   
   }

  class CapitalizerAction implements ActionListener {

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {

      String s = input.getText();
      output.setText(s.toUpperCase());

    }

  }