16. A6 Making a Reusable ApplicationFrame Class

• The next step is to make the functionality of the JFrame reusable.

• This can be done by extending the JFrame and adding appropriate initialization.

• The following sample code demonstrates FrameApplication class added to application package, and Javadoc comments.

• Swing demo A6 makes FrameApplication reusable:

  • Class SwingMain: SwingMain.java (download)

  • Class FrameApplication extends javax.swing.JFrame:
    FrameApplication.java (download)