Project 6

Project 6: Java Programming

Ticker Tape: Write a Java Applet that displays a long text string as a "ticker tape". Try to make this as nice an object as you can. That is, make a TickerTape object which extends Component, or Canvas, or Label, as you wish, and which encapsulates all the necessary set-up and thread control.

Hint: To interact correctly with Layout Managers, make sure your object either inherits or overrides the methods minimumSize and preferredSize. The first should return a Dimension object with the smallest permissible screen size for the ticker tape; the second returns the Dimension of the natural size of the ticker tape.

Your Java file will be named TickerTapeTest.java, and should instantiate and display simultaneously several TickerTape objects.