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| From | Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.gui |
| Subject | Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? |
| Date | Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:25:30 -0700 (PDT) |
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Daniele Futtorovic wrote: > Lew allegedly wrote: > > Daniele Futtorovic wrote: > >> FWIW (as it's been a while I've done GUI code), the more complex and > >> specialised custom components I wrote, the further I lent towards > >> ComponentUIs. Unfortunately, I don't remember any exact benefit. Perhaps > >> a matter of cleanness and encapsulation (as it feels "more right" to put > >> that code in a dedicated place, rather than overriding stuff in the > >> component). There's also the issue of shared resources, although those > >> can be dealt with similarly in JComponent. > >> > >> I realise that was a terribly useless post. Sorry about that. :) > > > > Honestly, I thought it was going to be useless for a second, but it > > turned out to be rather thought-provoking and best-practice oriented. > > > > Assuming I understood your remarks correctly. > > > > Josh Bloch says, "Prefer composition to inheritance." > > > > In GUI terms this translates to, "Usually you have a JFrame as a member > > rather than as a supertype." > > > > Indeed the good man does, and indeed the good man is right. But I would > have liked to be able to find in my experience a pratical illustration > of that bit of wisdom. For, while trust may be fine, knowledge is good. :} Well, the bit about making a JFrame a member rather than supertype is a practical illustration. -- Lew
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Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-01 20:11 -0400
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-05 07:40 -0700
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-05 21:11 -0400
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-05 21:06 -0400
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-10 01:42 +0200
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-09 23:30 -0700
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-07-10 20:18 +0200
Re: Overriding JComponent or implementing ComponentUI? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-10 13:25 -0700
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