I'm stuck with my school work in Java, where I'm building a TicTacToe game, using the MVC design pattern. I have three classes (Model, View, Controller) and I'm at the last step from having a final product. The problem IS:
My JTextFields WON'T keep their value that the user enters. What I'm trying to get is that the names chosen by the user will be stored and able to retrive through the controller back to the model. I've tried different methods, asked people for help and searched several forums.
I'm using the Observable interface together with these classes and have ActionEvent in controller.
Please, take a look and let me know what you think!
OBS! As you will se, I've tried several different ways to fix this, that's why the code looks like s*it....
/*View Class */
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
public class View extends JFrame implements Observer{
private JLabel _titleLabel, _westLabel, _eastLabel, _southLabel, _centerLabel;
private JPanel titlePanel, eastPanel, westPanel, southPanel, centerPanel, center2Panel, south2Panel;
private BufferedImage[] images;
private JButton _startButton;
private Model _model;
private Controller _controller;
public JTextField _player1, _player2;
private JButton[] button = new JButton[9];
private String path;
public String _player1Name, _player2Name;
// The title window (NORTH)
public View(Model aModel, Controller aController) {
_model = aModel;
_controller = aController;
for (int i = 0 ; i<9; i++)
button[i] = new JButton();
// pre for path: Requires that pictures are in the same map as the core folder.
path = "./";
// Creating the main background for the game.
this.setContentPane(new JLabel (new ImageIcon(path + "GameFrame.png")));
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
// Adding all the initiated panels for the main BorderLayout.
this.add(titlePanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
this.add(westPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
this.add(eastPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
this.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
this.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
// Setup for the main frame/game.
this.setTitle("Tic Tac Toe Game");
this.setSize(600,600);
this.setVisible(true);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
this.setResizable(false);
}
public void update(Observable aModel, Object arg) {
if (_model.getStart()) {
enterName();
if (_model.getGameStart()) {
System.out.println("Booting up");
System.out.println(getField1() + getField2());
_controller.setNames(getField1(), getField2());
}
}
}
public void enterName(){
//A form to enter the names of the players
centerPanel.remove(center2Panel);
validate();
center2Panel = new JPanel ();
centerPanel.add(center2Panel);
center2Panel.setOpaque(false);
// Copied code, works the same way and keeps the same pattern.
center2Panel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout ());
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
c.insets = new Insets(1, 1, 1, 1);
c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
center2Panel.add(new JLabel("First enter your names: "), c);
_player1 = new JTextField("Skriv namn");
_player1.setColumns(20);
_player2 = new JTextField(_model.getPlayerName(2));
_player2.setColumns(20);
//_player2.setText(getField1());
center2Panel.add(_player1, c);
center2Panel.add(_player2, c);
_startButton = new JButton ("Start Game");
center2Panel.add(_startButton, c);
_startButton.addActionListener(_controller);
_startButton.setActionCommand("start_button");
validate();
_player1Name = _player1.getText();
}
public String getField1(){
System.out.println(_player1Name);
return _player1.getText();
}
public String getField2(){
return _player2.getText();
}
}
/* Controller class */
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.event.MouseInputAdapter;
public class Controller extends MouseInputAdapter implements ActionListener{
Model _model;
public Controller(Model amodel) {
_model = amodel;
}
public void setNames (String One, String Two) {
System.out.println(One+Two);
_model.setPlayerNames(One, Two);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getActionCommand().equals("start")){
_model.isStart();
}
if (e.getActionCommand().equals("start_button")){
System.out.println("startbutton");
_model.namesEntred();
_model.isGameStart();
}
if (e.getActionCommand().equals("exit")){
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
/* Model Class */
import java.util.Observable;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Model extends Observable {
private String _player1Name, _player2Name;
private int _player1Score, _player2Score, _player = 1, _turns;
private String[] _gridList;
private boolean _namesEntered;
private boolean _tie, _win, _victory, _start, _startButton;
private View _view;
public Model(){
_namesEntered = false;
_gridList = new String[9];
_player1Name = "Player1";
_player2Name = "Player2";
_tie = false;
_win = false;
_victory = false;
_start = false;
_startButton = false;
}
public String getPlayerName(int player){
if(player == 1)
return _player1Name;
else
return _player2Name;
}
public void setPlayerNames(String One, String Two) {
_player1Name = One;
_player2Name = Two;
System.out.println(_player1Name + _player2Name);
}
public void newTurn(){
_turns = _turns + 1;
if(_player == 1)
_player = 2;
else
_player = 1;
}
public int getTurn(){
return _player;
}
public String getPlayer () {
if (_player == 1) {
return _player1Name;
}
else {
return _player2Name;
}
}
public String getGridBrick(int i){
return _gridList[i];
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Model _model = new Model();
Controller _controller = new Controller(_model);
View _view = new View(_model, _controller);
_model.addObserver(_view);
}
public void isStart () {
_start = true;
this.setChanged();
this.notifyObservers();
System.out.println("isStart");
}
public boolean getStart () {
System.out.println("getStart");
return _start;
}
public void isGameStart () {
_startButton = true;
this.setChanged();
this.notifyObservers();
}
public boolean getGameStart () {
return _startButton;
}
public void namesEntred() {
_namesEntered = true;
this.setChanged();
this.notifyObservers();
}
public boolean getNames () {
return _namesEntered;
}
}
Found the problem on this one. It was a major fail from my side.
Problem solved when getText was made before throwing the view away!...