java.awt
Class MenuItem

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.MenuComponent
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        +--java.awt.MenuItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

CheckboxMenuItem, Menu

public class MenuItem

extends MenuComponent

A String item that represents a choice in a menu.

Constructor Summary

MenuItem(String label)
Constructs a new MenuItem with the specified label.

Method Summary

void	addNotify() Creates the menu item's peer.
void	disable() Makes this menu item unselectable by the user.
void	enable() Makes this menu item selectable by the user.
void	enable(boolean cond) Conditionally enables a component.
String	getLabel() Gets the label for this menu item.
boolean	isEnabled() Checks whether the menu item is enabled.
String	paramString() Returns the String parameter of the menu item.
void	setLabel(String label) Sets the label to be the specified label.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.MenuComponent

getFont, getParent, getPeer, postEvent, removeNotify, setFont, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MenuItem

public MenuItem(String label)

Constructs a new MenuItem with the specified label.

Parameters:

label - the label for this menu item. Note that "-" is reserved to mean a separator between menu items.

Method Detail

addNotify

public void addNotify()

Creates the menu item's peer. The peer allows us to modify the appearance of the menu item without changing its functionality.

getLabel

public String getLabel()

Gets the label for this menu item.

setLabel

public void setLabel(String label)

Sets the label to be the specified label.

Parameters:

label - the label for this menu item

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Checks whether the menu item is enabled.

enable

public void enable()

Makes this menu item selectable by the user.

enable

public void enable(boolean cond)

Conditionally enables a component.

Parameters:

cond - enabled if true; disabled otherwise.

See Also:

enable(), disable()

disable

public void disable()

Makes this menu item unselectable by the user.

paramString

public String paramString()

Returns the String parameter of the menu item.

Overrides:

paramString in class MenuComponent