Addition Applet

// Fig. 3.12: javac
// Adding two floating-point numbers.

// Java core packages
import java.awt.Graphics;   // import class Graphics

// Java extension packages
import javax.swing.*;       // import package javax.swing

public class AdditionApplet extends JApplet {
   double sum;  // sum of values entered by user

   // initialize applet by obtaining values from user
   public void init()
   {
      String firstNumber;   // first string entered by user
      String secondNumber;  // second string entered by user
      double number1;       // first number to add
      double number2;       // second number to add

      // obtain first number from user
      firstNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
         "Enter first floating-point value" );

      // obtain second number from user
      secondNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
         "Enter second floating-point value" );

      // convert numbers from type String to type double
      number1 = Double.parseDouble( firstNumber ); 
      number2 = Double.parseDouble( secondNumber );

      // add numbers
      sum = number1 + number2;
   }

   // draw results in a rectangle on applet background
   public void paint( Graphics g )
   {
      // call inherited version of method paint
      super.paint( g );

      // draw rectangle starting from (15, 10) that is 270 
      // pixels wide and 20 pixels tall
      g.drawRect( 15, 10, 270, 20 );

      // draw results as a String at (25, 25)
      g.drawString( "The sum is " + sum, 25, 25 );

   }  // end method paint

}  // end class AdditionApplet