Simple Custom JDialog Examples.
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This is a simple example of how to use JDialog in Java.
This example assumes basic familiarity with Java,
especially with how to compile and run
programs. If you need help compiling and running these, don't
ask me. Go somewhere else. (I suggest IRC channel #java on
irc.freenode.org - they just love simple
questions like those.)
A Very Simple Example
This is a very simple example of using a custom JDialog. It
consists of two files. The first one, TestTheDialog, simply
creates a JFrame, and adds a button to the JFrame. When the
button is clicked on, TestTheDialog creates an instance of
CustomDialog, passing a String as a parameter, "Do you like
Java?". It may not be obvious, but at this point, because
CustomDialog is a 'modal' dialog, it takes over, gobbling all
further user mouse clicks or key strokes. TestTheDialog freezes,
waiting for CustomDialog to finish running.
CustomDialog is the second file. It simply takes the string
passed, uses it to create a JLabel, and then adds that label as
well as two buttons labeled "Yes" and "No" to itself. Then it
waits for the user to do something. CustomDialog has a private
boolean member, 'answer', that is initially set to 'false'. If
the user clicks 'yes', answer is set to true. If the user clicks
'no', answer is set to false. In either case, after the user
clicks the button, CustomDialog removes itself from the screen
with setVisible(false). This also returns control to
TestTheDialog.
At this point, TestTheDialog unfreezes, and gets the stored answer
from CustomDialog by using the method, 'getAnswer()'.
Last modified: Wed May 27 19:16:10 EDT 2009