How to override windowsClosing event in JFrame

Question

i'm developing a JFrame which has a button to show another JFrame. On the second JFrame i want to override WindowsClosing event to hide this frame but not close all the application. So i do like this:

On second JFrame

addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
    public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
         formWindowClosing(evt);
    }
});

private void formWindowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
    this.dispose();
}

but application still close when i click x button on the windows. why? can you help me?

I can't use

setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);

because i need to show again that JFrame with some information added in it during operations from first JFrame. So i init second JFrame with attribute visible false. if i use dispose i lose the information added in a second moment by the other JFrame. so i use

private void formWindowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
    this.setVisible(false);
}

but it still continue to terminate my entire app.

Answer 1

don't create a new JFrame, for new container use JDialog, if you want to hide the JFrame then better would be override proper e.g DefaultCloseOperations(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE), method JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE teminating current JVM instance simlair as calll for System.exit(int)

EDIT

but it still continue to terminate my entire app. 

1) then there must be another issue, your code maybe call another JFrame or formWindowClosing <> WindowClosing, use implemented method from API

public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {

2) I'b preferred DefaultCloseOperations(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE),

3) use JDialog instead of JFrame

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class ClosingFrame extends JFrame {

    private JMenuBar MenuBar = new JMenuBar();
    private static JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    private static JFrame frame1 = new JFrame("DefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE)");
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private JMenu File = new JMenu("File");
    private JMenuItem Exit = new JMenuItem("Exit");

    public ClosingFrame() {
        File.add(Exit);
        MenuBar.add(File);
        Exit.addActionListener(new ExitListener());
        WindowListener exitListener = new WindowAdapter() {

            @Override
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                frame.setVisible(false);
                /*int confirm = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(frame,
                "Are You Sure to Close this Application?",
                "Exit Confirmation", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,
                JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, null);
                if (confirm == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
                System.exit(1);
                }*/
            }
        };
        JButton btn = new JButton("Show second JFrame");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                frame1.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
        frame.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.addWindowListener(exitListener);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setJMenuBar(MenuBar);
        frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
        frame.setLocation(100, 100);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private class ExitListener implements ActionListener {

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            int confirm = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(frame,
                    "Are You Sure to Close this Application?",
                    "Exit Confirmation", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION,
                    JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, null, null);
            if (confirm == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
                System.exit(1);
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                ClosingFrame cf = new ClosingFrame();
                JButton btn = new JButton("Show first JFrame");
                btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                        frame.setVisible(true);
                    }
                });
                frame1.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
                frame1.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);
                frame1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
                frame1.setLocation(100, 400);
                frame1.pack();
                frame1.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
}