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I'm looking for some guidance on best practices for an application using Java Swing to be structured. I'm a webapp guy normally and try to follow MVC. Is MVC typical for Swing apps? If so, how?
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4) There are two options to close the Java Swing application one is EXIT_ON_CLOSE and the other is DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE. 5) DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE doesn't terminate JVM if any user thread is running. 6) You can also implement a window listener to implement your closing mechanism by using System. exit() in the Swing application.
Absolutely yes. Legacy swing applications are still supported and enhanced.
EXIT_ON_CLOSE (defined in JFrame) : Exit the application using the System exit method. Use this only in applications. might still be useful: You can use setVisible(false) on your JFrame if you want to display the same frame again. Otherwise call dispose() to remove all of the native screen resources.
Following MVC is a very good idea. As far as I know there is no formal Java Swing framework doing that, they all concentrate on "View" aspect of the problem.
As far as app structure and MVC - the best framework I know is Griffon. It is not Java - it is Groovy, but that is what makes it more attractive and pretty easy to learn. Griffon to a Swing app is the same as Grails to a web app.
Check it out at http://griffon.codehaus.org/
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You may find this very simple example and discussion helpful.
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