What is a good GUI code

Hi,
at time i writing a gui client for my application.
the problem is that i don't realy know what code for guicode will be better:
all code (everey button, label, bar etc.) inside one "open" method.
with this solution i can change the autput (such as text etc.) of Labels and buttons at runtime.
a another solution is
that every button label etc gets it own create method.
with this solution i have small simple methods, but i have to call them in the right order at the open method. I also have to create the buttons labels etc as fields so they can be changed during runtime.
(with runtime i mean changes of label texts etc. during userinteraction)
which solution will be better, for a OO Design/Model.
or is there a better solution you prefer?
thanks.
your sincerely Gideon

Since you are interested in good OO design, I would highly recommend some reading like "Design Patterns Explained" by Alan Shalloway. Some might push you into the GoF (Gang of Four) book but start easy.
One tenant of good OO is to encapsulate. So, in your GUI, I would recommend the getters and setters for each widget. Yes, this means a field for each widget on your panel. This is also great for maintenance. Nothing worse than scrolling through a huge method trying to figure out what is going on. So start off with getters/setters for each widget. Then have an initialize method (or something like that) that will add everything on your panel. Try to group like behavior/actions together.
Now, in my applications, I'm using a MDI application. That means my JFrame has JInternalFrames. My JInternalFrames in turn instantiate JPanels. In a couple of cases, I have multiple JInternalFrames calling the same JPanel. And because I like to have standardized behavior, I use mediators to handle enabling/disabling/clearing of fields, etc. But start off small and work your way into some design patterns.
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