Interface WindowConstants

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDialog, JFrame, JInternalFrame

public interface WindowConstants

Constants used to control the window-closing operation. The setDefaultCloseOperation and getDefaultCloseOperation methods provided by JFrame, JInternalFrame, and JDialog use these constants. For examples of setting the default window-closing operation, see Responding to Window-Closing Events, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

• JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)
• JDialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)
• JInternalFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE	The dispose-window default window close operation.
static final int	DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE	The do-nothing default window close operation.
static final int	EXIT_ON_CLOSE	The exit application default window close operation.
static final int	HIDE_ON_CLOSE	The hide-window default window close operation

Field Details

DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE

static final int DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE

The do-nothing default window close operation.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

HIDE_ON_CLOSE

static final int HIDE_ON_CLOSE

The hide-window default window close operation

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE

static final int DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE

The dispose-window default window close operation.

Note: When the last displayable window within the Java virtual machine (VM) is disposed of, the VM may terminate. See AWT Threading Issues for more information.

See Also:

• Window.dispose()
• JInternalFrame.dispose()
• Constant Field Values

EXIT_ON_CLOSE

static final int EXIT_ON_CLOSE

The exit application default window close operation. It is recommended you only use this in an application.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

• JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)
• Constant Field Values