Bringing a JFrame to the front?

i have already searched the forum, but i think i might not be using the right words....
anyways, i have a JFrame that is launched when a button is clicked on another JFrame. Initially it is created,
which brings it to the front. However, for subsequent button clicks (i.e.-when it is created, but currently minimized)
I want a button click to cause this window to either un-minimize or jump to the front of any other windows on the
screen. How can i do this? I don't see any methods in JFrame that provide this functionality. What am i missing? thanks!

thanks! that worked!
why is it that i have to add the .setExtendedState() call in the end? I read the documentation,
but still don't understand why that is required to get this working correctly. any explanation?
thanks again..

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