Dont write GUIs - Small framework to never have to write a GUI again

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When making scripts its a common requirement to let users configure certain settings

problem is that swing is annoying! it is easy to mess things up and easy to write in a way where adding another setting can mess up the entire ui

for smalls scripts, a gui can easily be the majority of the complexity in the codebase

instead we will make a framework to take a data class, use reflection and some custom annotations to generate a gui on the fly for us

* this was written with functionality in mind, its to make writing scripts faster not to be pretty

* this was written 10 minutes before posting this so theres probably edge cases

 

usage:

SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> new TabbedUI(TestScriptSettings.getData()));

see below for examples on how UITab annotation works

 

some examples:

No sub tabs, just settings

    public static class Data {
        @SerializedName("hoursUntilMuleOff")
        public int hoursUntilMuleOff = 12;
        @SerializedName("initalGP")
        public int initalGP = 16_000_000;
        @SerializedName("slayerLvl")
        public int slayerLvl = 30;
        @SerializedName("slayDragons")
        public boolean slayDragons = false;
        @SerializedName("slayWithWhip")
        public boolean slayWithWhip = true;
        @SerializedName("prayerTarget")
        public int prayerTarget = 60;
        @SerializedName("prayInPOH")
        public boolean prayInPOH = true;
        @SerializedName("moneyLeftAfterMuling")
        public int moneyLeftAfterMuling = 1_000_000;
        @SerializedName("minLootValue")
        public int minLootValue = 1000;
    }

results in:

 

1 tab, some in root:

    public static class Data {
        @SerializedName("hoursUntilMuleOff")
        public int hoursUntilMuleOff = 12;
        @SerializedName("initalGP")
        public int initalGP = 16_000_000;
        @SerializedName("slayerLvl")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public int slayerLvl = 30;
        @SerializedName("slayDragons")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public boolean slayDragons = false;
        @SerializedName("slayWithWhip")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public boolean slayWithWhip = true;
        @SerializedName("prayerTarget")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public int prayerTarget = 60;
        @SerializedName("prayInPOH")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public boolean prayInPOH = true;
        @SerializedName("moneyLeftAfterMuling")
        public int moneyLeftAfterMuling = 1_000_000;
        @SerializedName("minLootValue")
        public int minLootValue = 1000;
    }

results in:

some in root, skilling has 2 subtabs

    public static class Data {
        @SerializedName("hoursUntilMuleOff")
        public int hoursUntilMuleOff = 12;
        @SerializedName("initalGP")
        public int initalGP = 16_000_000;
        @SerializedName("slayerLvl")
        @UITab("skilling")
        public int slayerLvl = 30;
        @SerializedName("slayDragons")
        @UITab({"skilling", "slayer"} )
        public boolean slayDragons = false;
        @SerializedName("slayWithWhip")
        @UITab({"skilling", "slayer"})
        public boolean slayWithWhip = true;
        @SerializedName("prayerTarget")
        @UITab({"skilling", "prayer"})
        public int prayerTarget = 60;
        @SerializedName("prayInPOH")
        @UITab({"skilling", "prayer"})
        public boolean prayInPOH = true;
        @SerializedName("moneyLeftAfterMuling")
        public int moneyLeftAfterMuling = 1_000_000;
        @SerializedName("minLootValue")
        public int minLootValue = 1000;
    }

results in:

none in root:

        @SerializedName("hoursUntilMuleOff")
        @UITab("script")
        public int hoursUntilMuleOff = 12;
        @SerializedName("initalGP")
        @UITab("script")
        public int initalGP = 16_000_000;
        @SerializedName("slayerLvl")
        @UITab({"skilling", "slayer"})
        public int slayerLvl = 30;
        @SerializedName("slayDragons")
        @UITab({"skilling", "slayer"} )
        public boolean slayDragons = false;
        @SerializedName("slayWithWhip")
        @UITab({"skilling", "slayer"})
        public boolean slayWithWhip = true;
        @SerializedName("prayerTarget")
        @UITab({"skilling", "prayer"})
        public int prayerTarget = 60;
        @SerializedName("prayInPOH")
        @UITab({"skilling", "prayer"})
        public boolean prayInPOH = true;
        @SerializedName("moneyLeftAfterMuling")
        @UITab("script")
        public int moneyLeftAfterMuling = 1_000_000;
        @SerializedName("minLootValue")
        @UITab("script")
        public int minLootValue = 1000;

results in:

 

hopefully its evident how this can be used from a quick script with only a couple of settings to a full blown aio with 10-20 settings per skill / activity without ever having to actually write and swing code and read about layouts for 15 hours and give yourself back pain

 

some updates that are nice if you want to

- remove requirement for serializedName and just use field name if its not ther

- add an annotation that gives tooltips in the GuiOption component

- anything to make it prettier

contribute and yoink here:https://github.com/camelCaseDB/Reflective-GUI-Generator?tab=readme-ov-filehttps://github.com/Amoz3/Reflective-GUI-Generator

 

Edited August 16 by camelCase

[Hans Zimmer 19]

Wonderful

[Articron 740]

But I love SWING wtf!

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9 hours ago, Articron said:

But I love SWING wtf!

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/support-for-self-harm-recovery/

[duration 1]

Thanks @camelCase

Implementation of ENUM using camelCase code.

public enum WallSelection {
    WESTWALL,
    EASTWALL,
    AUTOHANDLE
}

//Prayer Settings
    @SerializedName("Select Wall")
    @UITab("Wall")
    public WallSelection testing = WallSelection.EASTWALL;

As well as using @mr beautiful swing Function

SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
            TabbedUI t = new TabbedUI(new Data());
            t.addWindowListener(new WindowListener() {
                @Override
                public void windowOpened(WindowEvent e) {

                }

                @Override
                public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                    // save
                    Logger.info("window closing");
                }

                @Override
                public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
                }

                @Override
                public void windowIconified(WindowEvent e) {

                }

                @Override
                public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e) {

                }

                @Override
                public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) {

                }

                @Override
                public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e) {

                }
            });
        });