How to programmatically close a JFrame

Question

What\'s the correct way to get a JFrame to close, the same as if the user had hit the X close button, or pressed Alt+F4 (on W

Answer 1

This examples shows how to realize the confirmed window close operation.

The window has a Window adapter which switches the default close operation to EXIT_ON_CLOSEor DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE dependent on your answer in the OptionDialog.

The method closeWindow of the ConfirmedCloseWindow fires a close window event and can be used anywhere i.e. as an action of an menu item

public class WindowConfirmedCloseAdapter extends WindowAdapter {

    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {

        Object options[] = {"Yes", "No"};

        int close = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(e.getComponent(),
                "Really want to close this application?\n", "Attention",
                JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,
                JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
                null,
                options,
                null);

        if(close == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
           ((JFrame)e.getSource()).setDefaultCloseOperation(
                   JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        } else {
           ((JFrame)e.getSource()).setDefaultCloseOperation(
                   JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
        }
    }
}

public class ConfirmedCloseWindow extends JFrame {

    public ConfirmedCloseWindow() {

        addWindowListener(new WindowConfirmedCloseAdapter());
    }

    private void closeWindow() {
        processWindowEvent(new WindowEvent(this, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
    }
}