 | What is JFC and Swing?
 | JFC is a loose collection of APIs for client-side graphics,
graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and other related tasks.
It specifically contains:
 | Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT 1.1 and beyond) |
| Swing Components ("Swing") |
| Java2D |
| Accessibility |
| Drag and Drop |
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| Swing is a set of mostly light-weight components built on top of
AWT. It offers a multitude of components missing in AWT,
plus it has an impressive infrastructure to build real,
industrial-strength GUIs. Thus, it does not replace, but
rather extends the AWT in several significant ways:
| Replacement of AWT's heavy-weight components with
light-weight components (except JApplet, JFrame, JWindow,
and JDialog)
| Transparent backgrounds |
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| Pluggable look and feels (plafs) |
| Full suite of GUI building blocks
| Buttons, Labels, Lists, and Menus that can
accommodate graphics as well as text |
| True pop-up windows and tooltips |
| Dockable toolbars and menu bars |
| Default Dialog boxes and Color and File Chooser
dialog boxes |
| Tree, Table, and Tabbed Panes |
| MDI support |
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