Sun Certification Training Guide (310-025, 310-027): Java™ 2 Programmer and Developer Exams

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to the GUI controls of Swing. You learned what Swing is, where it comes from, and what its relationship is to the AWT and the JFC as a whole. You learned about the Swing component hierarchy and about the Swing packages. You then developed an example Swing-based GUI. You also learned about Swing events and how to convert your existing applications and applets to Swing.

KEY TERMS Applet Container content pane Design Patterns Event Programming Model GUI Icon JComponent JFC JFrame look and feel Model-View-Controller Swing ToolTip