Chapter 11. Swing

IN THIS CHAPTER

It’s not a dance; it’s a GUI toolkit that is part of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE). Swing provides a pure Java alternative to the AWT. Swing is just one of the features of Java Foundation Classes (JFCs). JFC subsumes and extends AWT to provide the following additional features:

  • Swing (javax.swing and subpackages)

  • Accessibility, also known as assistive technologies (javax.accessibility package)

  • Java2D (java.awt.geom and new classes and methods in java.awt package)

  • Drag-and-drop (java.awt.dnd package)

  • Clipboard (java.awt.datatransfer package)

  • Printing (java.awt.print package)

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