java.awt
Class Window

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.Component
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        +--java.awt.Container
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              +--java.awt.Window

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Dialog, Frame

public class Window

extends Container

A Window object is a top-level window with no borders and no menubar. The default layout for a window is BorderLayout.

A window must have either a frame, dialog, or another window defined as its owner when it's constructed.

In a multi-screen environment, you can create a Window on a different screen device by constructing the Window with Window(Window, GraphicsConfiguration). The GraphicsConfiguration object is one of the GraphicsConfiguration objects of the target screen device.

In a virtual device multi-screen environment in which the desktop area could span multiple physical screen devices, the bounds of all configurations are relative to the virtual device coordinate system. The origin of the virtual-coordinate system is at the upper left-hand corner of the primary physical screen. Depending on the location of the primary screen in the virtual device, negative coordinates are possible, as shown in the following figure.

In such an environment, when calling setLocation, you must pass a virtual coordinate to this method. Similarly, calling getLocationOnScreen on a Window returns virtual device coordinates. Call the getBounds method of a GraphicsConfiguration to find its origin in the virtual coordinate system.

The following code sets the location of a Window at (10, 10) relative to the origin of the physical screen of the corresponding GraphicsConfiguration. If the bounds of the GraphicsConfiguration is not taken into account, the Window location would be set at (10, 10) relative to the virtual-coordinate system and would appear on the primary physical screen, which might be different from the physical screen of the specified GraphicsConfiguration.

	Window w = new Window(Window owner, GraphicsConfiguration gc);
	Rectangle bounds = gc.getBounds();
	w.setLocation(10 + bounds.x, 10 + bounds.y);
 

Windows are capable of generating the following window events: WindowOpened, WindowClosed.

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

WindowEvent, addWindowListener(java.awt.event.WindowListener), BorderLayout, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

Window(Frame owner)
Constructs a new invisible window with the specified Frame as its owner.

Window(Window owner)
Constructs a new invisible window with the specified Window as its owner.

Window(Window owner, GraphicsConfiguration gc)
Constructs a new invisible window with the specified window as its owner and a GraphicsConfiguration of a screen device.

Method Summary

void	addWindowListener(WindowListener l) Adds the specified window listener to receive window events from this window.
void	dispose() Releases all of the native screen resources used by this Window, its subcomponents, and all of its owned children.
Component	getFocusOwner() Returns the child component of this Window which has focus if and only if this Window is active.
GraphicsConfiguration	getGraphicsConfiguration() This method returns the GraphicsConfiguration used by this Window.
Locale	getLocale() Gets the Locale object that is associated with this window, if the locale has been set.
Toolkit	getToolkit() Returns the toolkit of this frame.
String	getWarningString() Gets the warning string that is displayed with this window.
void	hide() Hide this Window, its subcomponents, and all of its owned children.
boolean	isShowing() Checks if this Window is showing on screen.
void	pack() Causes this Window to be sized to fit the preferred size and layouts of its subcomponents.
boolean	postEvent(Event e) Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1 replaced by dispatchEvent(AWTEvent).
protected void	processEvent(AWTEvent e) Processes events on this window.
protected void	processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) Processes window events occurring on this window by dispatching them to any registered WindowListener objects.
void	removeWindowListener(WindowListener l) Removes the specified window listener so that it no longer receives window events from this window.
void	setCursor(Cursor cursor) Set the cursor image to a specified cursor.
void	show() Makes the Window visible.
void	toBack() Sends this window to the back.
void	toFront() Brings this window to the front.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addImpl, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getInsets, getLayout, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getPreferredSize, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paint, paintComponents, paramString, preferredSize, print, printComponents, processContainerEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setFont, setLayout, update, validate, validateTree

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addNotify, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enable, enableEvents, getBackground, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getCursor, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getHeight, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getName, getParent, getSize, getSize, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, imageUpdate, inside, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusTraversable, isLightweight, isOpaque, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, prepareImage, prepareImage, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeNotify, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, reshape, resize, resize, setBackground, setBounds, setBounds, setEnabled, setForeground, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, setVisible, show, size, toString, transferFocus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Window

public Window(Frame owner)

Constructs a new invisible window with the specified Frame as its owner.

If there is a security manager, this method first calls the security manager's checkTopLevelWindow method with this as its argument to determine whether or not the window must be displayed with a warning banner.

Parameters:

owner - the Frame to act as owner

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if gc is not from a screen device.

IllegalArgumentException - if owner is null

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkTopLevelWindow(java.lang.Object)

Window

public Window(Window owner)

Constructs a new invisible window with the specified Window as its owner.

If there is a security manager, this method first calls the security manager's checkTopLevelWindow method with this as its argument to determine whether or not the window must be displayed with a warning banner.

Parameters:

owner - the Window to act as owner

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if owner is null

Since:

1.2

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkTopLevelWindow(java.lang.Object)

Window

public Window(Window owner,
              GraphicsConfiguration gc)

Constructs a new invisible window with the specified window as its owner and a GraphicsConfiguration of a screen device.

If there is a security manager, this method first calls the security manager's checkTopLevelWindow method with this as its argument to determine whether or not the window must be displayed with a warning banner.

Parameters:

owner - the window to act as owner

gc - the GraphicsConfiguration of the target screen device. If gc is null, the system default GraphicsConfiguration is assumed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if owner is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if gc is not from a screen device.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkTopLevelWindow(java.lang.Object), GraphicsConfiguration.getBounds()

Method Detail

pack

public void pack()

Causes this Window to be sized to fit the preferred size and layouts of its subcomponents. If the window and/or its owner are not yet displayable, both are made displayable before calculating the preferred size. The Window will be validated after the preferredSize is calculated.

See Also:

Component.isDisplayable()

show

public void show()

Makes the Window visible. If the Window and/or its owner are not yet displayable, both are made displayable. The Window will be validated prior to being made visible. If the Window is already visible, this will bring the Window to the front.

Overrides:

show in class Component

See Also:

Component.isDisplayable(), toFront(), Component.setVisible(boolean)

hide

public void hide()

Hide this Window, its subcomponents, and all of its owned children. The Window and its subcomponents can be made visible again with a call to show.

Overrides:

hide in class Component

See Also:

show(), dispose()

dispose

public void dispose()

Releases all of the native screen resources used by this Window, its subcomponents, and all of its owned children. That is, the resources for these Components will be destroyed, any memory they consume will be returned to the OS, and they will be marked as undisplayable.

The Window and its subcomponents can be made displayable again by rebuilding the native resources with a subsequent call to pack or show. The states of the recreated Window and its subcomponents will be identical to the states of these objects at the point where the Window was disposed (not accounting for additional modifcations between those actions).

See Also:

Component.isDisplayable(), pack(), show()

toFront

public void toFront()

Brings this window to the front. Places this window at the top of the stacking order and shows it in front of any other windows.

See Also:

toBack()

toBack

public void toBack()

Sends this window to the back. Places this window at the bottom of the stacking order and makes the corresponding adjustment to other visible windows.

See Also:

toFront()

getToolkit

public Toolkit getToolkit()

Returns the toolkit of this frame.

Overrides:

getToolkit in class Component

Returns:

the toolkit of this window.

See Also:

Toolkit, Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(), Component.getToolkit()

getWarningString

public final String getWarningString()

Gets the warning string that is displayed with this window. If this window is insecure, the warning string is displayed somewhere in the visible area of the window. A window is insecure if there is a security manager, and the security manager's checkTopLevelWindow method returns false when this window is passed to it as an argument.

If the window is secure, then getWarningString returns null. If the window is insecure, this method checks for the system property awt.appletWarning and returns the string value of that property.

Returns:

the warning string for this window.

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkTopLevelWindow(java.lang.Object)

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Gets the Locale object that is associated with this window, if the locale has been set. If no locale has been set, then the default locale is returned.

Overrides:

getLocale in class Component

Returns:

the locale that is set for this window.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Locale

setCursor

public void setCursor(Cursor cursor)

Set the cursor image to a specified cursor.

Overrides:

setCursor in class Component

Parameters:

cursor - One of the constants defined by the Cursor class. If this parameter is null then this component will inherit the cursor of its parent.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Component.getCursor(), Cursor

addWindowListener

public void addWindowListener(WindowListener l)

Adds the specified window listener to receive window events from this window. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

Parameters:

l - the window listener

removeWindowListener

public void removeWindowListener(WindowListener l)

Removes the specified window listener so that it no longer receives window events from this window. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

Parameters:

l - the window listener

processEvent

protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e)

Processes events on this window. If the event is an WindowEvent, it invokes the processWindowEvent method, else it invokes its superclass's processEvent.

Overrides:

processEvent in class Container

Parameters:

e - the event

processWindowEvent

protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e)

Processes window events occurring on this window by dispatching them to any registered WindowListener objects. NOTE: This method will not be called unless window events are enabled for this component; this happens when one of the following occurs: a) A WindowListener object is registered via addWindowListener() b) Window events are enabled via enableEvents()

Parameters:

e - the window event

See Also:

Component.enableEvents(long)

getFocusOwner

public Component getFocusOwner()

Returns the child component of this Window which has focus if and only if this Window is active.

Returns:

the component with focus, or null if no children have focus assigned to them.

postEvent

public boolean postEvent(Event e)

Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1 replaced by dispatchEvent(AWTEvent).

Specified by:

postEvent in interface MenuContainer

Overrides:

postEvent in class Component

isShowing

public boolean isShowing()

Checks if this Window is showing on screen.

Overrides:

isShowing in class Component

Returns:

true if the component is showing; false otherwise.

See Also:

Component.setVisible(boolean)

getGraphicsConfiguration

public GraphicsConfiguration getGraphicsConfiguration()

This method returns the GraphicsConfiguration used by this Window.

Overrides:

getGraphicsConfiguration in class Component

Returns:

the GraphicsConfiguration used by this Component or null