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Everything Java Related and more.

Provided for download are some of my own java related creation in zip and java formats. Select from the list below and download at your own pleasure.

All the classes provided here are targeted towards beginners and all looking for new user interface tweaks. All classes are free to use in any project or program, commercial or non-commercial. Have fun!

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This is a wallpaper of my latest achievement, a digital document library for my association. A very simple application, written entirely in Java 6.0. The source files included on this page were all used in the development of this application with a little assistance from some third party code, but one the whole, the app was developed from the ground up by yours truely.

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Java Classes

BackgroundBorder

Originally obtained from Camickr, modified for effect and re-usablility

Border Interface implementation for displaying image backgrounds for components. This class now provides simple image tiling capabilities for any JComponent, and the background can be placed in a variety of positions on the component, ie TOP, BOTTOM, BOTTOM_LEFT, etc.

Screenshot

DatabaseAdapter

A Utility Class for accessing database files. Intended for uses with MS Access and MS Excel database files. Can easily be modified for use with other db files.

DatabaseAdapter now come with handy selectRecords, insertRecords, updateRecords and createTable methods that will help minimise the amount of SQL code written, and helping you concentrate and just the Java coding. These methods use Vectors and Object arrays.

This class is also designed to be singleton, so only static method calls are used.

DialogButtonSet

Standard JDialog Button Set (Done, Cancel)

FileUtilities

Standard File Utilities (Delete Directories, Correct File Names, Get File Size Info With Correct Size representation, i.e. KB, MB etc.)

This class is designed to be singleton, so only static methods are used, so it can be incorporated into your code in just one line.

New features include return the relativePath of a file to another, openFileLocation using explorer for Windows Platforms and returning the System Icon for any file.

IconedCellRenderer

JList CellRenderer for displaying Icons (both selected and non-selected states as well checkboxes)

IconedCellRenderer now spots some new bling with the addition of a simple HyperLink display format. This can turn your simple JList into an impressive set of HyperLinks. See screenshot.

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LabelFieldPanel

A JPanel implementation that enables quick Label -> Component layout when creating forms. Its main functionality lies in the addGroup( ) methods.

LinkLabel

A Hypertext Link component. By addition of a MouseListener for the desired action, the component becomes complete.

ListRowHeader

Row Header for JTable, using JList Implementation

JarUtilities

Standard Jar File Utilities (Create, Extract, Update)

MenuedButton

Drop Down Menu Button. This class has been extended to be able to provide a dual view, the ordinary arrow on the right of the text or icon, or the arrow below the icon. See here in Screen Shot 1 and Screen Shot 2

PanelModel

A Vector based model implementation for JPanels. This class is used with other classes found in the list, such as the Wizard Dialog.

Example Application Source

PanelTitler

Standard Class for Titling JDialog interfaces

Screenshot

RoundedPanel

JPanel implementation with rounded corners

TitledSeparator

JSeparator component with Titling Capabilities. This displays a simple String and a JSeparator like line next to it.

Example code included in source file.

Screenshot

TCPopupEventQueue

Enables context menu (Cut/Copy/Paste) facility for all JTextComponents

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If used, all JTextComponents, will instantaniously have a JPopupMenu associated with them with System Clipboard functionality.

Example code in file.

Utilities

A Required Class For Most Of The Files in this api

WizardDialog

A base class for creating wizard interfaces

Zipped Packages

ColorMenuButton	Popup Color Selector
HelpViewer	Intuitive Help File Viewer, xml based configuration
WindowsFileSystem	Standard Win9x/NT File System Represation and access