Integration Java SE + Processing

Sonymusic

Hello! I'm having some trouble on trying to integrate JavaSE + Processing.

I'll explain: I am doing a app to show the tumor grouth and I have some variables that I have to throw into my program, I'm doing this by code but my purpose is to do some forms with JFrame and call a class to execute the app. I am using Eclipse, I imported the Processing libraries into Eclipse and it's running when I don't use JavaSE. The trouble shows up when I am at the Java SE forms and I throw the informations. I don't know what to do. Look at here:

GameModel gameModel = new GameModel(tamX, tamY, tamPix); RandGame g = new RandGame(gameModel); //What I have to do now? Call g.draw()? g.setup()? Other method?

I, obviously, tried to run g.draw() and g.setup() and I got a error stack that if I run directly the Processing class I don't get.

Forgive me if you don't understand my problem, I'm from Brazil and I'm not used to write this kinda text in English.

Thank!

By: Ericson

GoToLoop

• It's a very known issue that, since Processing is a framework which extensively relies on AWT & Swing GUI frameworks, we should avoid using them in our own sketches!
• Of course there are many parts of them which offers no problems. For example: JOptionPane.
• But as a general rule we should stay away from most of them if we use Processing.
• If you need some GUI, Processing got some excellent libraries:
  https://processing.org/reference/libraries/#gui
• If you need multiple windows, you can instantiate more than 1 PApplet too:
  http://forum.processing.org/two/discussions/tagged?Tag=#multiplewindows

PhiLho

Alternatively, some people create a Swing application and integrate Processing in a JFrame, as a visualization panel.

Sonymusic

Now I'm confused. @GoToLoop said I can't do that kinda integration I want and @PhiLho said I can. Could you explain a little more about that please? @PhiLho, what I wanna do is exactly this, but how I can do? I notice that if I use JFrame I get a error strack...

Thanks for answering me. By: Ericson

PhiLho

I wrote about a Swing application (a Java application using Swing for its display), and integrating Processing display into it.
GoToLoop wrote about writing a Processing sketch and trying to use Swing inside it. Because of the threading model of sketches, they don't work well with Swing.

Sonymusic

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Do you have some kind of tutorial of this processing gui you've said? I'll try to implement this gui but I don't know how, if you could please send me an implementation example.

Thanks.

By: Ericson

GoToLoop

Both G4P & ControlP5 GUI libraries are extensively used in this forum:

1. http://forum.processing.org/two/discussions/tagged?Tag=G4P
2. http://forum.processing.org/two/discussions/tagged?Tag=ControlP5

Sonymusic

Thanks guys! I'll study these libraries.