Java project calculation

[clook]

i'm supposed to create a GUI project that will display a package ID and calculate its shipping cost. the shipping cost is calculated per ounce, and i must convert the pounds to ounces for the shipping cost. everything seems to be working fine except for the calculation. the shipping cost is always showing up as 0, and i am pretty confident my formulas are right. is the formula not being read since it is only in a method? if so, how should i go about doing this?

here is my code:

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



public class shippingCharge extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{

	//objects and data types created here
	JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
	JTextField packageIdentificationTextField = new JTextField(6);
	JTextField poundsTextField = new JTextField(10);
	JTextField ouncesTextField = new JTextField(10);
	JButton displayButton = new JButton("Calculate  ");
	JTextArea outputTextArea = new JTextArea("Your shipping charge ", 10,30);
	
	//Variables
	String packageIdentificationString;
	double poundDouble, ouncesDouble, poundToOunceOuncesDouble, shippingCostDouble;
 

	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		shippingCharge shippingTotal = new shippingCharge();
	}
		
	public shippingCharge()
	{
		designFrame();
		setSize(500,500);
		setVisible(true);
		
	}
	
	public void designFrame()
	{
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Package ID"));
		mainPanel.add(packageIdentificationTextField);
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Pounds"));
		mainPanel.add(poundsTextField);
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Ounces"));
		mainPanel.add(ouncesTextField);
		mainPanel.add(displayButton);
		mainPanel.add(outputTextArea);
		
        add(mainPanel);
		//add listener to the  object
        packageIdentificationTextField.addActionListener(this);
		displayButton.addActionListener(this);
		
	}
	
	public void getInput()
	{
		packageIdentificationString = packageIdentificationTextField.getText();
		poundDouble = Double.parseDouble(poundsTextField.getText()); 
		ouncesDouble = Double.parseDouble(ouncesTextField.getText());
		
	}
	
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
	{
		getInput();
		displayOutput();
	}
	
	public void calculateShipping()
	{
		final double SHIPPING_RATE = .12;
		final double OUNCES_PER_POUND = 16;
		poundToOunceOuncesDouble = poundDouble * OUNCES_PER_POUND;
		shippingCostDouble = (poundToOunceOuncesDouble + ouncesDouble) * SHIPPING_RATE;
		
	}

	public void displayOutput()
	{
		outputTextArea.append('\n' + "Package ID  : " + packageIdentificationString + '\n' +
				"Pounds  : " + poundDouble + '\n' +
				"Ounces  : " + ouncesDouble + '\n'+
				"Shipping Cost  : " + shippingCostDouble + '\n');
	
	}
}

 

[Vid]

You never called calculuateShipping. It's been at least a year and a half since I've done any JAVA programming, but I think you could put it either within the actionlisten or within displayOutput.

 

[clook]

how can i put it within displayoutput?

 

[cp51]

its been a while since i did ne java, but if u just put:

        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
	{
		getInput();
                calculateShipping();
		displayOutput();
	}

Just adding it before u call displayOutput should calculate the shipping, then u can display it... i believe that is how it would work.

 

[clook]

thanks.. works now.

 

[clook]

i am trying to display the output in a jlabel. I have created individual jlabels for the package ID, weight, and shipping cost and tried to display them with the mainPanel:

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;



public class shippingCharge extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{

	//objects and data types created here
	JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
	JTextField packageIdentificationTextField = new JTextField(6);
	JTextField poundsTextField = new JTextField(10);
	JTextField ouncesTextField = new JTextField(10);
	JButton displayButton = new JButton("Calculate  ");
	
	
	//Variables
	String packageIdentificationString;
	double poundDouble, ouncesDouble, poundToOunceOuncesDouble, shippingCostDouble;


	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		shippingCharge shippingTotal = new shippingCharge();
	}
		
	public shippingCharge()
	{
		designFrame();
		setSize(500,500);
		setVisible(true);
		
	}
	
	public void designFrame()
	{
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Package ID"));
		mainPanel.add(packageIdentificationTextField);
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Pounds"));
		mainPanel.add(poundsTextField);
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Ounces"));
		mainPanel.add(ouncesTextField);
		mainPanel.add(displayButton);
		
		
        add(mainPanel);
		//add listener to the  object
        packageIdentificationTextField.addActionListener(this);
		displayButton.addActionListener(this);
		
	}
	
	public void getInput()
	{
		packageIdentificationString = packageIdentificationTextField.getText();
		poundDouble = Double.parseDouble(poundsTextField.getText()); 
		ouncesDouble = Double.parseDouble(ouncesTextField.getText());
		
	}
	
	public void calculateShipping()
	{
		final double SHIPPING_RATE = .12;
		final double OUNCES_PER_POUND = 16;
		poundToOunceOuncesDouble = poundDouble * OUNCES_PER_POUND;
		shippingCostDouble = (poundToOunceOuncesDouble + ouncesDouble) * SHIPPING_RATE;
		
	}

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
	{
		getInput();
		calculateShipping();
		displayOutput();
		
		
	}
	
	public void displayOutput()
	{
		
		mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Package ID:" + packageIdentificationString));
        mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Weight:" + poundDouble + "lbs" + ouncesDouble + "oz."));
        mainPanel.add(new JLabel("Shipping Cost:" + shippingCostDouble));
	
			
	}
}

here is the revised code, but the output labels aren't showing up. what gives?