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// Created by: Tanjeem Hossain
// Modified: 3/24/2020
// making a GUI

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

public class GUI implements ActionListener 
{
    int clicks = 0;     //stating variable for the number of clicks the user commits
    JLabel label = new JLabel("Number of clicks:  0     ");     //the label variable storing the string as the default \'number of clicks: 0\'
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();     //storing the frame for the panel in the frame variable

    public GUI() 
    {

        //creating the interactable button
        JButton button = new JButton("Click Me");     //adding a button that makes a noise when clicked
        button.addActionListener(this);     //the computer detecting the sound of the click

        //creating the panel and displaying it with the button and label
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(100, 100, 100, 100));     //creating the lengths and widths of the panel
        panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1));
        panel.add(button);     //adds the clickable button to the display
        panel.add(label);     //adds the number of clicks counter to the display

        //create frame for panel and display
        frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);     //adding the frame around the panel in the center   
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);     //to close the panel, one must simply force close by hitting X
        frame.setTitle("GUI");     //naming the panel "GUI" right at the top
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);     //make the panel visible to the users display screen
    }

    //counter for number of button clicks increase
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
    {
        clicks++;     //every time the code detects the sound of a click it will add (+1) to the variable that stores the number of clicks
        label.setText("Number of clicks:  " + clicks);     //outputs the number of clicks to the user
    }

    // create one Frame
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        new GUI();
    }
}