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.

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

  • 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. 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), Constant Field Values