Overall strutcure of Swing app

[nik_meback]

Before I actually begin coding my Swing app, I need to know what structure would be appropriate. I have a rough idea of what my app needs to look like conceptually and would like you to review the structure and suggest any changes if needed. Plz overlook the length of my code. It's rather long, I admit.

public class MyApp {
	JMenuBar myMenuBar = null;
	JToolBar myToolBar = null;
	JMenuItem myMenuItem1 = null;
	JMenuItem myMenuItem2 = null;
	JPanel northPanel = null;
	JPanel westPanel = null;
	JPanel centerPanel = null;
	JPanel eastPanel = null;	
	JPanel southPanel = null;
	
	public JPanel createNorthPanel() {
		northPanel = new JPanel();		
		northPanel.add(createMenuBar());
		northPanel.add(createToolBar());
		return northPanel;
	}
	
	// similarly, create 'west', 'center', 'east' and 'south' panels
	
	// I need this method because my menu bar has quite a few menu items
	public JMenuItem createMenuItem(String text, char mnemonic, String keyStrokeRepresentation) {
		JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem();
		// set respective properties...		
		return newMenuItem;
	}		
		
	public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
		myMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
		
		myMenuBar.add(myMenuItem1 = createMenuItem("MyMenuItem1", 'M', "control M"));	
		myMenuItem1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
				// take some action here...
			}
		}	
		
		// similarly, create other menu items
		
		return myMenuBar;
    }
	
    public JToolBar createToolBar() {
		// similarly, create toolbar
    }
	
	public static void main(String args[]) {
		// implementing thread safety...
		Runnable runner = new Runnable() {
			public void run() {
				JFrame mainFrame = new JFrame();				
				MyApp appInstance = new MyApp();
				
				mainFrame.add(appInstance.createNorthPanel(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
				
				// similarly, create 'west', 'center', east' and 'south' panels...
				mainFrame.add(appInstance.createWestPanel(), BorderLayout.WEST);
				mainFrame.add(appInstance.createCenterPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);				
				mainFrame.add(appInstance.createEastPanel(), BorderLayout.EAST);				
				mainFrame.add(appInstance.createSouthPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);	
				
				mainFrame.setVisible(true);
				mainFrame.setSize(400, 300);
			}
		};
		
		EventQueue.invokeLater(runner);
	}
}

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[nik_meback]

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Was my post abusive in any way? Yes, I agree the code I mentioned was a bit lengthy, but all I wanted to ask was whether my GUI design was correct or not.
The reason I supplied a lengthy code was that it would save me asking multiple questions in different threads.

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Was my post abusive in any way? Yes, I agree the code I mentioned was a bit lengthy, but all I wanted to ask was whether my GUI design was correct or not.

No, not at all. It wasn't your post I deleted. I did add code tags to it though.

The reason I supplied a lengthy code was that it would save me asking multiple questions in different threads.

You'll want to learn how to use code tags next time so that your code will retain its formatting, that's all.