public interface

WindowConstants

javax.swing.WindowConstants
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Constants used to control the window-closing operation. The setDefaultCloseOperation and getDefaultCloseOperation methods provided by JFrame, JInternalFrame, and JDialog use these constants. For examples of setting the default window-closing operation, see Responding to Window-Closing Events, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Summary

Constants
int DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE The dispose-window default window close operation.
int DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE The do-nothing default window close operation.
int EXIT_ON_CLOSE The exit application default window close operation.
int HIDE_ON_CLOSE The hide-window default window close operation

Constants

public static final int DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE

The dispose-window default window close operation.

Note: When the last displayable window within the Java virtual machine (VM) is disposed of, the VM may terminate. See AWT Threading Issues for more information.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

public static final int DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE

The do-nothing default window close operation.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

public static final int EXIT_ON_CLOSE

The exit application default window close operation. Attempting to set this on Windows that support this, such as JFrame, may throw a SecurityException based on the SecurityManager. It is recommended you only use this in an application.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

public static final int HIDE_ON_CLOSE

The hide-window default window close operation

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)