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Last updated April 27, 1999.
Welcome to the AWT home page!
This page answers these questions:
For information about the latest GUI APIs,
see the
Java Foundation Classes
(JFC) home page.
AWT stands for Abstract Window Toolkit.
The AWT is part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) --
the standard API
for providing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Java programs.
Here's where to get information about AWT features:
- Overview of the Java UI
- The Java Technology Tutorial's overview of UI features
in the 1.0 JDK.
- Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1 -
AWT Enhancements
- Design documents that describe the features added to the AWT in 1.1.
- Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
- The home page for GUI features that started being added in 1.1,
and that will be fleshed out in an upcoming Java Development Kit (JDK) release.
For information about the entire Java API, see the
Java API Overview.
You can get the latest version of the AWT
by downloading
JDK 1.1.
If you need to write programs that are compatible with 1.0.2,
and you don't intend to use 1.1 features,
download
JDK 1.0.2.
How to Use the 1.1 Event Handling System
- The New AWT Event
Model
- From The Java Technology Tutorial,
explains the new event model
and gives example code for 1.1 event handlers.
Includes handy tables that
map
components to the events they can generate
and that
show all
the listener interfaces,
their corresponding adapters,
and the methods they contain.
Both tables link to where you can find more information.
Also describes how and when to avoid code clutter by using
adapters
and inner classes.
- JDK 1.1 Event Examples
- Part of the
Examples of Using the JDK 1.1 AWT.
How to Write Lightweight Components
- Lightweight Components
- Contains documentation and examples of writing lightweight
components.
Part of the
Examples of Using the JDK 1.1 AWT.
Where to Find Other AWT Programming Information
- Examples of Using the JDK 1.1 AWT
- Example code.
Other other things, includes examples and preliminary documentation
of writing lightweight components.
- The Java Technology Tutorial
- Contains information on
using the 1.0 version of the AWT.
Is being updated to reflect
the most current GUI information.
- Workarounds for Known AWT Bugs
- How to work around some of the more annoying
1.1 AWT bugs.
- 1.1 AWT Documentation
(aka AWT Enhancements)
- The AWT documentation provided as part of the JDK 1.1 release.
Includes design
specifications for new 1.1 features
and reference documentation for the API in the
java.awt,
java.awt.event,
java.awt.image, and
java.awt.datatransfer
packages.
In 1.1, some new API has been added
and some old API has been "deprecated".
The following documents will help you
learn when and how to convert 1.0.2 code to 1.1,
as well as help you write code that works in both releases.
- Writing
Compatible Programs
- How to write programs (especially applets)
that work in both 1.0.2 and 1.1.
- How to
Convert Programs to the 1.1 AWT API
- Includes a
event
conversion table
to help you translate your 1.0 event-handling code
into the 1.1 scheme.
- Deprecated
Methods in the 1.1 AWT
- What do you do when you want to get rid of deprecation compiler warnings?
Consult this document for the recommended replacement
for every deprecated AWT method.
- Incompatible Changes in the 1.1 AWT API
- Lists the ways that 1.0 programs might compile
or execute differently under 1.1.
Contact the Java developer community via the newsgroup comp.lang.java
or JavaSoft technical support via email to email addresses.
Send questions or comments about this web page to
java-awt@java.sun.com.
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