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How to handle IllegalComponentStateException exception in Java

It is a subclass of IllegalStateException, indicating that the AWT component is not in an appropriate state, that is, if you are using the component but not using it correctly, it will cause this exception. Several situations may occur leading to this exception

Example

In the following example, we attempt to construct an example login form here after setting the visibility of the window to true, and we try to set the position to true according to the platform, which is inappropriate.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class LoginDemo extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
   JPanel panel;
   JLabel user_label, password_label, message;
   JTextField userName_text;
   JPasswordField password_text;
   JButton submit, cancel;
   LoginDemo() {
      // Username Label
      user_label = new JLabel();
      user_label.setText("User Name :");
      userName_text = new JTextField();
      // Password Label
      password_label = new JLabel();
      password_label.setText("Password :");
      password_text = new JPasswordField();
      // Submit
      submit = new JButton("SUBMIT");
      panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      panel.add(user_label);
      panel.add(userName_text);
      panel.add(password_label);
      panel.add(password_text);
      message = new JLabel();
      panel.add(message);
      panel.add(submit);
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      //Add the listener to the component.
      submit.addActionListener(this);
      add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      setTitle("Please Login Here !");
      setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      setSize(375,250);
      setVisible(true);
      setLocationByPlatform(true);
   }
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      new LoginDemo();
   }
   @Override
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
      String userName = userName_text.getText();
      char[] password = password_text.getPassword();
      if (userName.trim().equals("admin") && new String(password).trim().equals("admin")) {
         message.setText("  Hello " + userName + ");
      }
         message.setText("  Invalid user.. ");
      }
   }
}

Output Result

Exception in thread "main" java.awt.IllegalComponentStateException: The window is showing on screen.
   at java.awt.Window.setLocationByPlatform(Unknown Source)
   at myPackage.LoginDemo.<init>(LoginDemo.java:51)
   at myPackage.LoginDemo.main(LoginDemo.java:55)

Solution

In this case, you can resolve the exception by passing false to setLocationByPlatform() or by completely removing it.

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