Desktop application top level menu hack - is there a better way?

[Jeremy]

Goal: to have top level menu as per native application (e.g. Mac OSX menu or 
Windows main window menu).

I could not find a way (using pivot components) in tutorials, mail list, google.

Is there a better way to do this than by directly using Java AWT Frame and 
menus?  

e.g.

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar", "true");    

        DesktopApplicationContext.main(MyMainClass.class, args);
            
        java.awt.Frame[] activeframes = java.awt.Frame.getFrames();
        for (java.awt.Frame f : activeframes) {
        if (f.isVisible()) {
                f.setMenuBar(createMenuBar());
            }        
        }
    }

    public static java.awt.MenuBar createMenuBar() {
        java.awt.MenuBar menuBar = new java.awt.MenuBar();
        menuBar.add(createFileMenu());
        return menuBar;
    }
     
    public static java.awt.Menu createFileMenu() {
        java.awt.Menu m = new java.awt.Menu("File");
                
        MenuItem mi = new MenuItem( "Open", new MenuShortcut( KeyEvent.VK_O ));
        mi.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                System.out.println("****** OPEN ******");       
            }                   
        });

        m.add(mi);
            
        return m;
    }