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import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

/*
 * CheckBoxDemo.java requires 16 image files in the images/geek directory:
 * geek-----.gif, geek-c---.gif, geek--g--.gif, geek---h-.gif, geek----t.gif,
 * geek-cg--.gif, ..., geek-cght.gif.
 */
public class CheckBoxDemo extends JPanel implements ItemListener {
    JCheckBox chinButton;
    JCheckBox glassesButton;
    JCheckBox hairButton;
    JCheckBox teethButton;

    /*
     * Four accessory choices provide for 16 different combinations. The image for
     * each combination is contained in a separate image file whose name indicates
     * the accessories. The filenames are "geek-XXXX.gif" where XXXX can be one of
     * the following 16 choices. The "choices" StringBuffer contains the string
     * that indicates the current selection and is used to generate the file name
     * of the image to display.
     * 
     * ---- //zero accessories
     * 
     * c--- //one accessory -g-- --h- ---t
     * 
     * cg-- //two accessories c-h- c--t -gh- -g-t --ht
     * 
     * -ght //three accessories c-ht cg-t cgh-
     * 
     * cght //all accessories
     */

    StringBuffer choices;
    JLabel pictureLabel;

    public CheckBoxDemo() {
        super(new BorderLayout());

        // Create the check boxes.
        chinButton = new JCheckBox("Chin");
        chinButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        chinButton.setSelected(true);

        glassesButton = new JCheckBox("Glasses");
        glassesButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_G);
        glassesButton.setSelected(true);

        hairButton = new JCheckBox("Hair");
        hairButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);
        hairButton.setSelected(true);

        teethButton = new JCheckBox("Teeth");
        teethButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T);
        teethButton.setSelected(true);

        // Register a listener for the check boxes.
        chinButton.addItemListener(this);
        glassesButton.addItemListener(this);
        hairButton.addItemListener(this);
        teethButton.addItemListener(this);

        // Indicates what's on the geek.
        choices = new StringBuffer("cght");

        // Set up the picture label
        pictureLabel = new JLabel();
        pictureLabel.setFont(pictureLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC));
        updatePicture();

        // Put the check boxes in a column in a panel
        JPanel checkPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
        checkPanel.add(chinButton);
        checkPanel.add(glassesButton);
        checkPanel.add(hairButton);
        checkPanel.add(teethButton);

        add(checkPanel, BorderLayout.LINE_START);
        add(pictureLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20));
    }

    /** Listens to the check boxes. */
    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
        int index = 0;
        char c = '-';
        Object source = e.getItemSelectable();

        if (source == chinButton) {
            index = 0;
            c = 'c';
        } else if (source == glassesButton) {
            index = 1;
            c = 'g';
        } else if (source == hairButton) {
            index = 2;
            c = 'h';
        } else if (source == teethButton) {
            index = 3;
            c = 't';
        }

        // Now that we know which button was pushed, find out
        // whether it was selected or deselected.
        if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.DESELECTED) {
            c = '-';
        }

        // Apply the change to the string.
        choices.setCharAt(index, c);

        updatePicture();
    }

    protected void updatePicture() {
        // Get the icon corresponding to the image.
        ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/geek/geek-" + choices.toString() + ".gif");
        pictureLabel.setIcon(icon);
        pictureLabel.setToolTipText(choices.toString());
        if (icon == null) {
            pictureLabel.setText("Missing Image");
        } else {
            pictureLabel.setText(null);
        }
    }

    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = CheckBoxDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
     * invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        // Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("CheckBoxDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        // Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new CheckBoxDemo();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); // content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        // Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        // creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}