IO streams to JPanel, GUI with InputStream and OutputStream in a JPanels JTextField and JTextArea - user-interface

Question

I'm trying to write a GUI where the user sees the System output in a JTextArea and where he writes the input in a JTextField, both object inside a JPanel.
How do I do to connect the System output stream to the JTextArea and the System input stream to the JTextField? I have googled and searched these forums but havnt found the solution. I would be very happy if someone could help me with this.
I have a Master class that calls the JPanel with the GUI, and I will have work executed in different threads later on, but right now I struggle with the basic issue of connecting IO streams to the JPanel. Down below is the 2 classes:
public class MainTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
JPanelOUT testpanel = new JPanelOUT();
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(testpanel);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.pack();
/*
System.setOut(CONVERT TEXTAREA TO AN OUTPUTSTREAM SOMEHOW??(JPanelOUT.textArea)));
System.setIn(CONVERT STRING TO AN INPUTSTREAM SOMEHOW?? JPanelOUT.textField);
*/
String text = Sreadinput();
System.out.println(text);
}
public static String Sreadinput() throws IOException {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(JPanelOUT.is));
String input=in.readLine();
return input;
}
}
public class JPanelOUT extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
protected static JTextField textField;
protected static JTextArea textArea;
public static InputStream is;
private final static String newline = "\n";
public JPanelOUT() throws UnsupportedEncodingException, FileNotFoundException {
super(new GridBagLayout());
JLabel label1 = new JLabel("OUTPUT:");;
JLabel label2 = new JLabel("INPUT:");;
textField = new JTextField(20);
textField.addActionListener(this);
textArea = new JTextArea(10, 20);
textArea.setEditable(false);
textArea.setBackground(Color.black);
textArea.setForeground(Color.white);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,200));
GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
add(label1, c);
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
c.weightx = 1.0;
c.weighty = 1.0;
add(scrollPane, c);
c.weightx = 0;
c.weighty = 0;
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
add(label2, c);
c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
add(textField, c);
String WelcomeText1 = "Hello and welcome to the TEST";
String WelcomeText2 = "Trying to get the input field below to become the System.in and this output";
String WelcomeText3 = "field to become the System.out (preferrably both with UTF-8 encoding where";
String WelcomeText4 = "the scrollpane automatically scrolls down to the last output line)!";
textArea.append(WelcomeText1 + newline + newline + WelcomeText2 + newline + WelcomeText3 + newline + WelcomeText4 + newline + newline);
String text = textField.getText();
is =new ByteArrayInputStream(text.getBytes("UTF-8"));
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
String text2 = textField.getText();
textArea.append(text2 + newline);
textField.selectAll();
textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength());
}
}

Answer 1

i am new to java, trying to deal with the streams, too :)
Sorry for bad English I am from Russia.
May be this code will help you.
public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
/**
* Creates new form NewJFrame
*/
public MyPrintStream myPrintStream;
public NewJFrame()throws FileNotFoundException{
initComponents();
this.myPrintStream = new MyPrintStream("string");
}
private class MyPrintStream extends PrintStream {
MyPrintStream(String str)throws FileNotFoundException{
super(str);
}
public void println(String s){
textArea1.append(s+'\n');
}
} .. continuation class code
Main method:
public static void main(String args[]){
/* Set the Nimbus look and feel... */
/* Create and display the form */
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run(){
try{
NewJFrame myJFrame = new NewJFrame();
myJFrame.setVisible(true);
System.setOut(myJFrame.myPrintStream);
System.out.println("its work");
System.out.println("its work2");
System.out.print("str"); //does not work, need to override
}catch (FileNotFoundException e){System.out.println (e.getMessage());}
}
});