please recommend a swing book about custom JComponent creation

Question

Please recommend a Swing book that covers creating custom JComponents.

Answer 1

I don't know if any books are that focused. Here are some online resources:

• How to Write a Custom Swing Component
• Java Tutorials: The JComponent Class
• Java Tutorials: Implementing a Custom Component

Answer 2

Take a look into the source code of some open source Swing Components at

1. https://l2fprod-common.dev.java.net/
2. https://swingx.dev.java.net/

Answer 3

If you're after a book, Manning has one titled "Swing" by Mathew Robinson and Pavel Vorobiev that has answered (in depth) every Swing question I've ever had. I recommend it. ISBN-10: 193011088X

Answer 4

Filthy Rich Clients (http://filthyrichclients.org/)

Swing Hacks (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009076/preview.html)