Hi members,I would like to share knowlege in Java with you.
I have a problem which i request a solution for.
I want to design a GUI in java that displays four roads each having traffic
lights and these traffic lights have four colours(green, orange, and Red).
So I want these traffic lights to change colours every after 10 seconds with green
moving clockwise to all the four roads followed by orange and
finally Red. This code should allow me to click on any these lights and when I do so
the clicked traffic light should light up green all the rest light up red immediately.

Well show us what code you've got! Noone's gonna do it for ya.

Hi TransKim

Write some code ...get an error and ask us ...we are here for you in that case

But if your teacher ask you to do something and you are simple coming to us to do that.....then we are not here to help you

so come up with some code

Ok, so to accomplish this you will need to understand the following:
Custom painting in Swing: Performing Custom Painting
Timers:How to Use Swing Timers
Event listeners: Writing Event Listeners

You may want to use icons (in JLabels) for the signs, as it will make some of the click handling easier and you won't have to paint them from scratch.

Work through those and start coding up your interface. If you run into specific troubles or something you don't understand, post back with the code and questions.

Hi members
that's the code I tried with my friend but we were all confused
please try to show us how we can deal with it.

public class TrafficLight {
int currentState;

// Constructor that makes a red traffic light
public TrafficLight() {
currentState = 1;
}

// Advance the traffic light to the next state
public int advanceState() {
currentState = ++currentState % 3 + 1;
return currentState;
}

// Return the state of the traffic light (as a number from 1 to 3)
public int getState() {
return currentState;
}

// Set the state of the traffic light (as a number from 1 to 3)
// If the integer is out of range, do nothing
public void setState(int newState) {
if ((newState > 0) && (newState <4))
currentState = newState;
}

// Return a string representation of the traffic light
public String toString() {
String[] colours = {"Red", "Yellow", "Green"};
return colours[currentState] + " Traffic Light";
}
}

Please use code tags when you post code for review. As for the code, what question do you have about it? The fact that it doesn't return the correct string description? Hint: don't try to use a 1-based state variable backed by a zero-based array. (There's also no reason to re-create that array in every call to "toString()" ).

If you are representing state with integer state codes, you should define those as named constants as well. "RED" makes a lot more sense to read in the code than "1". Using an enum would probably be even better.

i wanted the real code now please!

So write it now, please.