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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class StyleGUI {
	private final int WIDTH = 300, HEIGHT = 100, FONT_SIZE = 36;
	private JLabel saying;
	private JCheckBox bold, italic;
	private JPanel primary;
	
	public StyleGUI()
	{
		saying = new JLabel ("Say it with style!");
		saying.setFont(new Font ("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, FONT_SIZE));
		
		bold = new JCheckBox ("Bold");
		bold.setBackground (Color.cyan);
		italic = new JCheckBox ("Italic");
		italic.setBackground (Color.cyan);
		
		StyleListener listener = new StyleListener();
		bold.addItemListener (listener);
		italic.addItemListener (listener);
		
		primary = new JPanel();
		primary.add (saying);
		primary.add (bold);
		primary.add (italic);
		primary.setBackground(Color.cyan);
		primary.setPreferredSize (new Dimension(WIDTH, HEIGHT));
		
	}
	
	public JPanel getPanel()
	{
		return primary;
	}

	private class StyleListener implements ItemListener
	{
		public void itemStateChanged (ItemEvent event)
		{
			int style = Font.PLAIN;
			if (bold.isSelected())
				style = Font.BOLD;
			if (italic.isSelected())
				style += Font.ITALIC;
			
			saying.setFont (new Font ("Helvetica", style, FONT_SIZE));
		}
	}

}





import javax.swing.*;
public class StyleOptions {
	

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		JFrame styleFrame = new JFrame("Style Options");
		styleFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		
		StyleGUI GUI = new StyleGUI();
		styleFrame.getContentPane().add(GUI.getPanel());
		
		styleFrame.pack();
		styleFrame.show();
		
	
	
	}	
}