How do I update a frame class from other classes

[Jacky Luk]

I have a controller class called from the main method of a jframe inherited object, I need to update the jframe object, how do I do it from the controller

such as

public class CFrame extends JFrame
{
    public static void Main(String[] args)
    {
          MyController controller = new MyController();
    }
}

================

public class MyController
{
     public MyController()
     {
        DoThings();
     }
     
     private void DoThings()
     {
         // update the JFrame object here
     }
}

Thanks a lot

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

Have you got a frame class with a main method and nothing else in?
If you are creating a Controller, put the main method in a ControllerDemo class (and think of a better name for it). Let your application create the Controller object, and the frame object, and then you can pass the objects references to each other.

[Jacky Luk]

Thanks, ah, I think in the same way, I can pass an JFrame object reference such as "new CController(this);" to the controller.
Your hint was great.
Jack

[Campbell Ritchie]

Well done It is always good when you can see poeple learning.

Just beware of letting a this reference escape. Letting other classes get hold of a this reference is all right, provided the this is in a consistent state. The one place a this can legitimately be inconsistent is inside the constructor. There is an example here, which is similar to something I remember having seen somewhere on the Ranch earlier.
Have a look at that example, and make sure not to fall into the error shown there.