Java programming part 76 GUI : Radio Button ItemListener

Java Programming tutorial, GUI, Graphical User Interface. this tutorial is teaching. How to use ItemListener for Radio Buttons and Check Boxes. The Item Listener is probably the best listener to use for radio buttons as it returns an integer 1 or 2, which can be used to control what; or how code is executed.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class UserFrame extends JFrame implements ItemListener{
public static String name = "charles";
public static JMenuItem print;
public static JButton jb11;

public static ImageIcon icon1;
public static ImageIcon icon2;
public static ImageIcon icon3;
public static ImageIcon icon4;
public static ImageIcon icon5;
public static ImageIcon icon6;
public static ImageIcon icon7;
public static JCheckBox tbox;
public static JRadioButton rbut;


public static JCheckBox check1;
public static JCheckBox check2;
public static JCheckBox check3;
public static boolean cb1;

public static boolean rad1;
public static boolean rad2;
public static boolean rad3;

public static JRadioButton radio1;
public static JRadioButton radio2;
public static JRadioButton radio3;
public static ButtonGroup bg;
public static JLabel lb1;
public static JLabel lb2;
public static JLabel lb3;
public static JLabel lb4;
public static JLabel lb5;
public static JLabel lb6;
public static JLabel lb7;
public static JLabel lb8;
public static JLabel lb9;
public static JLabel lb10;


UserFrame(){
setTitle("UsersFrame");
setSize(600,550);

}


public static void main(String[] args){

UserFrame f = new UserFrame();
JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
bar.setToolTipText("this is the manu bar please use this carefully");
JToolBar tb = new JToolBar();
tb.setToolTipText("This is a too bar");
icon1 = new ImageIcon("src\\Paint-icon.png");
icon2 = new ImageIcon("src\\stop-icon.png");
icon3 = new ImageIcon("src\\shield-icon.png");
icon4 = new ImageIcon("src\\repair-icon.png");
icon5 = new ImageIcon("src\\sunset-icon.png");
icon6 = new ImageIcon("src\\strawberry-icon.png");
icon7 = new ImageIcon("src\\girl-icon.png");

tbox = new JCheckBox("What");
rbut = new JRadioButton("Why");

check1 = new JCheckBox("YouTube");
check2 = new JCheckBox("Scotland");
check3 = new JCheckBox("Me");

cb1 = false;

rad1 = false;
rad2 = false;
rad3 = false;

radio1 = new JRadioButton("is Scotland Cool ?");
radio2 = new JRadioButton("Scotland Not Cool ?");
radio2.addItemListener(f);
radio3 = new JRadioButton("Could Scotland be Cool ?");

bg = new ButtonGroup();
bg.add(radio1);
bg.add(radio2);
bg.add(radio3);

jb11 = new JButton(icon1);
jb11.setToolTipText("this button has a tool tip, please read!");
JButton jb12 = new JButton(icon2);
JButton jb13 = new JButton(icon3);
JButton jb14 = new JButton(icon4);
JButton jb15 = new JButton(icon5);
JButton jb16 = new JButton(icon6);
JButton jb17 = new JButton(icon7);
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
JMenu editMenu = new JMenu("Edit");
print = new JMenuItem("print name");
JMenuItem print2 = new JMenuItem("print nothen");
fileMenu.add(print);
fileMenu.add(print2);
bar.add(fileMenu);
bar.add(editMenu);
f.setJMenuBar(bar);


tb.add(jb11);
tb.add(jb12);
tb.add(jb13);
tb.add(jb14);
tb.add(jb15);
tb.add(jb16);
tb.add(jb17);
tb.add(tbox);
tb.add(rbut);

lb1 = new JLabel(" ");
lb2 = new JLabel(" ");
lb3 = new JLabel("Answer the Question Below : Where Who Or What ? ");
lb4 = new JLabel(" ");
lb5 = new JLabel(" ");
lb6 = new JLabel(" ");
lb7 = new JLabel(" ");
lb8 = new JLabel("Answer The Question Below : About Coolability ");
lb9 = new JLabel(" ");
lb10 = new JLabel(" ");

JPanel pan = new JPanel();
JPanel pan2 = new JPanel();
pan2.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pan2,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
pan2.add(lb1);
pan2.add(lb2);
pan2.add(lb3);
pan2.add(lb4);
pan2.add(lb5);


pan2.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
pan.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

pan2.add(check1);
pan2.add(check2);
pan2.add(check3);

pan2.add(lb6);
pan2.add(lb7);
pan2.add(lb8);
pan2.add(lb9);
pan2.add(lb10);

pan2.add(radio1);
pan2.add(radio2);
pan2.add(radio3);


pan.add(tb,BorderLayout.NORTH);
pan.add(pan2,BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.add(pan);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setVisible(true);
}

@Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
System.out.println("The change is "+e.getStateChange());
}

}