Need a non rectangular JFrame

Hi,
Does anyone know if its possible to have a GUI which is displayed in a frame which is not rectangular?
I want to have an elliptical Frame to my GUI.
I know its possible in other languages because I have seen a GUI for a media player which is not rectangular at all.
Can anyone please help?
Thanks,
Jim

I understand that in a parallel univers, where everyone live on ships, the most popula operating system is called Portholes 2000, which runs on computers with circular CRTs.
Sadly, we're stuck with rectangular CRTs, Windows, windows and JFrames.

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