Java Swing How to - Extend JLabel to create a label showing current time and update itself

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Question

We would like to know how to extend JLabel to create a label showing current time and update itself.

Answer

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Colin Bell
 * colbell@users.sourceforge.net
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.border.Border;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TimePanel label = new TimePanel();

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, label);

  }
}

/**
 * Time panel. This will show the current time. A timer to update the time is
 * started when the component is added to its parent and stopped when removed
 * from its parent.
 *
 * @author <A HREF="mailto:colbell@users.sourceforge.net">Colin Bell</A>
 */
class TimePanel extends JLabel implements ActionListener {
  /** Timer that updates time. */
  private Timer _timer;

  /** Used to format the displayed date. */
  private DateFormat _fmt = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
  private Dimension _prefSize;
  private Calendar _calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

  /**
   * Default ctor.
   */
  public TimePanel() {
    super("", JLabel.CENTER);
  }

  /**
   * Add component to its parent. Start the timer for auto-update.
   */
  public void addNotify() {
    super.addNotify();
    _timer = new Timer(1000, this);
    _timer.start();
  }

  /**
   * Remove component from its parent. Stop the timer.
   */
  public void removeNotify() {
    super.removeNotify();
    if (_timer != null) {
      _timer.stop();
      _timer = null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Update component with the current time.
   *
   * @param evt
   *          The current event.
   */
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
    _calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
    setText(_fmt.format(_calendar.getTime()));
  }

  /**
   * Return the preferred size of this component.
   *
   * @return the preferred size of this component.
   */
  public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
    if (null == _prefSize) {
      // This was originaly done every time.
      // and the count of instantiated objects was amazing
      _prefSize = new Dimension();
      _prefSize.height = 20;
      FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(getFont());
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
      cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 23);
      cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 59);
      cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 59);
      _prefSize.width = fm.stringWidth(_fmt.format(cal.getTime()));
      Border border = getBorder();
      if (border != null) {
        Insets ins = border.getBorderInsets(this);
        if (ins != null) {
          _prefSize.width += (ins.left + ins.right);
        }
      }
      Insets ins = getInsets();
      if (ins != null) {
        _prefSize.width += (ins.left + ins.right) + 20;
      }
    }
    return _prefSize;
  }
}

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