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How can I put my Java program in the system tray?

I am making a notification system in java, I want the program to show up in the system tray, instead of on the task bar, I have tried:

notification.setExtendedState(JFrame.ICONIFIED);

Not only does this not work, but it lags the heck otta my computer Current Code:

public static void notify(String line1, String line2, String imagepath, int style){
        GraphicsDevice gd = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice();
        int width = gd.getDisplayMode().getWidth();
        int swidth = width - 320;

        JFrame notification = new JFrame();
        JPanel main = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
        main.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2 , 1 ) );



        JLabel notifyline1 = new JLabel();
        notifyline1.setText(line1);
        notifyline1.setFont(new Font("Minecraft",1 , 16));
        notifyline1.setForeground(new Color(242, 238, 17));
        main.add(notifyline1);

        JLabel notifyline2 = new JLabel();
        notifyline2.setText(line2);
        notifyline1.setFont(new Font("Minecraft",1 , 12));
        notifyline1.setForeground(Color.black);
        main.add(notifyline1);

        notification.add(main);
        notification.setExtendedState(JFrame.ICONIFIED);
        notification.setSize(new Dimension(320,64));
        notification.setLocation(swidth, 0);
        notification.setUndecorated(true);
        notification.setVisible(true);
    }

ALSO, to kill 2 birds with one stone is there a way to color a jlabel, tried

label1.setForegroundColor(new Color(100, 100, 100));
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Java has TrayIcon class which can be used to minimize application to SystemTray.You can see the working example here.

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