Now you are ready to run the Java application to preview its appearance. The workbench and visual editor make it very easy to quickly run your application, and you can repeat these steps at any time in your development to test the actual run-time appearance and behavior of the class.
To run the DirectoryApp.java file as a Java bean:
Because you have only designed the interface but have not programmed any data connection or event functionality, you cannot do anything with your application. However, you can see the basic layout and appearance as it will look to a user. You can try clicking some of the buttons, but you will notice that they do nothing. The File menu and Help menus, however, are already implemented for you. You can try them to see what they do, and you can inspect the Java code to see how they are implemented with actionPerformed events.
This module introduced you to designing the interface for a rich client using the Java visual editor. Beyond designing the visual appearance of a client, however, there is much more that you need to do to actually make the client useful. You will typically need to include event behavior or other logic and, in this case, the binding of the visual elements to a data source of some sort.
In this module, you learned how to perform the following tasks:
In the next module, Module 2: Bind visual components to the Web service, you will take the simple My Company Directory interface and turn it into a powerful rich client that accesses Web service methods for creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting employee records from a company directory.