WindowConstants (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• All Known Implementing Classes:
  JDialog, JFrame, JInternalFrame

public interface WindowConstants
Constants used to control the window-closing operation. The setDefaultCloseOperation andgetDefaultCloseOperation methods provided by JFrame,JInternalFrame, andJDialog use these constants. For examples of setting the default window-closing operation, seeResponding to Window-Closing Events, a section in The Java Tutorial.
See Also:
JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int), JDialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(int), JInternalFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)

• • Field Summary

  Fields

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

• • Field Detail

     * #### DO\_NOTHING\_ON\_CLOSE  
     static final int DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE  
     The do-nothing default window close operation.  
     See Also:  
     [Constant Field Values](../../constant-values.html#javax.swing.WindowConstants.DO%5FNOTHING%5FON%5FCLOSE)  
     * #### HIDE\_ON\_CLOSE  
     static final int HIDE_ON_CLOSE  
     The hide-window default window close operation  
     See Also:  
     [Constant Field Values](../../constant-values.html#javax.swing.WindowConstants.HIDE%5FON%5FCLOSE)  
     * #### 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](../../java/awt/doc-files/AWTThreadIssues.html) for more information.  
     See Also:  
     [Window.dispose()](../../java/awt/Window.html#dispose--), [JInternalFrame.dispose()](../../javax/swing/JInternalFrame.html#dispose--), [Constant Field Values](../../constant-values.html#javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE%5FON%5FCLOSE)  
     * #### EXIT\_ON\_CLOSE  
     static final int EXIT_ON_CLOSE  
     The exit application default window close operation. Attempting to set this on Windows that support this, such as`JFrame`, may throw a `SecurityException` based on the `SecurityManager`. It is recommended you only use this in an application.  
     Since:  
     1.4  
     See Also:  
     [JFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(int)](../../javax/swing/JFrame.html#setDefaultCloseOperation-int-), [Constant Field Values](../../constant-values.html#javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT%5FON%5FCLOSE)

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