The code snippets and examples contained in this guide are intended to demonstrate how plug-ins interact with the Administration Services framework. They are intended to show how to get an aspect of the interaction to work and, in some cases, omit details that are not relevant to the topic being discussed. In addition, while the techniques shown will work, the Java techniques shown may in some cases not be the best implementation method when scaling up to a production quality product.
For example, in the section on context menu items, Adding Context Menu Items To Tree Nodes, the example creates new menu items and action listeners each time the getContextMenuItems() method is called; this might not be the best mechanism for handling this task. Please consult the appropriate Java resources (books, Web pages, documentation) for other techniques; in particular, when dealing with Swing objects, the Swing event model, and associating Swing event listeners to objects.