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© Kishori Sharan 2018

Kishori SharanJava APIs, Extensions and Librarieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3546-1_3

3. Advanced Swing

Kishori Sharan¹

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Montgomery, Alabama, USA

In this chapter, you will learn:

How to use labels in Swing components in HTML format
About the threading model in Swing and how the event dispatch thread works
How to execute a long-running task off the event dispatch thread
How to use pluggable look and feel in Swing
How to perform drag and drop between Swing components
How to create a multiple document interface (MDI) application
How to use the Toolkit class to make a beep and know the screen details
How to decorate Swing components using JLayer
How to create translucent windows
How to create shaped windows

All example programs ...

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