The JProgressBar Class
Swing makes it easy to create progress bars. Applications typically use progress bars to report the status of time-consuming jobs, such as software installation or large amounts of copying. The bars themselves are simply rectangles of an arbitrary length, a percentage of which is filled based on the model’s value. Swing progress bars come in two flavors: horizontal and vertical. If the orientation is horizontal, the bar fills from left to right. If the bar is vertical, it fills from bottom to top. SDK 1.4 added the ability to show indeterminate progress (progress when you don’t know the total).
Working with Progress Bars
Like the other bounded-range components, progress bars are easy to work with. This example displays a simple progress bar that fills from left to right by updating itself every 0.1 seconds:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ProgressBarExample extends JPanel {
JProgressBar pbar;
static final int MY_MINIMUM = 0;
static final int MY_MAXIMUM = 100;
public ProgressBarExample() {
pbar = new JProgressBar();
pbar.setMinimum(MY_MINIMUM);
pbar.setMaximum(MY_MAXIMUM);
add(pbar);
}
public void updateBar(int newValue) {
pbar.setValue(newValue);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
final ProgressBarExample it = new ProgressBarExample();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Progress Bar Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setContentPane(it);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
for (int i = MY_MINIMUM; i <= MY_MAXIMUM; i++) {
final int percent = i;
try {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
it.updateBar(percent);
}
});
java.lang.Thread.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
;
}
}
}
}
