I have created an application that refers to a list of users, allocated from an XML file to a JTree component, which can then be viewed and edited accordantly. My code so far:
public class DomainModel extends JFrame {
private JTree tree;
private String fileSource = "users.xml";
private NodeList listOfUsers;
private String objID;
private JTextField textName;
private JTextField textAge;
private JTextField textDOB;
private JButton editBtn;
private JTextField textEditName;
private JTextField textEditAge;
private JTextField textEditDOB;
private JButton saveBtn;
private JButton cancelBtn;
public DomainModel() {
createGUI();
}
public void createGUI() {
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
mainPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));
JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel();
leftPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
leftPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Domain Model"),
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10)));
createTree();
tree.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
tree.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
tree.getSelectionModel().addTreeSelectionListener(new TreeSelectionListener() {
public void valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent e) {
nodeChange(e);
}
});
JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel();
rightPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
JPanel detailsPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
detailsPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Node Details"),
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)));
JLabel labelName = new JLabel("Name");
JLabel labelAge = new JLabel("Age");
JLabel labelDOB = new JLabel("DOB");
textName = new JTextField(15);
textAge = new JTextField(15);
textDOB = new JTextField(15);
editBtn = new JButton("Edit");
editBtn.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
detailsPanel.add(labelName);
detailsPanel.add(textName);
detailsPanel.add(labelAge);
detailsPanel.add(textAge);
detailsPanel.add(labelDOB);
detailsPanel.add(textDOB);
detailsPanel.add(editBtn);
JPanel editPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
editPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Edit Node"),
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)));
JLabel labelEditName = new JLabel("Name");
JLabel labelEditAge = new JLabel("Age");
JLabel labelEditDOB = new JLabel("DOB");
textEditName = new JTextField(15);
textEditAge = new JTextField(15);
textEditDOB = new JTextField(15);
saveBtn = new JButton("Save");
saveBtn.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
cancelBtn = new JButton("Cancel");
cancelBtn.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
editPanel.add(labelEditName);
editPanel.add(textEditName);
editPanel.add(labelEditAge);
editPanel.add(textEditAge);
editPanel.add(labelEditDOB);
editPanel.add(textEditDOB);
editPanel.add(saveBtn);
editPanel.add(cancelBtn);
leftPanel.add(new JScrollPane(tree));
rightPanel.add(detailsPanel);
rightPanel.add(editPanel);
mainPanel.add(leftPanel);
mainPanel.add(rightPanel);
mainPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
add(mainPanel);
nullDetails();
nullEdit();
setTitle("Domain Model Example");
setSize(525, 350);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setResizable(false);
}
public void createTree(){
DefaultMutableTreeNode root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("users");
try {
DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = docBuilder.parse(new File(fileSource));
listOfUsers = doc.getElementsByTagName("user");
// for each user in the node list, add it to the JTree
for (int i = 0; i < listOfUsers.getLength(); i++) {
Element el = (Element) listOfUsers.item(i);
String id = el.getAttribute("id");
File file = new File(id);
DefaultMutableTreeNode node = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(file);
root.add(node);
}
tree = new JTree(root);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void nodeChange(TreeSelectionEvent e) {
nullDetails();
nullEdit();
objID = e.getPath().getLastPathComponent().toString();
// for each user in the node list, find an ID match
for (int i = 0; i < listOfUsers.getLength(); i++) {
Element el = (Element) listOfUsers.item(i);
String strID = el.getAttribute("id");
// if an ID match has been found, display it's details
if (objID.equals(strID)) {
String strName = el.getElementsByTagName("name").item(0).getTextContent();
String strAge= el.getElementsByTagName("age").item(0).getTextContent();
String strDOB = el.getElementsByTagName("dob").item(0).getTextContent();
textName.setText(strName);
textAge.setText(strAge);
textDOB.setText(strDOB);
editBtn.setEnabled(true);
break;
}
}
}
public void nullDetails() {
textName.setText(null);
textAge.setText(null);
textDOB.setText(null);
textName.setEnabled(false);
textAge.setEnabled(false);
textDOB.setEnabled(false);
editBtn.setEnabled(false);
}
public void nullEdit() {
textEditName.setText(null);
textEditAge.setText(null);
textEditDOB.setText(null);
textEditName.setEnabled(false);
textEditAge.setEnabled(false);
textEditDOB.setEnabled(false);
saveBtn.setEnabled(false);
cancelBtn.setEnabled(false);
}
class ButtonListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent a) {
JButton b = (JButton) a.getSource();
String pressedBtn = b.getText();
// if the Edit button has been clicked
if (pressedBtn.equals("Edit")) {
textEditName.setText(textName.getText());
textEditAge.setText(textAge.getText());
textEditDOB.setText(textDOB.getText());
textEditName.setEnabled(true);
textEditAge.setEnabled(true);
textEditDOB.setEnabled(true);
saveBtn.setEnabled(true);
cancelBtn.setEnabled(true);
} else if (pressedBtn.equals("Save")) { // if the Save button has been clicked
int reply = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Are you sure you want to save?", "Save", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
if (reply == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
updateXML();
}
} else { // else the Cancel button has been clicked
nullEdit();
}
}
}
public void updateXML(){
// for each user in the node list, find an ID match
for (int i = 0; i < listOfUsers.getLength(); i++) {
Element el = (Element) listOfUsers.item(i);
String strId = el.getAttribute("id");
// if an ID match has been found, update the component's details
if (objID.equals(strId)) {
try {
String strName = textEditName.getText();
String strAge = textEditAge.getText();
String strDOB = textEditDOB.getText();
DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = docBuilder.parse(new File(fileSource));
doc.getElementsByTagName("name").item(i).setTextContent(strName);
doc.getElementsByTagName("age").item(i).setTextContent(strAge);
doc.getElementsByTagName("dob").item(i).setTextContent(strDOB);
TransformerFactory transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(doc);
StreamResult streamResult = new StreamResult(new File(fileSource));
transformer.transform(domSource, streamResult);
el.getElementsByTagName("name").item(i).setTextContent(strName);
el.getElementsByTagName("age").item(i).setTextContent(strAge);
el.getElementsByTagName("dob").item(i).setTextContent(strDOB);
textName.setText(strName);
textAge.setText(strAge);
textDOB.setText(strDOB);
editBtn.setEnabled(true);
break;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
DomainModel dm = new DomainModel();
dm.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
I am now implementing some additional features, and I was insisted to separate the DOM from "persistence layer". I have tried researching further into this, however I'm still a bit vague on what to do or what it is.
Many thanks.
Thanks to Kamil Mikolajczyk, I was able to research MVC with Java and found a pretty nice example via this link.
Again, thank you for your help Kamil Mikolajczyk.