Menu (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0)

java.awt

Class Menu

java.lang.Object extended by java.awt.MenuComponent java.awt.MenuItem java.awt.Menu

All Implemented Interfaces:

MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible

Direct Known Subclasses:

PopupMenu

public class Menu

extends MenuItem

implements MenuContainer, Accessible

A Menu object is a pull-down menu component that is deployed from a menu bar.

A menu can optionally be a tear-off menu. A tear-off menu can be opened and dragged away from its parent menu bar or menu. It remains on the screen after the mouse button has been released. The mechanism for tearing off a menu is platform dependent, since the look and feel of the tear-off menu is determined by its peer. On platforms that do not support tear-off menus, the tear-off property is ignored.

Each item in a menu must belong to the MenuItem class. It can be an instance of MenuItem, a submenu (an instance of Menu), or a check box (an instance ofCheckboxMenuItem).

Since:

JDK1.0

Nested Class Summary
protected class	Menu.AccessibleAWTMenu Inner class of Menu used to provide default support for accessibility.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.MenuItem
MenuItem.AccessibleAWTMenuItem

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.MenuComponent
MenuComponent.AccessibleAWTMenuComponent

Constructor Summary
Menu() Constructs a new menu with an empty label.
Menu(String label) Constructs a new menu with the specified label.
[Menu](../../java/awt/Menu.html#Menu%28java.lang.String, boolean%29)(String label, boolean tearOff) Constructs a new menu with the specified label, indicating whether the menu can be torn off.

Method Summary
MenuItem	add(MenuItem mi) Adds the specified menu item to this menu.
void	add(String label) Adds an item with the specified label to this menu.
void	addNotify() Creates the menu's peer.
void	addSeparator() Adds a separator line, or a hypen, to the menu at the current position.
int	countItems() Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getItemCount().
AccessibleContext	getAccessibleContext() Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this Menu.
MenuItem	getItem(int index) Gets the item located at the specified index of this menu.
int	getItemCount() Get the number of items in this menu.
void	[insert](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.awt.MenuItem, int%29)(MenuItem menuitem, int index) Inserts a menu item into this menu at the specified position.
void	[insert](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.lang.String, int%29)(String label, int index) Inserts a menu item with the specified label into this menu at the specified position.
void	insertSeparator(int index) Inserts a separator at the specified position.
boolean	isTearOff() Indicates whether this menu is a tear-off menu.
String	paramString() Returns a string representing the state of this Menu.
void	remove(int index) Removes the menu item at the specified index from this menu.
void	remove(MenuComponent item) Removes the specified menu item from this menu.
void	removeAll() Removes all items from this menu.
void	removeNotify() Removes the menu's peer.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.MenuItem
addActionListener, deleteShortcut, disable, disableEvents, enable, enable, enableEvents, getActionCommand, getActionListeners, getLabel, getListeners, getShortcut, isEnabled, processActionEvent, processEvent, removeActionListener, setActionCommand, setEnabled, setLabel, setShortcut

Methods inherited from class java.awt.MenuComponent
dispatchEvent, getFont, getName, getParent, getPeer, getTreeLock, postEvent, setFont, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Methods inherited from interface java.awt.MenuContainer
getFont, postEvent

Constructor Detail

public Menu() throws HeadlessException

Constructs a new menu with an empty label. This menu is not a tear-off menu.

Throws:

[HeadlessException](../../java/awt/HeadlessException.html "class in java.awt") - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()

public Menu(String label) throws HeadlessException

Constructs a new menu with the specified label. This menu is not a tear-off menu.

Parameters:

label - the menu's label in the menu bar, or in another menu of which this menu is a submenu.

Throws:

[HeadlessException](../../java/awt/HeadlessException.html "class in java.awt") - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.

See Also:

GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()

public Menu(String label, boolean tearOff) throws HeadlessException

Constructs a new menu with the specified label, indicating whether the menu can be torn off.

Tear-off functionality may not be supported by all implementations of AWT. If a particular implementation doesn't support tear-off menus, this value is silently ignored.

Parameters:

label - the menu's label in the menu bar, or in another menu of which this menu is a submenu.

tearOff - if true, the menu is a tear-off menu.

Throws:

[HeadlessException](../../java/awt/HeadlessException.html "class in java.awt") - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.

Since:

JDK1.0.

See Also:

GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()

Method Detail

addNotify

public void addNotify()

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

Overrides:

[addNotify](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html#addNotify%28%29) in class [MenuItem](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html "class in java.awt")

removeNotify

public void removeNotify()

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

Overrides:

[removeNotify](../../java/awt/MenuComponent.html#removeNotify%28%29) in class [MenuComponent](../../java/awt/MenuComponent.html "class in java.awt")

isTearOff

public boolean isTearOff()

Indicates whether this menu is a tear-off menu.

Tear-off functionality may not be supported by all implementations of AWT. If a particular implementation doesn't support tear-off menus, this value is silently ignored.

Returns:

true if this is a tear-off menu;false otherwise.

getItemCount

public int getItemCount()

Get the number of items in this menu.

Returns:

the number of items in this menu.

Since:

JDK1.1

countItems

@Deprecated public int countItems()

Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getItemCount().

getItem

public MenuItem getItem(int index)

Gets the item located at the specified index of this menu.

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be returned.

Returns:

the item located at the specified index.

add

public MenuItem add(MenuItem mi)

Adds the specified menu item to this menu. If the menu item has been part of another menu, removes it from that menu.

Parameters:

mi - the menu item to be added

Returns:

the menu item added

See Also:

[insert(java.lang.String, int)](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.lang.String, int%29), [insert(java.awt.MenuItem, int)](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.awt.MenuItem, int%29)

add

public void add(String label)

Adds an item with the specified label to this menu.

Parameters:

label - the text on the item

See Also:

[insert(java.lang.String, int)](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.lang.String, int%29), [insert(java.awt.MenuItem, int)](../../java/awt/Menu.html#insert%28java.awt.MenuItem, int%29)

insert

public void insert(MenuItem menuitem, int index)

Inserts a menu item into this menu at the specified position.

Parameters:

menuitem - the menu item to be inserted.

index - the position at which the menu item should be inserted.

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the value ofindex is less than zero

Since:

JDK1.1

insert

public void insert(String label, int index)

Inserts a menu item with the specified label into this menu at the specified position. This is a convenience method forinsert(menuItem, index).

Parameters:

label - the text on the item

index - the position at which the menu item should be inserted

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the value ofindex is less than zero

Since:

JDK1.1

addSeparator

public void addSeparator()

Adds a separator line, or a hypen, to the menu at the current position.

See Also:

insertSeparator(int)

insertSeparator

public void insertSeparator(int index)

Inserts a separator at the specified position.

Parameters:

index - the position at which the menu separator should be inserted.

Throws:

[IllegalArgumentException](../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang") - if the value ofindex is less than 0.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

addSeparator()

remove

public void remove(int index)

Removes the menu item at the specified index from this menu.

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be removed.

remove

public void remove(MenuComponent item)

Removes the specified menu item from this menu.

Specified by:

[remove](../../java/awt/MenuContainer.html#remove%28java.awt.MenuComponent%29) in interface [MenuContainer](../../java/awt/MenuContainer.html "interface in java.awt")

Parameters:

item - the item to be removed from the menu. If item is null or is not in this menu, this method does nothing.

removeAll

public void removeAll()

Removes all items from this menu.

Since:

JDK1.0.

paramString

public String paramString()

Returns a string representing the state of this Menu. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.

Overrides:

[paramString](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html#paramString%28%29) in class [MenuItem](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html "class in java.awt")

Returns:

the parameter string of this menu

getAccessibleContext

public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()

Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this Menu. For menus, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an AccessibleAWTMenu. A new AccessibleAWTMenu instance is created if necessary.

Specified by:

[getAccessibleContext](../../javax/accessibility/Accessible.html#getAccessibleContext%28%29) in interface [Accessible](../../javax/accessibility/Accessible.html "interface in javax.accessibility")

Overrides:

[getAccessibleContext](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html#getAccessibleContext%28%29) in class [MenuItem](../../java/awt/MenuItem.html "class in java.awt")

Returns:

an AccessibleAWTMenu that serves as the AccessibleContext of this Menu

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Menu (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.awt

Menu

Menu

Menu

addNotify

removeNotify

isTearOff

getItemCount

countItems

getItem

add

add

insert

insert

addSeparator

insertSeparator

remove

remove

removeAll

paramString

getAccessibleContext