Iterating Over All Swing Windows

[Kaydell Leavitt]

Is there a ways that I can get the front window in my Java SE app and then iterate over all of my JFrames?

For example, to implement a SaveAll command, I want to start with my front window and try to save it and then proceed to try to save all of my windows from front-to-back ordering.

Kaydell

[Ulf Dittmer]

I generally keep a list of all open windows in the main class for this purpose.

[Kaydell Leavitt]

I need to have -- not only a list of my own modeless windows -- but I need them in order. So would I have to keep some kind of list (probably a Collection) and keep track myself the current order?

I am implementing the following commands:

closeAll()
saveAll()
bringAllToFront()
and
quit() (which calls closeAll()

closeAll() need to close my modeless windows from front-to-back order.

Kaydell

[Ulf Dittmer]

Yes, you'd need to keep track of the window ordering. That could change a) whenever a new window is opened, b) whenever a window is closed and c) whenever the user clicks on a window to bring it to the front.

A LinkedList with its implied ordering might work well for this.