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# Class java.awt.Dialog

    java.lang.Object
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       +----java.awt.Component
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               +----java.awt.Container
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                       +----java.awt.Window
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                               +----java.awt.Dialog

public class Dialog
extends Window

A class that produces a dialog - a window that takes input from the user. The default layout for a dialog is BorderLayout. Dialogs are capable of generating the following window events: WindowOpened, WindowClosing, WindowClosed, WindowActivated, WindowDeactivated.

See Also:
  WindowEvent, addWindowListener

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Dialog(Frame)
  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with an empty title.
Dialog(Frame, boolean)
  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with an empty title.
Dialog(Frame, String)
  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with a title.
Dialog(Frame, String, boolean)
  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with a title.

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addNotify()
  Creates the frame's peer.
getTitle()
  Gets the title of the Dialog.
isModal()
  Returns true if the Dialog is modal.
isResizable()
  Returns true if the user can resize the dialog.
paramString()
  Returns the parameter String of this Dialog.
setModal(boolean)
  Specifies whether this Dialog is modal.
setResizable(boolean)
  Sets the resizable flag.
setTitle(String)
  Sets the title of the Dialog.
show()
  Shows the dialog.

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Dialog

      public Dialog(Frame parent)

  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with an empty title.

  Parameters:
    parent - the owner of the dialog
  See Also:
    setSize, setVisible

Dialog

      public Dialog(Frame parent,
                    boolean modal)

  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with an empty title. A modal Dialog grabs all the input from the user.

  Parameters:
    parent - the owner of the dialog
    modal - if true, dialog blocks input to other windows when shown

Dialog

      public Dialog(Frame parent,
                    String title)

  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with a title.

  Parameters:
    parent - the owner of the dialog
    title - the title of the dialog
  See Also:
    setSize, setVisible

Dialog

      public Dialog(Frame parent,
                    String title,
                    boolean modal)

  Constructs an initially invisible Dialog with a title. A modal Dialog grabs all the input from the user.

  Parameters:
    parent - the owner of the dialog
    title - the title of the dialog
    modal - if true, dialog blocks input to other windows when shown
  See Also:
    setSize, setVisible

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addNotify

      public void addNotify()

  Creates the frame's peer. The peer allows us to change the appearance of the frame without changing its functionality.

  Overrides:
    addNotify in class Window

isModal

      public boolean isModal()

  Returns true if the Dialog is modal. A modal Dialog grabs all the input from the user.

setModal

      public void setModal(boolean b)

  Specifies whether this Dialog is modal. A modal Dialog grabs all the input from the user.

getTitle

      public String getTitle()

  Gets the title of the Dialog.

  See Also:
    setTitle

setTitle

      public synchronized void setTitle(String title)

  Sets the title of the Dialog.

  Parameters:
    title - the new title being given to the Dialog
  See Also:
    getTitle

show

      public void show()

  Shows the dialog. This will bring the dialog to the front if the dialog is already visible. If the dialog is modal, this call will block until the dialog is taken down by calling hide or dispose. It is permissible to show modal dialogs from the event dispatching thread because the toolkit will ensure that another dispatching thread will run while the one which invoked show is blocked.

  Overrides:
    show in class Window
  See Also:
    hide

isResizable

      public boolean isResizable()

  Returns true if the user can resize the dialog.

setResizable

      public synchronized void setResizable(boolean resizable)

  Sets the resizable flag.

  Parameters:
    resizable - true if resizable; false otherwise

paramString

      protected String paramString()

  Returns the parameter String of this Dialog.

  Overrides:
    paramString in class Container

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