The Robot class Demo - How to move the mouse cursor and type keys automatically from your Java program? - Full Java Code

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import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
 
/**
 * A Java  program that demonstrates the functionality offered by the Robot
 * class.
 */
 
public class UsingTheRobotClass 
{
 
	private JTextField textField = null;
	private JTextArea messageArea = null;
 
	public UsingTheRobotClass() 
	{
		JFrame loginScreen = creatFrame();
		loginScreen.setVisible(true);
 
		try 
		{
			Robot robot = new Robot();
 
			messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field...\n");
			robot.delay(5000);
			Point locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
			robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
			robot.delay(1000);
			messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move to the top left corner of the screen...\n");
			robot.delay(5000);
			robot.mouseMove(0, 0);
 
			robot.delay(1000);
			messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will move over the Text Field and perform a LEFT click...\n");
			robot.delay(5000);
			locOnScreen = textField.getLocationOnScreen();
			robot.mouseMove(locOnScreen.x, locOnScreen.y);
			robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
			robot.delay(1000);
			robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
 
			robot.delay(1000);
			messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the Mouse will perform a RIGHT click...\n");
			robot.delay(5000);
			robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
			robot.delay(1000);
			robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK);
 
			robot.delay(1000);
			messageArea.append("In 5 seconds the word 'demo:' will be typed...\n");
			robot.delay(5000);
 
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_D);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_D);
 
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_E);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_E);
 
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_M);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_M);
 
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_O);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_O);
 
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
			robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON);
			robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
 
			robot.delay(1000);
			messageArea.append("End of demo\n");
		} 
		catch (AWTException exception) 
		{
			String errorString = "Platform configuration does not allow low-level input control. Exiting the demo in 5 seconds."; 
			System.err.println(errorString);
			messageArea.append(errorString);
 
			try 
			{
				Thread.sleep(5000);
			} 
			catch (InterruptedException e) {/* Do nothing */}
			System.exit(1);
		}
	}
 
	/**
	 * The entry point of this program
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		new UsingTheRobotClass();
	}
 
	public JFrame creatFrame()
	{
		JFrame frame = new JFrame();
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setTitle("Robot Class Demo");
 
		JPanel contentPane = (JPanel)frame.getContentPane();
		contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(10,10));
 
		contentPane.add(createTextField(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
		contentPane.add(createStatusArea(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
		contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
		frame.setSize(600,500);
 
		// Center the JFrame in the screen
		frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 
		return frame;
 
	}
 
	private JTextField createTextField()
	{
		textField = new JTextField(30);
		textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextField");
		textField.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
		{
			 public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) 
			 {
				 messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Entered. Do you see tool tip?\n");
			 }
			 public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) 
			 {
				 messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse Exited. Tool tip disappeared?\n");
			 }
			 public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) 
			 {
				 messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Clicked.\n");
 
			 }
			 public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) 
			 {
				 messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Pressed.\n");
			 }
			 public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) 
			 {
				 messageArea.append("\t--> Mouse " + getMouseButton(e.getButton()) + " Released.\n");
			 }
		});
		return textField;
	}
 
	private String getMouseButton(int button)
	{
		 String buttonText;
 
		 switch(button)
		 {
		 	case MouseEvent.BUTTON1:
		 		buttonText = "Button 1";
		 		break;
 
		 	case MouseEvent.BUTTON2:
		 		buttonText = "Button 2";
		 		break;
 
		 	case MouseEvent.BUTTON3:
		 		buttonText = "Button 3";
		 		break;
 
		 	default:
		 		buttonText = "Unknown Button";
		 }
 
		 return buttonText;
 
	}
 
	private JScrollPane createStatusArea()
	{
		messageArea = new JTextArea();
		JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(messageArea);
		textField.setToolTipText("This is a JTextArea");
 
		return scrollPane;
	}
 
}