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Class LaunchApplication

Object
  LaunchApplication

public final class LaunchApplication
extends Object

Launch the application.

Perform any needed one-time startup operations. Ask the user for their login credentials, and then display the main window.

Field Summary

static String	APP_NAME Defines the name of the app.
static String	APP_VERSION The version of the app.

Method Summary

static void

main(String... aArgs) Run the application.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

APP_NAME

public static final String APP_NAME

Defines the name of the app. Could be used in an About box, trouble ticket emails, and so on.

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Constant Field Values

APP_VERSION

public static final String APP_VERSION

The version of the app. An arbitrary string.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String... aArgs)

Run the application.

Performs the following :

• configure JDK logging : log at FINEST level to a file named log.txt in the application's home directory. Overwrite the log file each time the application is launched. (Many apps would prefer to make the log level sensitive to an environment property, or a user preference.)
• configure a custom ExceptionHandler for uncaught exceptions
• use the native look and feel, natural to the runtime operating system
• sets the font for the application (12-point Verdana)
• show the login screen (no real validation is actually performed)

Some apps might also perform :

• display a temporary 'splash' screen
• confirm a database connection

The Swing tutorial recommends the following style for application launch :

 
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
  public void run() {
    createAndShowGUI();
  }
});
  

However, that style is not used here, since it doesn't seem necessary. During launch, no GUI has yet been realized, so it seems practically impossible for a thread to interact with it.