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JAVA SWINGS: Swing in java is part of Java foundation class which is lightweight and platform independent. It is used for creating window based applications. It includes components like button, scroll bar, text field etc. Putting together all these components makes a graphical user interface.

Swing in Java is a lightweight GUI toolkit which has a wide variety of widgets for building optimized window based applications. It is a part of the JFC (Java Foundation Classes). It is built on top of the AWT API and entirely written in java. It is platform independent unlike AWT and has lightweight components.

It becomes easier to build applications since we already have GUI components like button, checkbox etc. This is helpful because we do not have to start from the scratch.

Overview:

It has more powerful and flexible components than AWT. In addition to familiar components such as buttons, check boxes and labels, Swing provides several advanced components such as tabbed panel, scroll panes, trees, tables, and lists.
course content
Introduction to JFC
Abstract Windowing Toolkit Basics
Simple Layout Management
Simple Event Handling
Lightweight Controls
JFC Feature Set
JFC Architecture and Relationship to AWT 

JFC Application Design
Role of a JFrame
Building a Frame-Based JFC Application
Panes
Using Dialogs 

JFC Components
JFC Component Class Hierarchy
JComponent Features
Simple Control Types
Text Components
Menus
Managing Look and Feel 

Architectural Patterns
Observer Pattern
Model-View-Controller Decomposition
Strategy Pattern
JList
Factory Pattern
JComboBox 

Trees and Tables
Hierarchical Data and JTree
Presenting Hierarchies
JTree and Supporting Classes
Using the Default Tree Model
Customizing Look and Feel
Implementing a Tree Model
Custom Rendering
Custom Editing 

Tabular Data and JTable
Presenting Tabular Data
JTable and Supporting Classes
Implementing a Tree Model
Customizing Look and Feel
Custom Rendering
Custom Editing 

Managing the Model
Adapting Existing Data Structures
Very Large Data Sets and GUIs
Caching
Lazy Evaluation Using Tree and Table Models
Limiting the Cache with an Evictor
Anticipating User Requests 

Advanced GUI Design
Organizing Application Windows
Viewport Abstraction
JScrollPane
Scrollable Elements
Customizing Scrolling
Tabbed Panes
Splitter Panes 

Popup GUI Elements
Dialog Boxes
Message Boxes
Using File Choosers
Customizing File Choosers
Using Color Choosers
Custom Dialogs
Tooltips
Popup Menus 

Data Transfer
The Data Transfer Model
Transferable Objects
Data Flavors and MIME Types
The Clipboard API
The Drag-and-Drop API