Basic GUI Question

How comes I see some classes that extend JFrame and implement ActionListener and than there are other that don't but are still able to produce the GUI?

Thanks

Because there is no requirement for a GUI class to either extend JFrame or implement ActionListener to use this functionality. If you need to display a GUI in a JFrame, then you can make the JFrame at the time it is needed. If you need to add an ActionListener to a JButton, then you can use an anonymous inner class or a separate external class that implements the interface.

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Originally Posted by Fubarable

Because there is no requirement for a GUI class to either extend JFrame or implement ActionListener to use this functionality. If you need to display a GUI in a JFrame, then you can make the JFrame at the time it is needed. If you need to add an ActionListener to a JButton, then you can use an anonymous inner class or a separate external class that implements the interface.

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What about creating the gui in the main method? How comes this works. Sorry for asking stupid questions but there are so many ways of making these guis i've become so confused. Thanks

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Originally Posted by stuckonjava

What about creating the gui in the main method? How comes this works. Sorry for asking stupid questions but there are so many ways of making these guis i've become so confused. Thanks

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I'm not sure what exactly confuses you. If you need to create a JFrame in the main method, you can create a JFrame object and use it.

Can you show code that confuses you and give the details of your questions?