To generate code for your layout:
When you generate code, GUI builder automatically saves your layout.
When you generate code from your layout, the following files are generated in the project's source directory:
project.gui
Contains the code that describes the GUI. This file is
updated (or created) whenever you save the layout. One
.gui
file is generated per group. A Java
WorkShop project can contain only one group, but projects
can contain other projects.
projectRoot.java
Contains the code necessary to initialize the components
for the group.
Do not make changes to this file--it is
recreated every time you generate the interface.
projectOps.java
Contains the operations for the group. This file is
generated only if you have defined operations on one or
more of the components in the group. Operations are described
in Operations Dialog Box.
Do not make changes to this file--it
is recreated every time you generate the
interface.
projectMain.java
Contains the main method that is used to run the group as
an applet or a standalone application.
Do not make changes to this file--it
is recreated every time you generate the
interface.
project.java
Contains a template for the group. This file is
generated only once--you modify this file to implement event
handlers, action handlers, and other functionality.
.gui
file. The attribute types are checked for
correctness, and the attribute values are matched against the
attribute types. However, the attribute types are not checked against
the attribute names. Also, the attribute names are not checked
against the shadow or group inside which they are defined.
Errors of this nature are uncommon in a .gui
file. This
kind of error could be introduced by hand-editing the
.gui
file or by modifying the attributes of a shadow or
group class that is used by an existing .gui
file.
These errors are not caught because the code generator does not load
any of the shadow or group classes listed in the .gui
file. It is much faster to generate the code without loading all the
shadows and groups, and not loading the groups avoids dependency
problems.
The code generator instantiates all the shadows and groups during generation. Errors such as bad attribute names and attribute type mismatches are caught. The generator will throw an error if one of the group or shadow classes that it needs does not exist.
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