You just need to use two classes: ScreenManager and Screen.
First create a ScreenManager instance and then attach Screens to it:
screenManager = new ScreenManager();
screenManager.addScreen(new HomeScreen(), "HOMESCREEN");
screenManager.addScreen(new AboutScreen(), "ABOUTSCREEN");
where HomeScreen and AboutScreen are classes that extends the Screen class:
class HomeScreen extends Screen {
JButton aboutBtn;
public HomeScreen() {
add(new JLabel("Welcome!"));
aboutBtn = new JButton("Go to about screen");
aboutBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
navigateTo("ABOUTSCREEN");
}
}
}
}
As you can see in the example above, inside Screen classes you can call the method navigateTo(String screenName) which is used to navigate to the specified screen.
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Riccardo Graziosi.