QuizCard Builder and Player (Head First Java Version)

After learning Serialization and file input and output, the book introduce us a very interesting tiny-project. I want to record it here for review in the other day and share it with internet firends.

QuizCard Builder
You can customize the quizcard’s questions and answers. After the input is completed, press the button of “Next Card”, and finally click “save” in the File menu to save the content to the local.

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class QuizCardBuilder {
	private JTextArea question;
	private JTextArea answer;
	private ArrayList<QuizCard> cardList;
	private JFrame frame;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		QuizCardBuilder builder = new QuizCardBuilder();
		builder.go();
	}
	
	public void go() {
		frame = new JFrame("Quiz Card Builder");
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
		Font bigFont = new Font("sanserif", Font.BOLD, 24);
		question = new JTextArea(6, 20);
		question.setLineWrap(true);
		question.setWrapStyleWord(true);
		question.setFont(bigFont);
		
		JScrollPane qScroller = new JScrollPane(question);
		qScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
		qScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
		
		answer = new JTextArea(6, 20);
		answer.setLineWrap(true);
		answer.setWrapStyleWord(true);
		answer.setFont(bigFont);
		
		JScrollPane aScroller = new JScrollPane(answer);
		aScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
		aScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
		
		JButton nextButton = new JButton("Next Card");
		cardList = new ArrayList<QuizCard>();
		
		JLabel qLabel = new JLabel("Queston:");
		JLabel aLabel = new JLabel("Answer:");
		
		mainPanel.add(qLabel);
		mainPanel.add(qScroller);
		mainPanel.add(aLabel);
		mainPanel.add(aScroller);
		mainPanel.add(nextButton);
		nextButton.addActionListener(new NextCardListener());
		
		JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
		JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
		JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New");
		JMenuItem saveMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Save");
		newMenuItem.addActionListener(new NewMenuListener());
		saveMenuItem.addActionListener(new SaveMenuListener());
		fileMenu.add(newMenuItem);
		fileMenu.add(saveMenuItem);
		menuBar.add(fileMenu);
		
		frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
		frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, mainPanel);
		frame.setSize(500, 600);
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}
	
	public class NextCardListener implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
			QuizCard card = new QuizCard(question.getText(), answer.getText());
			cardList.add(card);
			clearCard();
		}
	}
	
	public class SaveMenuListener implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
			QuizCard card = new QuizCard(question.getText(), answer.getText());
			cardList.add(card);
			JFileChooser fileSave = new JFileChooser();
			fileSave.showSaveDialog(frame);
			saveFile(fileSave.getSelectedFile());
		}
	}
	
	public class NewMenuListener implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
			cardList.clear();
			clearCard();
		}
	}
	
	private void clearCard() {
		question.setText("");
		answer.setText("");
		question.requestFocus();
	}
	
	private void saveFile(File file) {
		try {
			BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
			for(QuizCard card: cardList) {
				writer.write(card.getQuestion() + "/");
				writer.write(card.getAnswer() + "\n");
			}
			writer.close();
		} catch(IOException ex) {
			System.out.println("couldn't write the cardList out");
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

QuizCardPlayer
You can import the previously set quizcard by clicking the “load and set” button in the menu. Click on the “next question/show answer” button in succession, which will cause questions and answers in turn.

import java.util.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;

public class QuizCardPlayer {
	private JTextArea display;
	private JTextArea answer;
	private ArrayList<QuizCard> cardList;
	private QuizCard currentCard;
	private int currentCardIndex;
	private JFrame frame;
	private JButton nextButton;
	private boolean isShowAnswer;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		QuizCardPlayer reader = new QuizCardPlayer();
		reader.go();
	}

	public void go() {
		frame = new JFrame("Quiz Card Player");
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
		Font bigFont = new Font("sandserif", Font.BOLD, 24);
		
		display = new JTextArea(10, 20);
		display.setFont(bigFont);
		display.setLineWrap(true);
		display.setEditable(false);
		
		JScrollPane qScroller = new JScrollPane(display);
		qScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
		qScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
		
		nextButton = new JButton("Show Question");
		nextButton.addActionListener(new NextCardListener());
		mainPanel.add(qScroller);
		mainPanel.add(nextButton);
		
		JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
		JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
		JMenuItem loadMenuItem = new JMenuItem("Load card set");
		loadMenuItem.addActionListener(new OpenMenuListener());
		fileMenu.add(loadMenuItem);
		menuBar.add(fileMenu);
		frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
		frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, mainPanel);
		frame.setSize(550, 500);
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}
	public class NextCardListener implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
			if(isShowAnswer) {
				display.setText(currentCard.getAnswer());
				nextButton.setText("Next Card");
				isShowAnswer = false;
			} else {
				if(currentCardIndex < cardList.size()) {
					showNextCard();
				} else {
					display.setText("That was last card");
					nextButton.setEnabled(false);
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	public class OpenMenuListener implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
			JFileChooser fileOpen = new JFileChooser();
			fileOpen.showOpenDialog(frame);
			loadFile(fileOpen.getSelectedFile());
		}
	}
	
	private void loadFile(File file) {
		cardList = new ArrayList<QuizCard>();
		try {
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
			String line = null;
			while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
				makeCard(line);
			}
			reader.close();
		} catch(Exception ex) {
			System.out.println("coundn't read the card file");
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	
	private void makeCard(String lineToParse) {
		String[] result = lineToParse.split("/");
		QuizCard card = new QuizCard(result[0], result[1]);
		cardList.add(card);
		System.out.println("made a card");
	}
	
	private void showNextCard() {
		currentCard = cardList.get(currentCardIndex);
		currentCardIndex++;
		display.setText(currentCard.getQuestion());
		nextButton.setText("Show Answer");
		isShowAnswer = true;
	}
}

QuizCard
Basic properties of some quizcard.

public class QuizCard {
	private String question;
	private String answer;
	public QuizCard(String q, String a) {
		question = q;
		answer = a;
	}
	public String getQuestion() {
		return question;
	}
	public String getAnswer() {
		return  answer;
	}
}