Is swing does not work in jdk1.4?

Question

Sirs,
I've tried to compile the following code,
import javax.swing.*;
public class HelloWorldSwing {
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Make sure we have nice window decorations.
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("HelloWorldSwing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Add the ubiquitous "Hello World" label.
JLabel label = new JLabel("Hello World");
frame.getContentPane().add(label);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
But I got the following error,
C:\j2sdk1.4\bin>javac HelloWorldSwing.java
HelloWorldSwing.java:2: package javax.awt does not exist
import javax.awt.*;
^
HelloWorldSwing.java:9: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : constructor JFrame (java.lang.String)
location: class JFrame
JFrame frame = new JFrame("HelloWorldSwing");
^
2 errors
Does Jdk1.4 is not compatible for executing Swing applications?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

How long have you been using Java? Swing has been in the javax.swing package for a long time now.
Your compiler errors don't match your source:
import javax.swing.*;
vs
C:\j2sdk1.4\bin>javac HelloWorldSwing.java
HelloWorldSwing.java:2: package javax.awt does not exist
import javax.awt.*;