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Keith Bennett wrote:
> 
> I'm getting into Java, and have a couple of questions...
> 
> I want to make the most of my time by using tools that are portable and
> current.  I thought I remember reading somewhere that Swing components
> are replacing AWT.  Is there any truth to that?  

Yes. It's absolutely true.

> What is the
> relationship between Swing and AWT?

AWT is really a bunch of things. Broadly speaking, there is low-level
AWT which is the abstraction of the system graphics library. And then
there are the higher-level components, such as buttons, lists,
textfields and whatnot that were provided with the core JDK 1.1. Those
components are peer-based, that is, they are Java wrappers around native
code. That is the part that Swing is replacing. The Swing components, by
contrast, are written in pure java. However, they are still based on the
low-level AWT graphics capabilities. 

 
> I just purchased JBuilder 2, and have that on my machine along with the
> JDK (1.2 beta).  If I set up JBuilder 2 to use only JDK and Swing
> classes, does that mean it will be portable?

Yes. It certainly should be.

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