Java GUI Swing Model Explanation

Question

I\'ve been working with Swing for a while now but the whole model/structure of JFrames, paint(), super, etc is all murky in my mind. I nee

Answer 1

I found Swing Explorer to be a precious tool to understand the hierarchy of components (particularly in complex GUIs) and look at properties (alas, read-only: we get used to Firebug convenience!). It has an Eclipse plugin.