Re: A question about understanding

From: SPG (steve.goodsell_at_nopoo.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 12/29/04

  • Next message: Axel Brünn: "Re: A question about understanding" 
    Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:32:08 GMT

    Hi Tony,

    >From my limited knowledge I will assume this..

    You will always write your GUI code using either the AWT or SWING toolkit
    provided by the JAVA api. What I think is meant that how the windows are
    created and displayed is based on the underlying model of the OS's GUI
    implementation.

    For example, If on a windows OS, then the SWING api would interact with the
    MFCs of the windows toolkit..

    Therefore, you need not worry about the OS based implementation, just the
    SWING or AWT code. (Unless of course you are using PLAFs which is another
    story!)

    Steve

    "Tony Johansson" <johansson.andersson@telia.com> wrote in message
    news:npAAd.125606$dP1.451785@newsc.telia.net...
    > Hello!
    >
    > I'm reading in a document about Window System and there is some about Java
    > that I want to ask you about because I don't realy understand what they
    > mean.
    > It says the following: "Java creates only partial window object of its
    > own. For full functionality, it relies on peer objects that are taken from
    > whatever toolkit happens to be available in the system the program runs.
    >
    > What does it mean with "Java creates only partial window object of its
    > own".
    > What does it mean with "it relies on peer objects that are taken from
    > whatever toolkit happens to be available in the system the program runs."
    >
    > Assume you use java on MS windows what toolkit will java use then.?
    >
    > //Tony
    >

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