Is Swing faster or AWT?

If you really need to know, then create some sample applications yourself using awt and swing components separately (do not mix them) and run some tests. That would help clarify things for yourself.

However, to a great extent, you may never need to use AWT when developing your applications so you should just stick to Swing cause you can really control you components on that level. And with the improvements in the new JRE releases, speed is gradually not becoming issue, no matter which package you use. My advice stick to swing.

Besides, it depends on how you code your applications to will affect the speed of the app and the user perception of the application speed. With the help of Threads, ProgressBars, Splash Screens and other nifty UI tweaks, what ever percieved speed issues that exist with the program can be greatly minimized.

ICE

icewalker2ga at 2007-7-12 20:55:33 >

> Does that mean AWT is obsoleted?

To some extent yes. But does still have its uses, however, the usefulness of Swing far out ways those AWT provides. For example, Swing has the ability to easily add various kinds Borders to components, which cant be done as easily using AWT.

You can also customise the appearance and functionality of each component and with very little lines of code, you could have your Buttons, Lists Or Tables resembling those used in lastest operating systems. Swing is very versitile and I think you should stick to that, unless you have some exams to write on AWT, then you'd have to learn how that works as well.

ICE

icewalker2ga at 2007-7-12 20:55:33 >

> Is there any condition AWT can do while Swing can't ?

Maybe there is maybe there isn't.

You are still missing the whole point about Swing. Swing components are completely written in Java. If a Swing component doesn't do something that you want it to, then you can write custom code.

Not all functionality is built directly into Swing components. For example when using AWT text components, then you automatically have support for a popup menu with "copy", "cut" and "paste" functions when you right click on the text component. Swing components don't support this directly, but you can easily add this functionality if it is required.

camickra at 2007-7-12 20:55:33 >