import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * @author Brad Chase
 * A Simple Swing Application
 * 
 */
public class MainWindow1 implements ActionListener {

    private static void createGUI() {
        MainWindow1 mainWindow = new MainWindow1();
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Amazing Swing App");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(new Dimension(320, 260));
        /*** setup menu ***/
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); /* the menu bar itself */
        JMenu menu = new JMenu("File"); /* create a new menu */
        menuBar.add(menu); /* add the menu to the menu bar that 
                                     will contain it*/
        JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Exit"); /* add an exit option */
        item.addActionListener(mainWindow); /* this class will handle actions for this item */
        item.setActionCommand("exit"); /* this is the text that accompanies the action event */
        menu.add(item);
        frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar); /* add the menubar to the frame */

        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.validate();
    }

    /**
     * @param e the action that occurred
     * @see java.awt.event.ActionListener#actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
     */
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        //we have to figure out what action occurred
        //to do so, we check the action command text in the actionevent
        if(e.getActionCommand().equals("exit")){
            System.exit(0);
        }
        

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createGUI();
            }
        });
    }

}