As service-oriented computing and multi-functional handheld devices become more prevalent they bring with them fundamental changes to the way we read books and assimilate information. With the current meteoric rise in the consumption of of e-books^[1] it is difficult not to worry about what will become of the humble paperback.

This very small snippet shows how to center a dialog or a window on the screen in Swing. Note that Dialog is a subclass of Window so this code works for both.