Thread: Some help with Java theory?

For questions like this, the API and the Swing tutorial are your best friends.

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Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (The Java™ Tutorials)

Originally Posted by Mudkipers

Im still lost??

Geeze, that was a pretty fast read-through of the Swing tutorial!

Seriously, everything is in there. Use the API to help fill in the blanks.

If you have a specific question about something specific in the API or the tutorials, feel free to ask!

Well, I'm sure you have class notes or a book that are more specific than the API or the tutorials.

But think about it- say a question is about dialogs. There's a section of the tutorials on dialogs. Read it. Then you can check out any classes mentioned in the tutorials in the API for even more information, about the specific item you're looking for.

Originally Posted by Mudkipers

Are container components

Array, Arraylist, Hashtable, HashMap, HatSet, Node, NodeList, TreeNode, TreeMap etc

or

JApplet JButton JCheckBox etc

That could be an interesting question, because it does depend on the wording of your homework- I guess technically it could be asking about collections, but I doubt it. I would bet it's asking about GUI Containers.

Hint: There is a Container class. And all classes are listed and described (including their subclasses) in the API...