Problem in JSF with Swing in a web application

Question

hi
i am using jsf for my online projects.my problem is that when i use Swing concept ,the server is closed automatically when i click the swing dialog option 'OK', how can i protect server being closed automatically when user click the the options of Swing dialog box.it is so tedious because my application is going to integrate
with online server?
my swing java file is
* FileExistsDialog.java
package com.obs.ftw.util.alert;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel;
* FileExistsDialog: A JOptionPane-like dialog that displays the message
* that a file exists.
public class FileExistsDialog extends JDialog {
* The component that gets the focus when the window is first opened
private Component initialFocusOwner = null;
* Command string for replace action (e.g., a button).
* This string is never presented to the user and should
* not be internationalized.
private String CMD_REPLACE = "OK"/*NOI18N*/;
* Command string for a cancel action (e.g., a button).
* This string is never presented to the user and should
* not be internationalized.
private String CMD_CANCEL = "CANCEL"/*NOI18N*/;
// Components we need to access after initialization
private JButton replaceButton = null;
private JButton cancelButton = null;
public FileExistsDialog(){
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE FILE EXIST DIALOG");
     JFrame frame = new JFrame() {
     public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
     return new Dimension(200,100);
     frame.setTitle("Debugging frame");
     frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     frame.pack();
     frame.setVisible(false);
FileExistsDialog dialog = new FileExistsDialog(frame, true);
     dialog.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
     System.exit(0);
     public void windowClosed(WindowEvent event) {
     System.exit(0);
     dialog.pack();
     dialog.setVisible(true);
* Creates a new FileExistsDialog
* @param parent parent frame
* @param modal modal flag
public FileExistsDialog(Frame parent,boolean modal) {
super(parent, modal);
     //initResources();
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE FILE EXIST DIALOG CONSTRUCTOR");
initComponents();
pack();
* Determines the locale, loads resources
/* public void initResources() {
     Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
resources = ResourceBundle.getBundle(
          "samples.resources.bundles.FileExistsDialogResources", locale);
imagePath = resources.getString("images.path");
}*/ // initResources()
* Sets all of the buttons to be the same size. This is done
* dynamically after the buttons are created, so that the layout
* automatically adjusts to the locale-specific strings.
private void equalizeButtonSizes() {
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE equalizeButtonSizes()");
String[] labels = new String[] {
replaceButton.getText(),
     cancelButton.getText()
     // Get the largest width and height
     Dimension maxSize= new Dimension(0,0);
     Rectangle2D textBounds = null;
     Dimension textSize = null;
FontMetrics metrics =
          replaceButton.getFontMetrics(replaceButton.getFont());
     Graphics g = getGraphics();
     for (int i = 0; i < labels.length; ++i) {
     textBounds = metrics.getStringBounds(labels, g);
     maxSize.width =
     Math.max(maxSize.width, (int)textBounds.getWidth());
     maxSize.height =
     Math.max(maxSize.height, (int)textBounds.getHeight());
Insets insets =
     replaceButton.getBorder().getBorderInsets(replaceButton);
maxSize.width += insets.left + insets.right;
maxSize.height += insets.top + insets.bottom;
// reset preferred and maximum size since BoxLayout takes both
     // into account
replaceButton.setPreferredSize((Dimension)maxSize.clone());
cancelButton.setPreferredSize((Dimension)maxSize.clone());
replaceButton.setMaximumSize((Dimension)maxSize.clone());
cancelButton.setMaximumSize((Dimension)maxSize.clone());
} // equalizeButtonSizes()
* This method is called from within the constructor to
* initialize the dialog.
private void initComponents() {
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE initComponents()");
     // Configure the window, itself
Container contents = getContentPane();
contents.setLayout(new GridBagLayout ());
GridBagConstraints constraints = null;
setTitle("Waring");
     // accessibility - all applets, frames, and dialogs should
     // have descriptions
     this.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleDescription("Descriptions");
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
     public void windowOpened(WindowEvent event) {
          // For some reason the window opens with no focus owner,
          // so we need to force the issue
     if (initialFocusOwner != null) {
          initialFocusOwner.requestFocus();
          // Only do this the 1st time the window is opened
          initialFocusOwner = null;
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE windowClosing");     
     // Treat it like a cancel
          windowAction(CMD_CANCEL);
     // image
JLabel imageLabel = new JLabel();
imageLabel.setIcon(
new ImageIcon("/images/degraded_large.gif"));
// accessibility - set name so that low vision users get a description
imageLabel.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleName("OK");
constraints = new GridBagConstraints ();
constraints.gridheight = 2;
constraints.insets = new Insets(12, 33, 0, 0);
constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST;
contents.add(imageLabel, constraints);
// header
JLabel headerLabel = new JLabel ();
headerLabel.setText("SAMPLE");
headerLabel.setForeground(
     new Color(MetalLookAndFeel.getBlack().getRGB()));
constraints = new GridBagConstraints ();
constraints.insets = new Insets(12, 12, 0, 11);
constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
contents.add(headerLabel, constraints);
     // Actual text of the message
     JTextArea contentTextArea = new JTextArea();
contentTextArea.setEditable(false);
contentTextArea.setText("SAMPLE");
contentTextArea.setBackground(
          new Color(MetalLookAndFeel.getControl().getRGB()));
// accessibility -- every component that can have the
     // keyboard focus must have a name. This text area has no
     // label, so the name must be set explicitly (if it had a
     // label, the name would be pulled from the label).
contentTextArea.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleName(
          "CONTENTNAME");
constraints = new GridBagConstraints ();
constraints.gridx = 1;
constraints.gridy = 1;
constraints.insets = new Insets(0, 12, 0, 11);
constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
contents.add(contentTextArea, constraints);
     // Buttons
     JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setLayout (new BoxLayout(buttonPanel, 0));
     replaceButton = new JButton();
     replaceButton.setActionCommand(CMD_REPLACE);
replaceButton.setText("OK");
replaceButton.setToolTipText("TO OK");
     replaceButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     windowAction(event);
buttonPanel.add(replaceButton);
// spacing
buttonPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(5,0)));
     cancelButton = new JButton();
     cancelButton.setActionCommand(CMD_CANCEL);
cancelButton.setText("CANCEL");
cancelButton.setNextFocusableComponent(replaceButton);
     cancelButton.setToolTipText("TO CANCEL");
     cancelButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
     windowAction(event);
buttonPanel.add(cancelButton);
constraints = new GridBagConstraints ();
constraints.gridx = 1;
constraints.gridy = 2;
constraints.insets = new Insets(12, 12, 11, 11);
constraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
contents.add(buttonPanel, constraints);
     // Equalize the sizes of all the buttons
     equalizeButtonSizes();
     // For some reason, the dialog appears with no input focus.
     // We added a window listener above to force the issue
     initialFocusOwner = replaceButton;
} // initComponents()
* The user has selected an option. Here we close and dispose the dialog.
* If actionCommand is an ActionEvent, getCommandString() is called,
* otherwise toString() is used to get the action command.
* @param actionCommand may be null
private void windowAction(Object actionCommand) {
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE WINDOW ACTION");
     String cmd = null;
if (actionCommand != null) {
     if (actionCommand instanceof ActionEvent) {
     cmd = ((ActionEvent)actionCommand).getActionCommand();
     } else {
     cmd = actionCommand.toString();
     if (cmd == null) {
     // do nothing
     } else if (cmd.equals(CMD_REPLACE)) {
     System.out.println("your replace code here...");
     } else if (cmd.equals(CMD_CANCEL)) {
     System.out.println("your cancel code here...");
     setVisible(false);
     dispose();
} // windowAction()
* This main() is provided for debugging purposes, to display a
* sample dialog.
// main()
} // class FileExistsDialog
and calling java function is
public String fileDialog(){
     return "Success";
public void processFile(ActionEvent event){
     System.out.println("INSIDE THE FILE DIALOG");
     FileExistsDialog file     = new FileExistsDialog();
     System.out.println("SUCCESS");
called from
     <h:commandButton action="#{userLogin.fileDialog}" actionListener="#{userLogin.processFile}"></h:commandButton>
pls help me as soon
advance thanks
rgds
oasisdeserts

Answer 1

Swing is GUI library for use in desktop applications.
JSF is a web application framework which runs on an application server and is accessed by clients via web browsers.
To fully understand what you have done, try accessing your application from a different machine than the server.
To answer your question, don't invoke System.exit() if you would like the process to continue. But that is the least of your problems.