Reclaiming resources from a JFrame

[Chris Simpkins]

I'd like to reclaim the resources from a splash screen that is programmatically opened and closed in the constructor of the main frame while the components are instantiated for the main frame. Is it appropriate to call .dispose() on the splash frame after the .setVisible(false) method in order to reclaim the resources from this frame or does it lose scope once the constructor is completed allowing the memory to be reclaimed?

Also, how can you prevent a splash screen frame from showing up in the Windows taskbar?

Thanks!
-Chris

[Stephen Boston]

Here is a possible solution to your second question.
JDialog does not show in the task bar.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
public class MyJDialog
{
    JDialog aDialog;
    MyEventHandler eventHandler = new MyEventHandler();
    class MyEventHandler extends WindowAdapter
        implements WindowListener {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) 
{
System.exit(0);
}
    }
    public MyJDialog()
    {
        aDialog = new JDialog();
        aDialog.setSize(new Dimension(200,100));
        aDialog.addWindowListener(eventHandler);
        aDialog.setVisible(true);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] arg){
        MyJDialog demo = new MyJDialog();
    }
}   

[ September 28, 2005: Message edited by: Stephen Boston ]