Window beans


Bean Description
JDialog (Swing) or Dialog (AWT) A custom dialog, typically a secondary window
FileDialog (AWT) A dialog for accessing the file system
JFrame (Swing) or Frame (AWT) A desktop window with a title bar, sizing borders, and sizing buttons
JInternalFrame (Swing) A frame that is a child of another Swing component
JWindow (Swing) or Window (AWT) A window without a title bar, sizing borders, and sizing buttons

Window beans are the primary visual context for other user interface components. VisualAge provides window beans from both Java Foundation Classes (JFC) or Swing and the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) packages. Basic window beans from AWT reside in the Java class libraries project, in the java.awt package, and appear in the AWT palette category. Enhanced window beans from the JFC library reside in the JFC class libraries project, in the com.sun.java.swing package, and appear in the Swing palette category.


Related procedures
Composing a window

Related references
Beans for visual composition