Difference between JFrame and JPanel

I would like to know the differences between JFrame and JPanel

abrar alvi wrote:I would like to know the differences between JFrame and JPanel

JFrame is a window, whereas JPanel is just a lightweight container.

Nam Ha Minh wrote:

abrar alvi wrote:I would like to know the differences between JFrame and JPanel

JFrame is a window, whereas JPanel is just a lightweight container.

Can i get some example program to understand it better or some good article links.

Sure. You'll find those example programs in the tutorial. And you can find the tutorial by going to the API documentation for the two classes and following the links there.

among other things JFrame does not inherit any swing stuff so it has no paintComponent() method like a JPanel.
IMO it is misnamed

I disagree. It's no descendant of JComponent, but that's the only thing that would make it "not Swing", according to you. However, JComponent itself extends Container which extends Component, so both JFrame and JComponent have their roots in AWT. Also, JFrame uses several Swing components (JRootPane, JLayeredPane, JPanel for its content pane) for displaying the actual contents.