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A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any ...

This class provides an Icon getIcon(File f) method that you can override to return a suitable javax.swing.Icon for the specified File object. After instantiating your FileView subclass, pass it to ...

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...