These classes use the com.ibm.as400.access classes to retrieve data and then present that data to the user.
The various AS/400 pane classes are graphical user interface components that present and allow manipulation of one or more AS/400 resources. The behavior of each AS/400 resource varies depending on the type of resource.
All panes extend the Java Component class. As a result, they can be added to any AWT Frame, Window, or Container.
AS/400 resources are represented in the graphical user interface with an icon and text. AS/400 resources are defined with hierarchical relationships where a resoure might have a parent and zero or more children. These are predefined relationships and are used to specify what resources are displayed in an AS/400 pane. For example, VJobList is the parent to zero or more VJob objects, and this hierarchical relationship is represented graphically in an AS/400 pane.Java programs that use the AS/400 Toolbox for Java GUI (graphical user interface) classes need Swing 1.1. You get Swing 1.1 by running Java 2 or by downloading Swing 1.1 from Sun Microsystems, Inc. In the past, AS/400 Toolbox for Java has required Swing 1.0.3, and V4R5 is the first release that Swing 1.1 is supported. To move to Swing 1.1, some programming changes were made; therefore, you may have to make some programming changes as well. See the Java Foundation Classes documentation for more information about Swing.