Move application to other frame and then back to previous

Question

I'm writing java applet. I want to to open a new Frame with content actually stored in my Applet. I'm opening new Frame through the Button:

openInNew.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener()
{
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
    {
        createDialog();
    }
});

//this Function retrieves Frame for applet
public Frame getParentFrame( Component child )
{
    Container c = child.getParent();
    while ( c != null )
        {
        if ( c instanceof Frame )
            {
            return ( Frame ) c;
            }
        c = c.getParent();
        }
    return null;
}

private void createDialog()
{
Frame f=getParentFrame(openInNew); //openInNew is a button to Open a JDialog
    frame = new AppletFrame("NEW FRAME",jContentPane);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setVisible(true);
}

Here is the constructor for AppletFrame:

public AppletFrame(String string, JPanel jContentPane, Frame f) {
super(f,string);
    this.setContentPane(jContentPane);
    this.setSize(790, 650);

    this.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() 
    {
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) 
        {
            removeAll();
            FileListViewer.destroyFrame();
        }
    });
}

public static void destroyFrame()
{
    jContentPane= (JPanel) frame.getContentPane();
jContentPane.repaint();  /*this one should repaint the Applet View, but the result
              * is still the same. jContentPane is not null,
              * it is filled with acutal components. */
jContentPane.setVisible(true);
frame.dispose();
frame.setVisible(false);
frame=null;
}

My problem is that jConentPane is a reference, so immediately when I open my AppletFrame object, there is nothing stored in my basic Applet Frame. I wanted to set again jContentPane to FileListViewer, but I can't refer to non-static method in static destroyFrame().

Answer 1

• here no need to open a new JFrame or another Top Level Containers , use CardLayout instead

• use JDialog if you want to move one Top Level Containers toFront/toBack