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Why is the message being created by an instance of JOptionPane not shown?

I wanted to show a message without using static methods of the JOptionPane class and here's a Java program using an object of the JOptionPane class to show a message.

import javax.swing.*;
public class Sample {
    public  static void main(String[] args) {
        JOptionPane pane = new JOptionPane();
        pane.setMessage("Hello");
        pane.setOptionType(JOptionPane.OK_OPTION);
        pane.setName("Information");
        pane.setVisible(true);
    }
}

It's expected to show a message, but nothing is shown as the result when it gets compiled and run. What's the problem?

Solution

  • Per the JOptionPane API, JOptionPane extends from JComponent, and so by itself, a JOptionPane object is not a top-level window, and so is not visible on its own, even if setVisible(true) is called. To create a visible window from a JOptionPane object, you must create a JDialog from your JOptionPane object. either that or place it within another container that is eventually displayed within a top-level window (as per any JComponent-type object). For example, and lifted directly from the API:

     JOptionPane pane = new JOptionPane(arguments);
 pane.set.Xxxx(...); // Configure
 JDialog dialog = pane.createDialog(parentComponent, title);
 dialog.setVisible(true);

    In my opinion, however, it is simpler and better to just use the static methods to create and display a JOptionPane within its own JDialog.