
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;

/**
 * Write a description of the applet class Sprots here.
 *
 * @author (your name) 
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */
public class Sprouts extends Applet
{
	// instance variables - replace the example below with your own
	private int x;

	/**
	 * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this Applet that it
	 * has been loaded into the system. It is always called before the first 
	 * time that the start method is called.
	 */
	public void init()
	{
		// provide any initialisation necessary for your Applet
		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		add(new SproutsPicture());

	}

	/**
	 * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this Applet that it 
	 * should start its execution. It is called after the init method and 
	 * each time the Applet is revisited in a Web page. 
	 */
	public void start()
	{
		// provide any code requred to run each time 
		// web page is visited

	}


	/**
	 * This may be the most important method in your applet: Here, the 
	 * drawing of the applet gets done. "paint" gets called everytime the
	 * applet should be drawn on the screen. So put the code here that
	 * shows the applet.
	 *
	 * @param  g   the Graphics object for this applet
	 */
/*	public void paint(Graphics g)
	{
		// simple text displayed on applet
		g.setColor(Color.white);
		g.fillRect(0, 0, 200, 100);
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.drawString("Sample Applet", 20, 20);
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		g.drawString("created by BlueJ", 20, 40);
	}*/


	/** 
	 * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this Applet that
	 * it should stop its execution. It is called when the Web page that
	 * contains this Applet has been replaced by another page, and also
	 * just before the Applet is to be destroyed. If you do not have any
	 * resources that you need to release (such as threads that you may
	 * want to stop) you can remove this method.
	 */
	public void stop()
	{
		// provide any code that needs to be run when page
		// is replaced by another page or before Applet is destroyed 
	}


	/**
	 * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform this Applet that it
	 * is being reclaimed and that it should destroy any resources that it
	 * has allocated. The stop method will always be called before destroy. 
	 * If you do not have any resources that you need to release you can 
	 * remove this method.
	 */
	public void destroy()
	{
		// provide code to be run when Applet is about to be destroyed.
	}


	/**
	 * Returns information about this applet. 
	 * An applet should override this method to return a String containing 
	 * information about the author, version, and copyright of the Applet.
	 *
	 * @return a String representation of information about this Applet
	 */
	public String getAppletInfo()
	{
		// replace this with your own info
		return "Title: BlueJ Applet Demo\n" + 
			   "Author: Bruce Quig\n" +
			   "A simple applet that draws two strings.";
	}


	/**
	 * Returns information about the parameters that are understood by this 
	 * Applet. You should return an array of Strings here to provide details
	 * about each of the parameters separately.
	 * Each element of the array should be a set of three Strings containing 
	 * the name, the type, and a description.
	 *
	 * @return  a String[][] representation of parameter information about 
	 *		  this Applet
	 */
	public String[][] getParameterInfo()
	{
		// provide parameter information about the applet
		String paramInfo[][] = {
			 {"firstParameter", "1-10", "description of first parameter"},
			 {"secondParameter", "boolean", "description of second parameter"}
		};
		return paramInfo;
	}
}

