package morsecode;
 
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
public class MorseCode
{
    public static class morseCode implements ActionListener
    {
        JFrame frame;
        JPanel contentPane;
        JTextField words;
        JButton CodeIt;
        JLabel enterString, coded;
 
        public morseCode()
        {
            // Create and set up the frame
            frame = new JFrame("Morse Code");
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
            // Create a content pane with a BoxLayout
            // and empty borders
            contentPane = new JPanel();
            contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 100));
            contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(4,2,5,10));
 
            // Create a text field and a descriptive label
            enterString = new JLabel("Enter string: ");
            contentPane.add(enterString);
 
            words = new JTextField(50);
            contentPane.add(words);
 
            // Create a display morseCode button
            CodeIt = new JButton("Code It");
            CodeIt.addActionListener(this);
            contentPane.add(CodeIt);
 
            // Create a label that will display text in morse code
            coded = new JLabel(" ");
            contentPane.add(coded);
 
            // Add content pane to frame
            frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
 
            // Size and then diplay the frame
            frame.pack();
            frame.setVisible(true);
        }
 
 
//////////// I think this is the section where I need to put my array
//////////// set up since it retrieves the user input and I believe
//////////// displays it
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
        {
            String text = words.getText();
//            char[] stringArray = text.toCharArray();
//            String[] morse = {".- ","-... ","-.-. ","-.. ",". ","..-. ","--. ",".... ",".. ",".--- ","-.- ",".-.. ","-- ","-. ","--- ",".--. ","--.- ",".-. ","... ","- ","..- ","...- ",".-- ","-..- ","-.-- ","--.. "};
            coded.setText(text);
        }
    }
 
    private static void runGUI()
    {
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
 
        morseCode greeting = new morseCode();
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
        {
            public void run()
            {
                runGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

HashMap<Character,String> map = HashMap<Character,String>(26);
 
map.put('a', ".-");
map.put('b', "-...");
...
 
 
String text = words.getText().toLowerCase();
char[] stringArray = text.toCharArray();

String result="";
...
result += map.get(stringArray[i]);
...