Any idea on how to change this application to an applet!!!!

Question

Hi i was just wondering if it is possible to change this simple application into a applet. It is for my coursework. I have done what they have asked me to but i want to go one step further.
This applet is like a television, it has the same functions as a tv
package television;
/*class to model a Television*/
class Television {
    final int BBC1 = 1, BBC2 = 2, ITV = 3, CH4 = 4, CH5 = 5;
    /*declare constants*/
    int currentChannel;
    boolean powerOn;
    int[] channelSelect = new int[6];
    /* declare variables*/
    void tvOn() {
        if (powerOn) {
            System.out.println("The television is already on");
        } else {
            powerOn = true;
            System.out.println("The TV's power is" + powerOn);
            System.out.println("Current channel is BBC 1");
            currentChannel = BBC1;
    void tvOff() {
        if (!powerOn) {
            System.out.println("The television is already off");
        } else {
            powerOn = false;
            System.out.println("The Tv's power is" + powerOn);
    void channelSelect(int selectedChannel)
        if (selectedChannel == currentChannel) {
            System.out.println(selectedChannel + "Already selected");
        } else if (selectedChannel < BBC1) {
            System.out.println("No channel found");
        } else if (selectedChannel > CH5) {
            System.out.println("No channel found");
        } else {
            currentChannel = selectedChannel;
            System.out.println("Current channel is" + currentChannel);
            switch (currentChannel) {
            case 1:
                System.out.println(" BBC 1 " + channelSelect[BBC1]);
                break;
            case 2:
                System.out.println(" BBC 2 " + channelSelect[BBC2]);
                break;
            case 3:
                System.out.println(" ITV " + channelSelect[ITV]);
                break;
            case 4:
                System.out.println(" CHANNEL 4 " + channelSelect[CH4]);
                break;
            case 5:
                System.out.println(" CH5 " + channelSelect[CH5]);
                break;
This is to run television
/*class to instantiate a program for a TV set*/
package television;
import java.io.*;
class TVSet implements Serializable {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Television myTV = new Television();
        /*create an instance of class Television*/
        myTV.powerOn = false;
        myTV.currentChannel = 1;
        /*initialise variables*/
        System.out.println("Turning the TV on");
        myTV.tvOn();
        myTV.channelSelect(3);
        myTV.channelSelect(2);
        myTV.channelSelect(4);
        myTV.channelSelect(5);
        myTV.channelSelect(1);
        System.out.println("Turning the TV off");
        myTV.tvOff();
    }This is what i have already done for my applet. It displays "The current channel is" and then it displays the channel 1, 2 , 3 etc in a sequence.
package television;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
public class ChannelTheridge extends java.applet.Applet implements Runnable {
    Font f = new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 24);
    String stringName = "The current channel is:";
    Thread runner;
    int channelSelect;
    public void start() {
        if (runner == null) {
            runner = new Thread(this);
            runner.start();
    public void stop() {
        runner = null;
    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            channelSelect++;
            repaint();
            try {
                Thread.sleep(1000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        g.setFont(f);
        g.drawString(stringName + channelSelect, 10, 50);
Is it also possible to display the channel name as well as it's number?

Answer 1

Well first of all, you will need to create a Television object in the main applet class.
Also, instead of having System.out.println, have a currentMessage variable that u set the messages to, that way, you can always do
g.drawString(teleObject.currentMessage)in that way you can display the name of the channel.