Dispose when jframe is minimised

Question

hey peepz...
i want the jframe to be disposed instead of minimised when another jframe appears. i am not sure how to do it because the latter jframe or the 2nd jframe belongs to the same class but is created by different constructor. so it is something like constructor2 is being called upon when something is done in constructor1.
how do we go around doing that?
thanks
farah k.

Answer 1

public class whatever1 extends jpanel {
whatever2 panel1;
whatever3 panel2;
whatever1 (String variable1, String variable 2) {
whatever2 panel1 = new whatever2(variable1, panel2);
whatever3 panel2 = new whatever3( variable2, panel1);
add (jpanel1);
add (jpanel2);
whatever1 (String variable1, String variable 2, String variable3) {
whatever2 panel1 = new whatever2(variable3, panel2);
whatever3 panel2 = new whatever3( test, panel1);
add (jpanel1);
add (jpanel2);
class whatever2 extends jpanel {
JButton action1;
String variable1, variable3, variable4;
jpanel(String name, whatever3 jpanel2) {
action1.addActionListener(
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     dispose(); /*i want to dispose this the first frame which was generated by the first constructor but there is no such function within jpanel*/
new whatever1(variable1, variable3, variable4);
}