LAYOUT MANAGERS

The LayoutManagers are used to arrange components in a particular manner. The Java

LayoutManagers facilitates us to control the positioning and size of the components in GUI forms.

Java BorderLayout

The BorderLayout is used to arrange the components in five regions: north, south, east, west, and center.
Each region (area) may contain one component only. It is the default layout of a frame or window. The
BorderLayout provides five constants for each region:
1. public static final int NORTH
2. public static final int SOUTH
3. public static final int EAST
4. public static final int WEST
5. public static final int CENTER

Constructors of BorderLayout class:

o BorderLayout(): creates a border layout but with no gaps between the components.
o BorderLayout(int hgap, int vgap): creates a border layout with the given horizontal and vertical
gaps between the components.

Example of BorderLayout class: Using BorderLayout() constructor

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Border
{
JFrame f;
Border()
{
f = new JFrame();
// creating buttons
JButton b1 = new JButton("NORTH");; // the button will be labeled as NORTH
JButton b2 = new JButton("SOUTH");; // the button will be labeled as SOUTH
JButton b3 = new JButton("EAST");; // the button will be labeled as EAST
JButton b4 = new JButton("WEST");; // the button will be labeled as WEST
JButton b5 = new JButton("CENTER");; // the button will be labeled as CENTER
f.add(b1, BorderLayout.NORTH); // b1 will be placed in the North Direction
f.add(b2, BorderLayout.SOUTH); // b2 will be placed in the South Direction
f.add(b3, BorderLayout.EAST); // b2 will be placed in the East Direction
f.add(b4, BorderLayout.WEST); // b2 will be placed in the West Direction
f.add(b5, BorderLayout.CENTER); // b2 will be placed in the Center
f.setSize(300, 300);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Border();
}
}
Output:

Example of BorderLayout class: Using BorderLayout(int hgap, int vgap) constructor

The following example inserts horizontal and vertical gaps between buttons using the parameterized
constructor BorderLayout(int hgap, int gap)

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BorderLayoutExample
{
JFrame jframe;
// constructor
BorderLayoutExample()
{
// creating a Frame
jframe = new JFrame();
// create buttons
JButton btn1 = new JButton("NORTH");
JButton btn2 = new JButton("SOUTH");
JButton btn3 = new JButton("EAST");
JButton btn4 = new JButton("WEST");
JButton btn5 = new JButton("CENTER");
// creating an object of the BorderLayout class using
// the parameterized constructor where the horizontal gap is 20
// and vertical gap is 15. The gap will be evident when buttons are placed
// in the frame
jframe.setLayout(new BorderLayout(20, 15));
jframe.add(btn1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
jframe.add(btn2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
jframe.add(btn3, BorderLayout.EAST);
jframe.add(btn4, BorderLayout.WEST);
jframe.add(btn5, BorderLayout.CENTER);
jframe.setSize(300,300);
jframe.setVisible(true);
}
// main method
public static void main(String argvs[])
{
new BorderLayoutExample();
}
}
Output:

Java BorderLayout: Without Specifying Region

The add() method of the JFrame class can work even when we do not specify the region. In such a case,
only the latest component added is shown in the frame, and all the components added previously get
discarded. The latest component covers the whole area. The following example shows the same.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BorderLayoutWithoutRegionExample
{
JFrame jframe;
// constructor
BorderLayoutWithoutRegionExample()
{
jframe = new JFrame();
JButton btn1 = new JButton("NORTH");
JButton btn2 = new JButton("SOUTH");
JButton btn3 = new JButton("EAST");
JButton btn4 = new JButton("WEST");
JButton btn5 = new JButton("CENTER");
// horizontal gap is 7, and the vertical gap is 7
// Since region is not specified, the gaps are of no use
jframe.setLayout(new BorderLayout(7, 7));
// each button covers the whole area
// however, the btn5 is the latest button
// that is added to the frame; therefore, btn5
// is shown
jframe.add(btn1);
jframe.add(btn2);
jframe.add(btn3);
jframe.add(btn4);
jframe.add(btn5);
 jframe.setSize(300,300);
jframe.setVisible(true);
}
// main method
public static void main(String argvs[])
{
new BorderLayoutWithoutRegionExample();
}
}
Output:

Java GridLayout

The Java GridLayout class is used to arrange the components in a rectangular grid. One component is
displayed in each rectangle.

Constructors of GridLayout class

1. GridLayout(): creates a grid layout with one column per component in a row.
2. GridLayout(int rows, int columns): creates a grid layout with the given rows and columns but
no gaps between the components.
3. GridLayout(int rows, int columns, int hgap, int vgap): creates a grid layout with the given
rows and columns along with given horizontal and vertical gaps.

Example of GridLayout class: Using GridLayout() Constructor

The GridLayout() constructor creates only one row. The following example shows the usage of the
parameterless constructor.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class GridLayoutExample

{
JFrame frameObj;

// constructor
GridLayoutExample()
{
frameObj = new JFrame();

// creating 9 buttons
JButton btn1 = new JButton("1");
JButton btn2 = new JButton("2");
JButton btn3 = new JButton("3");
JButton btn4 = new JButton("4");
JButton btn5 = new JButton("5");
JButton btn6 = new JButton("6");
JButton btn7 = new JButton("7");
JButton btn8 = new JButton("8");
JButton btn9 = new JButton("9");

// adding buttons to the frame

// since, we are using the parameterless constructor, therfore;
// the number of columns is equal to the number of buttons we
// are adding to the frame. The row count remains one.
frameObj.add(btn1); frameObj.add(btn2); frameObj.add(btn3);
frameObj.add(btn4); frameObj.add(btn5); frameObj.add(btn6);
frameObj.add(btn7); frameObj.add(btn8); frameObj.add(btn9);

// setting the grid layout using the parameterless constructor

frameObj.setLayout(new GridLayout());

frameObj.setSize(300, 300);
frameObj.setVisible(true);
}
// main method
public static void main(String argvs[])
{
new GridLayoutExample();
}
}
Output:

Example of GridLayout class: Using GridLayout(int rows, int columns) Constructor

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MyGridLayout{
JFrame f;
MyGridLayout(){
f=new JFrame();
JButton b1=new JButton("1");
 JButton b2=new JButton("2");
JButton b3=new JButton("3");
JButton b4=new JButton("4");
JButton b5=new JButton("5");
JButton b6=new JButton("6");
JButton b7=new JButton("7");
JButton b8=new JButton("8");
JButton b9=new JButton("9");
// adding buttons to the frame
f.add(b1); f.add(b2); f.add(b3);
f.add(b4); f.add(b5); f.add(b6);
f.add(b7); f.add(b8); f.add(b9);

// setting grid layout of 3 rows and 3 columns

f.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3));
f.setSize(300,300);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MyGridLayout();
}
}
Output:

Example of GridLayout class: Using GridLayout(int rows, int columns, int hgap, int vgap) Constructor
The following example inserts horizontal and vertical gaps between buttons using the parameterized
constructor GridLayout(int rows, int columns, int hgap, int vgap).

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class GridLayoutExample1

{

JFrame frameObj;
// constructor
GridLayoutExample1()
{
frameObj = new JFrame();

// creating 9 buttons
JButton btn1 = new JButton("1");
JButton btn2 = new JButton("2");
JButton btn3 = new JButton("3");
JButton btn4 = new JButton("4");
JButton btn5 = new JButton("5");
JButton btn6 = new JButton("6");
JButton btn7 = new JButton("7");
JButton btn8 = new JButton("8");
JButton btn9 = new JButton("9");

// adding buttons to the frame

// since, we are using the parameterless constructor, therefore;
// the number of columns is equal to the number of buttons we
// are adding to the frame. The row count remains one.
frameObj.add(btn1); frameObj.add(btn2); frameObj.add(btn3);
frameObj.add(btn4); frameObj.add(btn5); frameObj.add(btn6);
frameObj.add(btn7); frameObj.add(btn8); frameObj.add(btn9);
// setting the grid layout
// a 3 * 3 grid is created with the horizontal gap 20
// and vertical gap 25
frameObj.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3, 20, 25));
frameObj.setSize(300, 300);
frameObj.setVisible(true);
}
// main method
public static void main(String argvs[])
{
new GridLayoutExample();
}
}
Output:
 JDBC – JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY
JDBC stands for Java Database Connectivity. JDBC is a Java API to connect and execute the query with
the database. JDBC API uses JDBC drivers to connect with the database. The java.sql package contains
classes and interfaces for JDBC API.

5 Steps in Java Database Connectivity

There are 5 steps to connect any java application with the database using JDBC. These steps are as
follows:
o Register the Driver class
o Create connection
o Create statement
o Execute queries
o Close connection

1) Register the driver class

The forName() method of Class class is used to register the driver class. This method is used to
dynamically load the driver class.

Syntax of forName() method

public static void forName(String className)throws ClassNotFoundException

Example to register the OracleDriver class

Here, Java program is loading oracle driver to esteblish database connection.
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");

2) Create the connection object

The getConnection() method of DriverManager class is used to establish connection with the database.

Syntax of getConnection() method

1) public static Connection getConnection(String url)throws SQLException
2) public static Connection getConnection(String url,String name,String password)
throws SQLException

Example to establish connection with the Oracle database

Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","password");

3) Create the Statement object

The createStatement() method of Connection interface is used to create statement. The object of
statement is responsible to execute queries with the database.

Syntax of createStatement() method

public Statement createStatement()throws SQLException

Example to create the statement object

Statement stmt=con.createStatement();

4) Execute the query

The executeQuery() method of Statement interface is used to execute queries to the database. This
method returns the object of ResultSet that can be used to get all the records of a table.

Syntax of executeQuery() method

public ResultSet executeQuery(String sql)throws SQLException

Example to execute query

ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from emp");
while(rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2));
}

5) Close the connection object

By closing connection object statement and ResultSet will be closed automatically. The close() method of
Connection interface is used to close the connection.

Syntax of close() method

public void close()throws SQLException
Example to close connection
con.close();

Java Database Connectivity with MySQL

To connect Java application with the MySQL database, we need to follow 5 following steps.

In this example we are using MySql as the database. So we need to know following informations for the
mysql database:

Driver class: The driver class for the mysql database is com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.
Connection URL: The connection URL for the mysql database is jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonoo
where jdbc is the API, mysql is the database, localhost is the server name on which mysql is running, we
may also use IP address, 3306 is the port number and sonoo is the database name. We may use any
database, in such case, we need to replace the sonoo with our database name.
Username: The default username for the mysql database is root.
Password: It is the password given by the user at the time of installing the mysql database. In this
example, we are going to use root as the password.

Let's first create a table in the mysql database, but before creating table, we need to create database first.
1. create database sonoo;
2. create table emp(id int(10),name varchar(40),age int(3));

Example to Connect Java Application with mysql database

In this example, sonoo is the database name, root is the username and password both.
import java.sql.*;

class MysqlCon{

public static void main(String args[]){

try{

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(

"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonoo","root","root");

//here sonoo is database name, root is username and password

Statement stmt=con.createStatement();

ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from emp");

while(rs.next())

System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2)+" "+rs.getString(3));

con.close();

}catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e);}