JFrame
Create JFrame window with window close event
This is an example on how to create a JFrame
window with window close event. Pairing a window with a closing event is a very common practice in most GUI applications. When the user closes a window, it usually means that you have to release several resources or event exit the application.
The basic steps to create a JFrame
with a window closing event is:
- Create a class that extends
JFrame
. - Create a class that extends
WindowAdapter
. - Override the
windowClosing
method. Now every time the window closes, this method will fire up.
Let’s take a look at the code snippets that follow:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop; import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class CreateJFrameWindowWithWindowCloseEvent extends JFrame { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; public CreateJFrameWindowWithWindowCloseEvent() { setTitle("Simple Frame"); setSize(200, 200); addWindowListener(new CustomWindowAdapter(this)); } private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new CreateJFrameWindowWithWindowCloseEvent(); //Display the window. frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread: //creating and showing this application's GUI. javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } class CustomWindowAdapter extends WindowAdapter { CreateJFrameWindowWithWindowCloseEvent window = null; CustomWindowAdapter(CreateJFrameWindowWithWindowCloseEvent window) { this.window = window; } // implement windowClosing method public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { // exit the application when window's close button is clicked System.exit(0); } } }
This was an example on how to create a JFrame with a window closing event.