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<p>Swing is a fully-featured user interface development kit for Java applications. Building on the foundations of the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), Swing enables cross-platform applications to use any of several pluggable look-and-feels. Swing developers can take advantage of its rich, flexible features and modular components, building elegant user interfaces with very little code.This second edition of <i>Java Swing</i> thoroughly covers all the features available in Java 2 SDK 1.3 and 1.4. More than simply a reference, this new edition takes a practical approach. It is a book by developers for developers, with hundreds of useful examples, from beginning level to advanced, covering every component available in Swing.All these features mean that there's a lot to learn. Even setting aside its platform flexibility, Swing compares favorably with any widely available user interface toolkit--it has great depth. Swing makes it easy to do simple things but is powerful enough to create complex, intricate interfaces.<i>Java Swing</i>, 2nd edition includes :</p><ul><li>A new chapter on Drag and Drop</li><li>Accessibility features for creating a user interface meeting the needs of all users</li><li>Coverage of the improved key binding infrastructure introduced in SDK 1.3</li><li>A new chapter on JFormattedTextField and input validation</li><li>Mac OS X coverage and examples</li><li>Coverage of the improved focus system introduced in SDK 1.4</li><li>Pluggable Look-and-Feel coverage</li><li>Coverage of the new layout manager, SpringLayout, from SDK 1.4</li><li>Properties tables that summarize important features of each component</li><li>Coverage of the 1.4 Spinner component</li><li>Details about using HTML in components</li><li>A new appendix listing bound actions for each component</li><li>A supporting web site with utilities, examples, and supplemental materials</li></ul>Whether you're a seasoned Java developer or just trying to find out what Java can do, you'll find <i>Java