Java Garage

Chapter 25. Creating Guis with Swing

DO OR DIE

• Shake it.

• Please, don't break it.

Let GUI = Graphical User Interface;

Let Swing = JavaProgrammingLanguage.getProgrammingElement(GUI);

Swing.listImportantElements() {

//returns: TopLevelContainer (Frame)

//Intermediate Container (ContentPanel)

//LayoutManager(s)

//Atomic Elements (Components)

Frame.getDefinition() Main window that holds every other component of a Swing application. The frame, which is created as an object of type JFrame, contains controls for iconifying (minimizing) and maximizing the frame, and a little X for closing it.

Frame.getNote() Note that the JFrame is not the only kind of top-level container for Swing apps. JDialog is too, and so is JApplet (which is discussed in its own ...