JTextArea as console

Question

I have posted two pieces of code below. Both codes work fine individually. Now, when I run the file Easy, and click on the \"Start\" button, I want the class AddNumber to be

Answer 1

If you do a Google search for: "stdout JTextArea", you will a couple of links to solve your problem.

• http://www.coderanch.com/t/458147/GUI/java/Redirect-output-stderr-stdout-JTextArea
• Redirecting System.out to JTextPane
• http://www.jcreator.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=773

In the last link, buddybob extends java.io.OutputStream to print standard output to his JTextArea. I included his solution below.

TextAreaOutputStream.java

/*
*
* @(#) TextAreaOutputStream.java
*
*/

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

/**
* An output stream that writes its output to a javax.swing.JTextArea
* control.
*
* @author  Ranganath Kini
* @see      javax.swing.JTextArea
*/
public class TextAreaOutputStream extends OutputStream {
    private JTextArea textControl;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of TextAreaOutputStream which writes
     * to the specified instance of javax.swing.JTextArea control.
     *
     * @param control   A reference to the javax.swing.JTextArea
     *                  control to which the output must be redirected
     *                  to.
     */
    public TextAreaOutputStream( JTextArea control ) {
        textControl = control;
    }

    /**
     * Writes the specified byte as a character to the
     * javax.swing.JTextArea.
     *
     * @param   b   The byte to be written as character to the
     *              JTextArea.
     */
    public void write( int b ) throws IOException {
        // append the data as characters to the JTextArea control
        textControl.append( String.valueOf( ( char )b ) );
    }  
}

The TextAreaOutputStream extends the java.io.OutputStream class and overrides its write(int) method overload, this class uses a reference to a javax.swing.JTextArea control instance and then appends output to it whenever its write( int b ) method is called.

To use the TextAreaOutputStream class, [yo]u should use:

Usage

// Create an instance of javax.swing.JTextArea control
JTextArea txtConsole = new JTextArea();

// Now create a new TextAreaOutputStream to write to our JTextArea control and wrap a
// PrintStream around it to support the println/printf methods.
PrintStream out = new PrintStream( new TextAreaOutputStream( txtConsole ) );

// redirect standard output stream to the TextAreaOutputStream
System.setOut( out );

// redirect standard error stream to the TextAreaOutputStream
System.setErr( out );

// now test the mechanism
System.out.println( "Hello World" );