Conversion Resources
We provide these resources to help you convert your programs
to Swing:
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How Are Swing Components Different from AWT Components?
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This page is in the
Getting Started with Swing lesson.
If you haven't already read it, consider reading it now.
It provides useful background and architectural information
that can put the conversion process in perspective.
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Swing Replacements for AWT Components
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Lists each AWT component and its Swing replacement,
and contains notes to help with
some of the simpler changes you
might have to make to your code.
Additionally, the table sometimes notes when you might
want to upgrade to a more feature-ful Swing component.
For example, you might want to replace an AWT text field
with a Swing password field instead of a regular Swing text field.
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General Conversion Tips
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[PENDING: this page is under construction]
Provides information about general conversion issues
such as thread safety, painting, and so on.
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Component-Specific Conversion Tips
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[PENDING: this page is under construction]
Provides details about converting specific components,
like text areas, that tend to require more work to convert.
It provides short examples where appropriate.
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Some Conversion Examples
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Shows how we converted some of the examples
in the tutorial.
Each example is a complete program--either an applet or an application.
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Solving Common Conversion Problems
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[PENDING: this page is under construction]
Describes some common problems you might encounter during
conversion and how to solve them.
