11.3. Overview of Swing Components
Though it is possible to perform input and output using the JOptionPane dialogs presented in Section 11.2, most GUI applications require more elaborate, customized user interfaces. The remainder of this chapter discusses many GUI components that enable application developers to create robust GUIs. Figure 11.4 lists several Swing GUI components from package javax.swing that are used to build Java GUIs. Most Swing components are pure Java components—they are written, manipulated and displayed completely in Java. They are part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC)—Java’s libraries for cross-platform GUI development. Visit java.sun.com/products/jfc for more information on JFC.
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