Close Parent Window When Child Window Closes

[Brandon Golway]

First off, I dont mean I want the program to end. What I have setup is a simple game that shows pop-up windows that are either Info or Input windows and I would like to know how to close a child's window when it's child window closes.

So far its like this: Main Input Window launches Attack Input Window which launches an Information window. I want to know how to close the Attack Input window when "ok" is clicked on the Info window.

Heres the code related to it

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class MonsterAttack extends JFrame
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1310951990573514925L;
	private JButton fightButton, runButton;
	
	public static void InitialAttack()
	{
		MutantSlug monster = new MutantSlug(); 
		
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You moved 2 spaces and you were confronted by a "+monster.getMonsterName()); 
		
		MonsterAttack monsterFrame = new MonsterAttack();
		
		monsterFrame.setSize(600, 100);
		monsterFrame.setVisible(true);
		monsterFrame.setTitle("Fight or Run Away?");
		monsterFrame.setLocation(555, 200);

	}
	
	public MonsterAttack ()
	{
		setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
		
		fightButton = new JButton ("Fight Back");
		add(fightButton);
		
		runButton = new JButton ("Run Away");
		add(runButton);
		
		ButtonHandler handler = new ButtonHandler();

		fightButton.addActionListener(handler);
		runButton.addActionListener(handler);
	}

	private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener
	{
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) //must be present, name cant be changed
		{
			String buttonCommand = event.getActionCommand();
			
			if (buttonCommand.contentEquals("Fight Back"))
			{
				MutantSlug monster = new MutantSlug();
				
				//monster's attack
				Player.takeDamage(monster.getAttackDamage());
				//your attack
				monster.takeDamage();				
			}
			
			else 
			{
				Player.runAway();
				//figure out a way to close the parent window after clicking "ok" on the child
			}
		}
	}
}

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

You can use the dispose() method of the JFrame to close the window on some action.

[Brandon Golway]

I figured it out, thanks!