Class & GUI

[Colin]

Hi all,

i have limited experience in Java and wondered if you could answer my question, if a create a custom class, can that class have a GUI or do i have to reference that class from within an application with a GUI.

Many thanks

[Gregg Bolinger]

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Thanks.

[Gregg Bolinger]

if a create a custom class, can that class have a GUI

That class can either create a Frame/JFrame object and construct a GUI or that class can extend Frame/JFrame and become the main frame of the GUI application.

do i have to reference that class from within an application with a GUI.

You can do this as well. You can have a class as stated earlier that constructs a GUI and call that class from another class. A good starting point might be to read Sun's GUI Tutorials.

Also, I am going to move this to the Swing/AWT/SWT/JFace forum where all things GUI are discussed.