Java Q: Difference between JFrame and JInternalFrame ?

[boran]

I'm using together as a build tool and I have to choose between JFrame and JInternalFrame for my GUI components, but what is the difference between these two ?.

thanks in advance.

 

[Kilrsat]

A JFrame stands on its own as an independent window.

A JInternalFrame is added to a JDesktopPane to allow you to have multiple internal windows inside one external frame.

For example:
http://www.kilcli.com/images/winwiz.jpg

The container there is a JFrame. All the floating objects in the middle are JInternalFrames.

 

[boran]

thanks, strangely my design tool doesnt let me make a JDesktopPane, ah, by hand it is then ...

 

[Kilrsat]

More info:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/internalframe.html