Java AWTEvent mask window event
import java.awt.AWTEvent; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.event.AWTEventListener; import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent; import java.awt.event.WindowEvent; import javax.swing.JFrame; class My implements AWTEventListener{ public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent evt) { if (evt.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_OPENED) { ComponentEvent cev = (ComponentEvent) evt; if (cev.getComponent() instanceof JFrame) { System.out.println("event: " + evt); JFrame frame = (JFrame) cev.getComponent(); System.out.println(frame); }//w ww. j ava 2 s .c om } } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); final Main main = new Main(); tk.addAWTEventListener(new My(), AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK); final JFrame frame = new JFrame(""); frame.setName("your frame"); frame.pack(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setVisible(true); } }