swing - JOptionPane and reading integers - Beginner Java

Question

I currently have code that reads the month, date, and year a user enters in one line (separated by spaces). Here is the code.

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int day = 0;
int month = 0;
int year = 0;

System.out.printf("enter the month, date, and year(a 2 numbered year). Put a space between the month, day, and year");
month = input.nextInt();
day = input.nextInt();
year = input.nextInt();

This works fine, the second part is to display a message, if month * day == year, then it is a magical number, if not, then it is not a magical number. It has to be displayed in a dialog box. here is my code for that, and it is working just fine.

  if((day * month) == year)
  {
    String message = String.format("%s", "The date you entered is MAGIC!");//If the day * month equals the year, then it is a magic number
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
  }
  if((day * month) != year)
  {  
    String message = String.format("%s", "The date you entered is NOT MAGIC!");//If the day * month does not equal the year, it is not a magic number
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
  }

My question is!! How can I get a dialog box to take the inputs of the month, date, and year in one line the way it works in the console. I'm working in DrJava, and the chapter of the book I'm in doesn't help me with this specific use. Any help would be great. Thanks all!

Answer 1

There are a number of ways to approach the problem depending on ultimately what it is you want to achieve.

JOptionPane allows you to supply Object as the message. If this message is a String it will rendered as is, however, if it is a Component of some kind, it will be simply added to the dialog. This makes JOptionPane a very powerful little API.

public class TestOptionPane07 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestOptionPane07();
    }

    public TestOptionPane07() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                }

                JTextField fldDay = new JTextField(3);
                JTextField fldMonth = new JTextField(3);
                JTextField fldYear = new JTextField(4);
                JPanel message = new JPanel();
                message.add(fldDay);
                message.add(new JLabel("/"));
                message.add(fldMonth);
                message.add(new JLabel("/"));
                message.add(fldYear);

                int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, message, "Enter Date", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
                if (result == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
                    String sDay = fldDay.getText();
                    String sMonth = fldMonth.getText();
                    String sYear = fldYear.getText();
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You enetered " + sDay + "/" + sMonth + "/" + sYear);

                    try {
                        int day = Integer.parseInt(sDay);
                        int month = Integer.parseInt(sMonth);
                        int year = Integer.parseInt(sYear);
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You enetered " + day + "/" + month + "/" + year);
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The values you entered are invalid");
                    }
                }
            }
        });
    }
}

Updated

If I was going to use something like this, I would also use a DocumentFilter to ensure that the user could only enter valid values (examples here)

But you could also use JSpinners

Or JComboBox

Depending on what it is you want to achieve...