CHAPTER 56 — Swing JFrames

You create a GUI by extending class JFrame. This class holds the basic GUI functions. Extend this class by adding the components and methods that your application needs. This chapter introduces these ideas.

Chapter Topics:

• The JFrame class.
• Extending the JFrame class
• The paint() method.
• The drawString() method.

It may be helpful at times to refer back to the class hierarchy diagrams of the previous chapter.