Name: chT40241 Date: 10/06/97


java.awt.Frame keeps a Vector of windows for which it is the parent (owner). There is no method to retrieve a list of these windows like there is for getting the components in a container (Component[] getComponents()). Thus, there is no convenient way to get a list of dialogs. I would like to see the following method added. ownedWindows is a Vector of the windows owned by the frame in the current source for java.awt.Frame.

/**
 * @returns an array of windows owned by this frame
 */
public Window[] getOwnedWindows() {
  Window[] windows = new Window[ownedWindows.size()];
  ownedWindows.copyInto(windows);
  return windows;
}


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