WillCall.java

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package Week9;

/**
 *
 * @author David Hodge
 * willCall is a music/concert discovery application that utilizes the last.fm Java bindings to pull
 * the top 5 artists for a specified user, associated playback statistics, upcoming concerts
 * and top tracks for each artist.
 *
 */

import de.umass.lastfm.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class WillCall extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /**
     * Creates new form WillCall
     */
    
    //last.fm API key for my application
    String key = "7cc01cf3a6d18242a5d58ca02677b5ae";
    String user;

    //this particular API binding tended to store data in object collections rather than arrays or something similar because
    //of the potentially large amount of data that the site might return. each collection requires an iterator.
    Collection<Artist> topArtists;
    Iterator<Artist> artists;
    String[] arName = new String[5];
    String[] plc = new String[5];

    //PaginatedResult is a custom class that serves a similar purpose as collections but is returned by methods
    //for which the result set might be so large that it need to be paginated. Each PaginatedResult<> contains the
    //total number of result pages, the current page and a collection of entries for the current page.
    PaginatedResult<de.umass.lastfm.Event> eventForArtist;
    Collection<de.umass.lastfm.Event> collEvent;
    Iterator<de.umass.lastfm.Event> events;
    
    Collection<Track> topTracks;
    Iterator<Track> tracks;
    
    private final static String newline = "\n";
    
    public WillCall() {
        initComponents();
    }

    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
     * regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
    private void initComponents() {

        jTabbedPane1 = new javax.swing.JTabbedPane();
        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        usernameLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        enterButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        quitStartButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        usernameTextField = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        nameLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pcLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        eventLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        trackLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        band1Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        band2Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        band3Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        band4Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        band5Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pc1Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pc2Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pc3Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pc4Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        pc5Label = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        event1Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        event2Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        event3Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        event4Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        event5Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        track1Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        track2Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        track3Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        track4Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        track5Button = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jPanel3 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        concertQuitButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jScrollPane3 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        concertTextArea = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
        jPanel4 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        tracksQuitButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        tracksTextArea = new javax.swing.JTextArea();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setTitle("willCall");

        jTabbedPane1.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400, 300));

        jPanel1.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
        jPanel1.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400, 300));

        usernameLabel.setText("enter username: ");

        enterButton.setText("enter");
        enterButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                enterButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        quitStartButton.setText("quit");
        quitStartButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                quitStartButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(enterButton)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addComponent(quitStartButton, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 61, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(149, 149, 149))
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(32, 32, 32)
                        .addComponent(usernameTextField, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 324, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(151, 151, 151)
                        .addComponent(usernameLabel)))
                .addContainerGap(45, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(112, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(usernameLabel)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(usernameTextField, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(quitStartButton)
                    .addComponent(enterButton))
                .addGap(115, 115, 115))
        );

        jTabbedPane1.addTab("username", jPanel1);

        jPanel2.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
        jPanel2.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400, 300));

        nameLabel.setText("name");

        pcLabel.setText("playCount");

        eventLabel.setText("events");

        trackLabel.setText("tracks");

        band1Label.setText("band1");

        band2Label.setText("band2");

        band3Label.setText("band3");

        band4Label.setText("band4");

        band5Label.setText("band5");

        pc1Label.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        pc1Label.setText("pc1");

        pc2Label.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        pc2Label.setText("pc2");

        pc3Label.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        pc3Label.setText("pc3");

        pc4Label.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        pc4Label.setText("pc4");

        pc5Label.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        pc5Label.setText("pc5");

        event1Button.setText("getConcerts");
        event1Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                event1ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        event2Button.setText("getConcerts");
        event2Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                event2ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        event3Button.setText("getConcerts");
        event3Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                event3ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        event4Button.setText("getConcerts");
        event4Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                event4ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        event5Button.setText("getConcerts");
        event5Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                event5ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        track1Button.setText("tracks");
        track1Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                track1ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        track2Button.setText("tracks");
        track2Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                track2ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        track3Button.setText("tracks");
        track3Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                track3ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        track4Button.setText("tracks");
        track4Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                track4ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        track5Button.setText("tracks");
        track5Button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                track5ButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
        jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
        jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(band5Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 91, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(pc5Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 54, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(band4Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 91, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(pc4Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 54, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(band3Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 91, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(pc3Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 54, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                            .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(band2Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 91, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(pc2Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 54, Short.MAX_VALUE)))
                        .addGap(240, 240, 240))
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, false)
                            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(band1Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 91, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(pc1Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(nameLabel)
                                .addGap(66, 66, 66)
                                .addComponent(pcLabel)))
                        .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGap(30, 30, 30)
                                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                                    .addComponent(event1Button)
                                    .addComponent(event2Button)
                                    .addComponent(event3Button)
                                    .addComponent(event4Button)
                                    .addComponent(event5Button))
                                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                                    .addComponent(track5Button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 101, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                    .addComponent(track4Button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 101, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                    .addComponent(track3Button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 101, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                    .addComponent(track2Button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 101, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                    .addComponent(track1Button, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 101, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                                .addContainerGap())
                            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGap(61, 61, 61)
                                .addComponent(eventLabel)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 88, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                .addComponent(trackLabel)
                                .addGap(39, 39, 39))))))
        );
        jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(nameLabel)
                    .addComponent(pcLabel)
                    .addComponent(eventLabel)
                    .addComponent(trackLabel))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                        .addComponent(pc1Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 38, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                        .addComponent(event1Button)
                        .addComponent(track1Button))
                    .addComponent(band1Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(band2Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 38, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(pc2Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(event2Button)
                    .addComponent(track2Button))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(band3Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 38, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(pc3Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(event3Button)
                    .addComponent(track3Button))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(band4Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 38, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(pc4Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(event4Button)
                    .addComponent(track4Button))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(band5Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 38, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(pc5Label, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(event5Button)
                    .addComponent(track5Button))
                .addContainerGap(26, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        jTabbedPane1.addTab("topArtists", jPanel2);

        jPanel3.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
        jPanel3.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400, 300));
        jPanel3.setRequestFocusEnabled(false);

        concertQuitButton.setText("quit");
        concertQuitButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                concertQuitButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        concertTextArea.setEditable(false);
        concertTextArea.setColumns(20);
        concertTextArea.setRows(5);
        jScrollPane3.setViewportView(concertTextArea);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel3Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel3);
        jPanel3.setLayout(jPanel3Layout);
        jPanel3Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(0, 330, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                        .addComponent(concertQuitButton))
                    .addComponent(jScrollPane3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 381, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        jPanel3Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jScrollPane3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 235, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(concertQuitButton)
                .addContainerGap(21, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        jTabbedPane1.addTab("concerts", jPanel3);

        jPanel4.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
        jPanel4.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400, 300));

        tracksQuitButton.setText("quit");
        tracksQuitButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                tracksQuitButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        tracksTextArea.setEditable(false);
        tracksTextArea.setColumns(20);
        tracksTextArea.setRows(5);
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(tracksTextArea);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel4Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel4);
        jPanel4.setLayout(jPanel4Layout);
        jPanel4Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel4Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel4Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel4Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel4Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(0, 330, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                        .addComponent(tracksQuitButton))
                    .addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 381, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        jPanel4Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel4Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel4Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 245, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(tracksQuitButton)
                .addContainerGap())
        );

        jTabbedPane1.addTab("topTracks", jPanel4);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jTabbedPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 410, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(jTabbedPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 328, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>

    private void enterButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                            
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        //pull the username from the text field
        user = usernameTextField.getText();

        //initializes a collection of the users top artists and creates an iterator for said collection
        topArtists = User.getTopArtists(user, key);
        artists = topArtists.iterator();

        //in order to retrieve the data in the top artist collection I needed to dump the collection
        //into an Artist array and the dump that into a String array so that I could parse the text and
        //use it to populate the text labels/playcounts
        Artist[] lol3 = new Artist[topArtists.size()];
        lol3 = topArtists.toArray(lol3);
        String[] derp = new String[lol3.length];
        
        //for loop to copy the Artist array elements into the string array
        for(int q = 0; q<lol3.length; q++){
            derp[q] = lol3[q].toString();
        }

        //String[] arName = new String[5];
        
        //the next two for loops are basically used to parse the data originally contained in the Artist collection.
        //initially the data was all jumbled up with a bunch of extra garbage
        //i.e. Artist[name='Andrew Bird', id='null', url='http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Bird', mbid='081b133e-ce74-42ba-92c1-c18234acb532', playcount=6, listeners=-1, streamable=true]
        //so I needed to slice and dice the parts of interest for my application (the artist name and playcount) which I did first by splitting via commas
        //and then splitting by "'" for the artist name and "=" for the playcount. Then dumped the results into to separate string arrays which I could use to
        //source the text for the topArtist textLabels for a specific user.
        for(int b = 0; b < 5; b++){
        
            //System.out.println(derp[b]);

            String[] test = derp[b].split(", ");
            //System.out.println(test[0].trim());

            String[] test2 = test[0].split("'");
            //System.out.println(test2[1].trim());
            arName[b] = test2[1].trim();
  
        }
        
        //String[] plc = new String[5];
        
        for(int d = 0; d < 5; d++){
            
            //System.out.println(derp[d]);

            String[] jest = derp[d].split(", ");
            //System.out.println(jest[0].trim());
            
            String[] jest3 = jest[4].split("=");
            //System.out.println(jest3[1].trim());
            plc[d] = jest3[1].trim();
        
        } 

        //setting the text for the labels using all that junk parsed out above
        band1Label.setText(arName[0]);
        pc1Label.setText(plc[0]);
        band2Label.setText(arName[1]);
        pc2Label.setText(plc[1]);
        band3Label.setText(arName[2]);
        pc3Label.setText(plc[2]);
        band4Label.setText(arName[3]);
        pc4Label.setText(plc[3]);
        band5Label.setText(arName[4]);
        pc5Label.setText(plc[4]);
        
    }                                           

    private void quitStartButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        System.exit(0);
    }                                               

    private void event1ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        //this basic code is repeated for each event button per artist, need to go back and make one unified method to do this so that I don't have to
        //repeat a lot of the same code.

        //clear out any existing text in the textArea
        concertTextArea.setText("");
        
        //started with that lovely PaginatedResult<> that is returned by Artist.getEvents() using the artist label for that row as a parameter.
        //in order to make the data in a PaginatedResult<> accessible I used the method getPageResults() to dump it into an Event collection
        eventForArtist = Artist.getEvents(arName[0], key);
        collEvent = eventForArtist.getPageResults();
        events = collEvent.iterator();
        
        //then to use the data from the event collection I had to put that into an Event array and then a string array
        de.umass.lastfm.Event[] lol4 = new de.umass.lastfm.Event[collEvent.size()];
        lol4 = collEvent.toArray(lol4);
        
        String[] arCons = new String[lol4.length];

        //for each element in the Event array, create a new venue and pull pertinent info about the venue then eventually dump all of that into a
        //concatenated string and set each of these big boy strings as a separate element in a string array
        for(int l = 0; l<lol4.length; l++) {
            Venue ven = lol4[l].getVenue();
            String vName = ven.getName();
            String vAddr = ven.getStreet();
            String vCity = ven.getCity();
            String vCountry = ven.getCountry();
            String vPost = ven.getPostal();
            String vPhone = ven.getPhonenumber();

            String vInfo = vName + ", " + vAddr + ", " + vCity + ", " + vCountry + ", " + vPost + ", " + vPhone;
            arCons[l] = vInfo;
        }        

        //append each element from the aforementioned string array as a separate row in the concertTextArea
        for(int x = 0; x < arCons.length; x++) {
            concertTextArea.append(arCons[x] + newline);
        }
        
    }                                            

    private void concertQuitButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                  
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        System.exit(0);
    }                                                 

    private void tracksQuitButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        System.exit(0);
    }                                                

    private void event2ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        concertTextArea.setText("");
        
        eventForArtist = Artist.getEvents(arName[1], key);
        collEvent = eventForArtist.getPageResults();
        events = collEvent.iterator();
        
        de.umass.lastfm.Event[] lol4 = new de.umass.lastfm.Event[collEvent.size()];
        lol4 = collEvent.toArray(lol4);
        
        String[] arCons = new String[lol4.length];
        
        for(int l = 0; l<lol4.length; l++) {
            Venue ven = lol4[l].getVenue();
            String vName = ven.getName();
            String vAddr = ven.getStreet();
            String vCity = ven.getCity();
            String vCountry = ven.getCountry();
            String vPost = ven.getPostal();
            String vPhone = ven.getPhonenumber();

            String vInfo = vName + ", " + vAddr + ", " + vCity + ", " + vCountry + ", " + vPost + ", " + vPhone;
            arCons[l] = vInfo;
        }        
        
        for(int x = 0; x < arCons.length; x++) {
            concertTextArea.append(arCons[x] + newline);
        }
        
    }                                            

    private void event3ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        concertTextArea.setText("");
        
        eventForArtist = Artist.getEvents(arName[2], key);
        collEvent = eventForArtist.getPageResults();
        events = collEvent.iterator();
        
        de.umass.lastfm.Event[] lol4 = new de.umass.lastfm.Event[collEvent.size()];
        lol4 = collEvent.toArray(lol4);
        
        String[] arCons = new String[lol4.length];
        
        for(int l = 0; l<lol4.length; l++) {
            Venue ven = lol4[l].getVenue();
            String vName = ven.getName();
            String vAddr = ven.getStreet();
            String vCity = ven.getCity();
            String vCountry = ven.getCountry();
            String vPost = ven.getPostal();
            String vPhone = ven.getPhonenumber();

            String vInfo = vName + ", " + vAddr + ", " + vCity + ", " + vCountry + ", " + vPost + ", " + vPhone;
            arCons[l] = vInfo;
        }        
        
        for(int x = 0; x < arCons.length; x++) {
            concertTextArea.append(arCons[x] + newline);
        }        
        
    }                                            

    private void event4ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        concertTextArea.setText("");
        
        eventForArtist = Artist.getEvents(arName[3], key);
        collEvent = eventForArtist.getPageResults();
        events = collEvent.iterator();
        
        de.umass.lastfm.Event[] lol4 = new de.umass.lastfm.Event[collEvent.size()];
        lol4 = collEvent.toArray(lol4);
        
        String[] arCons = new String[lol4.length];
        
        for(int l = 0; l<lol4.length; l++) {
            Venue ven = lol4[l].getVenue();
            String vName = ven.getName();
            String vAddr = ven.getStreet();
            String vCity = ven.getCity();
            String vCountry = ven.getCountry();
            String vPost = ven.getPostal();
            String vPhone = ven.getPhonenumber();

            String vInfo = vName + ", " + vAddr + ", " + vCity + ", " + vCountry + ", " + vPost + ", " + vPhone;
            arCons[l] = vInfo;
        }        
        
        for(int x = 0; x < arCons.length; x++) {
            concertTextArea.append(arCons[x] + newline);
        }
        
    }                                            

    private void event5ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        concertTextArea.setText("");
        
        eventForArtist = Artist.getEvents(arName[4], key);
        collEvent = eventForArtist.getPageResults();
        events = collEvent.iterator();
        
        de.umass.lastfm.Event[] lol4 = new de.umass.lastfm.Event[collEvent.size()];
        lol4 = collEvent.toArray(lol4);
        
        String[] arCons = new String[lol4.length];
        
        for(int l = 0; l<lol4.length; l++) {
            Venue ven = lol4[l].getVenue();
            String vName = ven.getName();
            String vAddr = ven.getStreet();
            String vCity = ven.getCity();
            String vCountry = ven.getCountry();
            String vPost = ven.getPostal();
            String vPhone = ven.getPhonenumber();

            String vInfo = vName + ", " + vAddr + ", " + vCity + ", " + vCountry + ", " + vPost + ", " + vPhone;
            arCons[l] = vInfo;
        }        
        
        for(int x = 0; x < arCons.length; x++) {
            concertTextArea.append(arCons[x] + newline);
        }
        
    }                                            

    private void track1ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        //just like with the event buttons, I need to make a method to handle this process for the track buttons so that I don't have so much repeated code

        //clear the contents of the trackTextArea
        tracksTextArea.setText("");

        //similar process but for the top tracks - take a collection then dump into an object array then into a series of string arrays 
        //and parse as necessary to filter out garbage text
        topTracks = Artist.getTopTracks(arName[0], key);
        tracks = topTracks.iterator();
        
        Track[] lol2 = new Track[topTracks.size()];
        lol2 = topTracks.toArray(lol2);
        String[] trax = new String[lol2.length];
        
        for(int z = 0; z < lol2.length; z++){
            trax[z] = lol2[z].toString();
        }
        
        String[] yarg = new String[trax.length];
        
        for(int u = 0; u<trax.length; u++){
            String[] nest = trax[u].split(",");
            
            String[] nest2 = nest[0].split("=");
            yarg[u] = nest2[1].trim();
        }

        //once I've filtered out the garbage with the above I can append each element of the cleaned up string array as a new row in the textArea
        for(int o = 0; o < yarg.length; o++) {
            tracksTextArea.append(yarg[o] + newline);
        }        
        
    }                                            

    private void track2ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        tracksTextArea.setText("");

        topTracks = Artist.getTopTracks(arName[1], key);
        tracks = topTracks.iterator();
        
        Track[] lol2 = new Track[topTracks.size()];
        lol2 = topTracks.toArray(lol2);
        String[] trax = new String[lol2.length];
        
        for(int z = 0; z < lol2.length; z++){
            trax[z] = lol2[z].toString();
        }
        
        String[] yarg = new String[trax.length];
        
        for(int u = 0; u<trax.length; u++){
            String[] nest = trax[u].split(",");
            
            String[] nest2 = nest[0].split("=");
            yarg[u] = nest2[1].trim();
        }
       
        for(int o = 0; o < yarg.length; o++) {
            tracksTextArea.append(yarg[o] + newline);
        }   
        
    }                                            

    private void track3ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        tracksTextArea.setText("");

        topTracks = Artist.getTopTracks(arName[2], key);
        tracks = topTracks.iterator();
        
        Track[] lol2 = new Track[topTracks.size()];
        lol2 = topTracks.toArray(lol2);
        String[] trax = new String[lol2.length];
        
        for(int z = 0; z < lol2.length; z++){
            trax[z] = lol2[z].toString();
        }
        
        String[] yarg = new String[trax.length];
        
        for(int u = 0; u<trax.length; u++){
            String[] nest = trax[u].split(",");
            
            String[] nest2 = nest[0].split("=");
            yarg[u] = nest2[1].trim();
        }
       
        for(int o = 0; o < yarg.length; o++) {
            tracksTextArea.append(yarg[o] + newline);
        }   
        
    }                                            

    private void track4ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        tracksTextArea.setText("");

        topTracks = Artist.getTopTracks(arName[3], key);
        tracks = topTracks.iterator();
        
        Track[] lol2 = new Track[topTracks.size()];
        lol2 = topTracks.toArray(lol2);
        String[] trax = new String[lol2.length];
        
        for(int z = 0; z < lol2.length; z++){
            trax[z] = lol2[z].toString();
        }
        
        String[] yarg = new String[trax.length];
        
        for(int u = 0; u<trax.length; u++){
            String[] nest = trax[u].split(",");
            
            String[] nest2 = nest[0].split("=");
            yarg[u] = nest2[1].trim();
        }
       
        for(int o = 0; o < yarg.length; o++) {
            tracksTextArea.append(yarg[o] + newline);
        }   
        
    }                                            

    private void track5ButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        tracksTextArea.setText("");

        topTracks = Artist.getTopTracks(arName[4], key);
        tracks = topTracks.iterator();
        
        Track[] lol2 = new Track[topTracks.size()];
        lol2 = topTracks.toArray(lol2);
        String[] trax = new String[lol2.length];
        
        for(int z = 0; z < lol2.length; z++){
            trax[z] = lol2[z].toString();
        }
        
        String[] yarg = new String[trax.length];
        
        for(int u = 0; u<trax.length; u++){
            String[] nest = trax[u].split(",");
            
            String[] nest2 = nest[0].split("=");
            yarg[u] = nest2[1].trim();
        }
       
        for(int o = 0; o < yarg.length; o++) {
            tracksTextArea.append(yarg[o] + newline);
        }   
        
    }                                            

    public void close() {
        WindowEvent winClosingEvent = new WindowEvent(this, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING);
        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue().postEvent(winClosingEvent);
    }
        
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        /* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code (optional) ">
        /* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default look and feel.
         * For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html 
         */
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(WillCall.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(WillCall.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(WillCall.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(WillCall.class.getName()).log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        //</editor-fold>

        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new WillCall().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JLabel band1Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel band2Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel band3Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel band4Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel band5Label;
    private javax.swing.JButton concertQuitButton;
    private javax.swing.JTextArea concertTextArea;
    private javax.swing.JButton enterButton;
    private javax.swing.JButton event1Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton event2Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton event3Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton event4Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton event5Button;
    private javax.swing.JLabel eventLabel;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel3;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel4;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane3;
    private javax.swing.JTabbedPane jTabbedPane1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel nameLabel;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pc1Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pc2Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pc3Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pc4Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pc5Label;
    private javax.swing.JLabel pcLabel;
    private javax.swing.JButton quitStartButton;
    private javax.swing.JButton track1Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton track2Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton track3Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton track4Button;
    private javax.swing.JButton track5Button;
    private javax.swing.JLabel trackLabel;
    private javax.swing.JButton tracksQuitButton;
    private javax.swing.JTextArea tracksTextArea;
    private javax.swing.JLabel usernameLabel;
    private javax.swing.JTextField usernameTextField;
    // End of variables declaration
}