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Frame vs. JFrame (Read 3769 times)
22samurai
Frame vs. JFrame
Sep 13th, 2006, 5:25am  
Can anyone tell me why PApplet uses a Frame instead of a JFrame for the sketch?  From what I can tell, the JFrame seems to have the advantage of being able to take advantage of Swing components, as well as special keybindings and other nifty features.  What is the advantage of a Frame over a JFrame?
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fry
Re: Frame vs. JFrame
Reply #1 - Sep 13th, 2006, 6:16am  
because JFrame would make everything run with swing, which is a bloated piece of crap. it would also hose any possibility of ever getting 1.1 support working again.

but more important, there's nothing to prevent you from embedding a PApplet into a JFrame, it's just that the base version uses a regular AWT frame because there's simply no need for swing in that context. if people want to use swing, they can embed themselves as they wish.
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