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| Interface Summary | |
| Action | The JFC Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListner interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls. |
| BoundedRangeModel | Defines the data model used by components like Sliders and ProgressBars. |
| ButtonModel | State Model for Buttons |
| CellEditor | |
| ComboBoxEditor | |
| ComboBoxModel | ComboBoxDataModel is a ListDataModel with a selected item This selected item is in the model since it is not always in the item list. |
| DesktopManager | DesktopManager objects are owned by a JDesktopPane object. |
| Icon | A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components. |
| JComboBox.KeySelectionManager | The interface that defines a KeySelectionManager. |
| ListCellRenderer | Identifies components that can be used as "rubber stamps" to paint the cells in a JList. |
| ListModel | |
| ListSelectionModel | This interface represents the current state of the selection for any of the components that display a list of values with stable indices. |
| MenuElement | Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface. |
| Renderer | Renderer interface |
| RootPaneContainer | This interface is implemented by components that have a single JRootPane child: JDialog, JFrame, JWindow, JApplet, JInternalFrame. |
| Scrollable | An interface that provides information to a scrolling container like JScrollPane. |
| ScrollPaneConstants | |
| SingleSelectionModel | A model that supports at most one indexed selection. |
| SwingConstants | A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen. |
| UIDefaults.ActiveValue | This class enables one to store an entry in the defaults
table that's constructed each time it's looked up with one of
the getXXX(key) methods. |
| UIDefaults.LazyValue | This class enables one to store an entry in the defaults
table that isn't constructed until the first time it's
looked up with one of the getXXX(key) methods.
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| WindowConstants | |
| Class Summary | |
| AbstractAction | This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface. |
| AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton | Accessiblity support. |
| AbstractButton.ButtonChangeListener | Extend ChangeListener to be serializable
Warning: serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future swing releases. |
| AbstractButton | Defines the common behaviors for the JButton, JToggleButton, JCheckbox, and the JRadioButton classes. |
| AbstractListModel | The Abstract definition for the data model the provides a List with its contents. |
| BorderFactory | Factory class for vending standard Border objects. |
| Box.AccessibleBox | |
| Box.Filler.AccessibleBoxFiller | |
| Box.Filler | An implementation of a lightweight component that participates in layout but has no view. |
| Box | A lightweight container that uses a BoxLayout object as its layout manager. |
| BoxLayout | A layout manager that allows multiple components to be layed out either vertically or horizontally. |
| ButtonGroup | This class is used to create a multiple-exclusion scope for a set of buttons. |
| CellRendererPane.AccessibleCellRendererPane | |
| CellRendererPane | This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them. |
| ColorChooserPanel | The is the abstract superclass for color choosers. |
| DebugGraphics | Graphics subclass supporting graphics debugging. |
| DefaultBoundedRangeModel | A generic implementation of BoundedRangeModel. |
| DefaultButtonModel | The default implementation of a Button component's data model. |
| DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate | |
| DefaultCellEditor | The default editor for table and tree cells. |
| DefaultDesktopManager | This is an implementaion of the DesktopManager. |
| DefaultFocusManager | |
| DefaultListModel | This class implements the java.util. |
| DefaultListSelectionModel | Default data model for list selections. |
| DefaultSingleSelectionModel | A generic implementation of SingleSelectionModel. |
| FocusManager | |
| GrayFilter | An image filter that "disables" an image by turning it into a grayscale image, and brightening the pixels in the image. |
| ImageIcon | An implementation of the Icon interface that paints Icons from Images. |
| JApplet.AccessibleJApplet | |
| JApplet | An extended version of java.applet. |
| JButton.AccessibleJButton | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JButton | An implementation of a "push" button. |
| JCheckBox.AccessibleJCheckBox | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JCheckBox | An implementation of a CheckBox -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user. |
| JCheckBoxMenuItem.AccessibleJCheckBoxMenuItem | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JCheckBoxMenuItem | A menu item that can be selected or deselected. |
| JComboBox.AccessibleJComboBox.AccessibleJComboBoxList | |
| JComboBox.AccessibleJComboBox | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JComboBox | Swing's implementation of a ComboBox -- a combination of a text field and drop-down list that lets the user either type in a value or select it from a list that is displayed when the user asks for it. |
| JComponent.AccessibleJComponent | Inner class of JComponent used to provide default support for accessibility. |
| JComponent | The base class for the Swing components. |
| JDesktopPane.AccessibleJDesktopPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JDesktopPane | A container used to create a multiple-document interface or a virtual desktop. |
| JDialog.AccessibleJDialog | The class used to obtain the AccessibleRole for this object. |
| JDialog | The main class for creating a dialog window. |
| JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JEditorPane | A text pane to edit various kinds of content, such as html and rtf. |
| JFrame.AccessibleJFrame | The class used to obtain the AccessibleRole for this object. |
| JFrame | An extended version of java.awt. |
| JInternalFrame.AccessibleJInternalFrame | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon.AccessibleJDesktopIcon | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon | This component represents an iconified version of a JInternalFrame. |
| JInternalFrame | A lightweight object that provides many of the features of a native frame, including dragging, closing, becoming an icon, resizing, title display, and support for a menu bar. |
| JLabel.AccessibleJLabel | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JLabel | A display area for a short text string or an image, or both. |
| JLayeredPane.AccessibleJLayeredPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JLayeredPane | JLayeredPane adds depth to a JFC/Swing container, allowing components to overlap each other when needed. |
| JList.AccessibleJList.AccessibleJListChild | |
| JList.AccessibleJList | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JList | A component that allows the user to select one or more objects from a list. |
| JMenu.AccessibleJMenu | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JMenu.WinListener | A listener class that watches for a popup window closing. |
| JMenuBar.AccessibleJMenuBar | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JMenuBar | An implementation of a MenuBar. |
| JMenu | An implementation of a menu -- a popup window containing JMenuItems that
is displayed when the user selects an item on the JMenuBar. |
| JMenuItem.AccessibleJMenuItem | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JMenuItem | An implementation of a MenuItem. |
| JOptionPane | JOptionPane makes it easy to pop up a standard dialog box that prompts users for a value or informs them of something. |
| JPanel.AccessibleJPanel | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JPanel | JPanel is a generic lightweight container. |
| JPasswordField.AccessibleJPasswordField | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JPasswordField | JPasswordField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text where the view indicates something was typed, but does not show the original characters. |
| JPopupMenu.AccessibleJPopupMenu | |
| JPopupMenu.WindowPopup.AccessibleWindowPopup | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JPopupMenu | An implementation of a Popup Menu -- a small window which pops up and displays a series of choices. |
| JProgressBar.AccessibleJProgressBar | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JProgressBar.ModelListener | |
| JProgressBar | A component that displays an integer value graphically within a bounded interval. |
| JRadioButton.AccessibleJRadioButton | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JRadioButton | An implementation of a radio button -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user. |
| JRadioButtonMenuItem.AccessibleJRadioButtonMenuItem | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JRadioButtonMenuItem | An implementation of a RadioButtonMenuItem. |
| JRootPane.AccessibleJRootPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JRootPane.RootLayout | A custom layout manager that is responsible for the layout of layeredPane, glassPane, and menuBar. |
| JRootPane | The fundamental component in the container hierarchy. |
| JScrollBar.AccessibleJScrollBar | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JScrollBar | An implementation of a scrollbar. |
| JScrollPane.AccessibleJScrollPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JScrollPane.ScrollBar | By default JScrollPane creates scrollbars that are instances of this class. |
| JScrollPane | A specialized container that manages a viewport, optional vertical and horizontal scrollbars, and optional row and column heading viewports. |
| JSeparator.AccessibleJSeparator | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JSeparator | An implementation of a Menu Separator -- a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings. |
| JSlider.AccessibleJSlider | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JSlider | A component that lets the user graphically select a value by slding a knob within a bounded interval. |
| JSplitPane.AccessibleJSplitPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JSplitPane | JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components. |
| JTabbedPane.AccessibleJTabbedPane | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JTabbedPane.ModelListener | We pass ModelChanged events along to the listeners with the tabbedpane (instead of the model itself) as the event source. |
| JTabbedPane | A component which lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon. |
| JTable.AccessibleJTable.AccessibleJTableCell | The class used to obtain the AccessibleRole for a cell. |
| JTable.AccessibleJTable | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JTable | JTable is a user-interface component that presents data in a two-dimensional table format. |
| JTextArea.AccessibleJTextArea | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JTextArea | A TextArea is a multi-line area that displays plain text. |
| JTextField.AccessibleJTextField | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JTextField | JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text. |
| JTextPane | A text component that can be marked up with attributes that are represented graphically. |
| JToggleButton.AccessibleJToggleButton | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JToggleButton.ToggleButtonModel | The ToggleButton model
Warning: serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future swing releases. |
| JToggleButton | An implementation of a two-state button. |
| JToolBar.AccessibleJToolBar | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JToolBar.Separator | A toolbar-specific separator. |
| JToolBar | JToolBar provides a component which is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls. |
| JToolTip.AccessibleJToolTip | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JToolTip | Used to display a "Tip" for a Component. |
| JTree.AccessibleJTree.AccessibleJTreeNode | |
| JTree.AccessibleJTree | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JTree.DynamicUtilTreeNode | DynamicUtilTreeNode can wrap vectors/hashtables/arrays/strings and create the appropriate children tree nodes as necessary. |
| JTree.EmptySelectionModel | EmptySelectionModel is a TreeSelectionModel that does not allow anything to be selected. |
| JTree.TreeSelectionRedirector | Handles creating a new TreeSelectionEvent with the JTree as the source and passing it off to all the listeners. |
| JTree | A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline. |
| JViewport.AccessibleJViewport | The class used to obtain the accessible role for this object. |
| JViewport.ViewListener | A listener for the view. |
| JViewport | The "viewport" or "porthole" through which you see the underlying information. |
| JWindow.AccessibleJWindow | The class used to obtain the AccessibleRole for this object. |
| JWindow | A JWindow is a container that can be displayed anywhere on the user's desktop. |
| KeyStroke | A KeyStroke instance represents a key being typed on the keyboard -- it contains both a char code for the key and a modifier (alt, shift, ctrl, meta, or a combination). |
| LookAndFeel | Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components. |
| MenuSelectionManager | |
| OverlayLayout | A layout manager to arrange components over the top of each other. |
| ProgressMonitor | A class to monitor the progress of some operation. |
| ProgressMonitorInputStream | Monitors the progress of reading from some InputStream. |
| RepaintManager | |
| ScrollPaneLayout | The layout manager used by JScrollPane. |
| SizeRequirements | For the convenience of layout managers, calculates information about the size and position of components. |
| SwingUtilities | A collection of utility methods for Swing. |
| SyntheticImage | A helper class to make computing synthetic images a little easier. |
| Timer | Object subclass that causes an action to occur at a predefined rate. |
| ToolTipManager.insideTimerAction | |
| ToolTipManager.outsideTimerAction | |
| ToolTipManager.stillInsideTimerAction | |
| ToolTipManager | Manages all the ToolTips in the system. |
| UIDefaults | A table of defaults for Swing components. |
| UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo | Provide a little information about an installed LookAndFeel for the sake of configuring a menu or for initial application set up. |
| UIManager | This class keeps track of the current look and feel and its defaults. |
| ViewportLayout | The default layout manager for JViewport. |
| Exception Summary | |
| UnsupportedLookAndFeelException | An exception that indicates the request look & feel management classes are not present on the user's system. |
Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-JavaTM language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms. The Swing architecture provides a number of advantages in the areas of:
In general, the class names that start with "J" are the components you add to an application. Examples: JButton, JLabel, JList, JPanel, JTable, JTree. The remaining files in the swing package contain the utility classes and interfaces that the components use to function.
Instead of being restricted to a single "look and feel", you can select a look and feel and "plug
it in". An interface made of Swing components can look like a Win32 app, a Motif app, or a Mac app. It can
use the new "Metal" look and feel. Developers can use standard Swing components and design their own
look and feel (L&F) for them, and even allow users to select the look and feel they prefer. The plaf
package includes the standard "Pluggable Look And Feel" classes.
The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture is used consistently throughout the Swing component set.
The View and Controller parts of the architecture are combined in the component. Each component has an associated
Model class and an interface it uses. You can provide your own data-model for a
component by subclassing the Model class or by implementing the appropriate interface. For example,
you could subclass DefaultListModel or implement the ListModel interface, and then use
the JList setModel method to attach your data-model to the component.
The JComponent architecture makes it easy to handle keyboard events in nested components. You register interest in a particular combination of keystrokes by creating a KeyStroke object and registering it with the component. When you register the keystroke combination and its associated action, you also specify one of the following conditions to determine when the action is initiated:
Action-interface objects provide a single point of control for program actions. For example, a toolbar icon and a menu item can reference the same Action object. When the Action object is disabled, the GUI items that reference it are automatically disabled. The Action interface extends ActionListener, specifying an enabled property as well as properties for text-descriptions and graphic icons.
As the keystroke handling shows, Swing was designed to manage nested containers gracefully. The main "heavyweight" containers (JWindow, JFrame, JDialog, and JApplet) as well as the major "lightweight" containers (JInternalFrame and JComponent) all delegate their operations to a JRootPane. This commonality produces a high degree of regularity in container nesting. In particular, since the fundamental component class (JComponent) contains a JRootPane, virtually any component can be nested within another. It means, for example, that a graphic can be nested in a list, and a combo box can be nested in a toolbar. The JRootPane class uses a JLayeredPane to manage a content pane and an optional menu bar in a way that is virtually transparent to the developer. It also provides for a glass pane -- a single pane that can overlap multiple containers and be used for drawing or to intercept mouse actions.
The JDesktopPane and JInternalFrame classes can be used to create a virtual desktop, or "multiple document interface". A JInternalFrame can be specified as iconizable, exandable, or closable, while the JDesktopPane provides real estate for them to operate in.
Insets (the space between the edges of the component and the area it is drawn in) can be specified with a blank border. In addition, many border styles are available, which can be combined to create compound borders.
The JOptionPane class provides a variety of static methods that you can invoke to create and display both message dialogs and user-choice dialogs in a variety of formats. The "message" displayed in the dialog can be a string, a string-generating object, or an arbitrary component. You can also replace the choice-buttons with components you specify for user-selections.
For example, the following line creates a simple message dialog that requires the user's confirmation:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The file will be deleted.");
Additional options for customized dialogs are described in the JOptionPane class.
Standard dialogs currently available include:
The JTable class provides a data-aware matrix. JTree provides hierarchical-structuring of data elements.
In addition to single-font text fields and text areas, Swing provides a JPassword field for hidden input and a JTextPane class for displaying multi-font text. In addition, the JEditorPane class provides editing capabilities for multi-font text, while the text.html and text.rtf packages handle text encoded in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or Rich Text Format (RTF).
The undo package provides generic undo capabilities that can be used in a variety of situations.
Swing has built-in support for developers to make products that are compatible with Assistive Technologies (for alternative interfaces like, for example, braille.) All of the Swing components implement interface Accessible.
For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and other documentation, please see:
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