Exiting Java GUI application without using System.exit()

[MS]

Hi,

What is the correct and safe way of exiting a Java JFrame GUI application?

My GUI has an Exit button, but while searching on this, I discovered that
System.exit(0) is not a good way to terminate the application. How should
it be done.

Thanks,

MS

 

[Fahd Shariff]

You need to explicitly call System.exit(exit_value) to exit a Swing
application.

You might however wish to perform some cleanup e.g. closing file
handles, database connections, deleting temporary files etc before
exiting.

exitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
cleanUp();
System.exit(0);
}
});

 

[MS]

Ok, thanks.

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[Rhino]

One additional point which Fahd didn't mention explicitly.

Someone told me the other day that the main objection to System.exit() is
that it will terminate other threads that are running in the application. I
was told that you should make a serious effort to stop any such threads
cleanly before attempting to do the System.exit().

Rhino

 

[MS]

Thanks, no threads to stop, useful info. though.

MS

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