javax.swing
Class JComponent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.Component
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        +--java.awt.Container
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              +--javax.swing.JComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractButton, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane, JColorChooser, JComboBox, JFileChooser, JInternalFrame, JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon, JLabel, JLayeredPane, JList, JMenuBar, JOptionPane, JPanel, JPopupMenu, JProgressBar, JRootPane, JScrollBar, JScrollPane, JSeparator, JSlider, JSplitPane, JTabbedPane, JTable, JTableHeader, JTextComponent, JToolBar, JToolTip, JTree, JViewport

public abstract class JComponent

extends Container

implements Serializable

The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers. To use a component that inherits from JComponent, you must place the component in a containment hierarchy whose root is a top-level Swing container. Top-level Swing containers -- such as JFrame, JDialog, and JApplet -- are specialized components that provide a place for other Swing components to paint themselves. For an explanation of containment hierarchies, see Swing Components and the Containment Hierarchy, a section in The Java Tutorial.

The JComponent class provides:

• The base class for both standard and custom components that use the Swing architecture.
• A "pluggable look and feel" (L&F) that can be specified by the programmer or (optionally) selected by the user at runtime. See How to Set the Look and Feel in The Java Tutorial for more information.
• Comprehensive keystroke handling. See the document Keyboard Bindings in Swing, an article in The Swing Connection, for more information.
• Support for tool tips -- short descriptions that pop up when the cursor lingers over a component. See How to Use Tool Tips in The Java Tutorial for more information.
• Support for accessibility. JComponent contains all of the methods in the Accessible interface, but it doesn't actually implement the interface. That is the responsibility of the individual classes that extend JComponent.
• Support for component-specific properties. With the putClientProperty(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) and getClientProperty(java.lang.Object) methods, you can associate name-object pairs with any object that descends from JComponent.
• An infrastructure for painting that includes double buffering and support for borders. For more information see Painting and How to Use Borders, both of which are sections in The Java Tutorial.

For more information on these subjects, see the Swing package description and The Java Tutorial section The JComponent Class.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. A future release of Swing will provide support for long term persistence.

See Also:

KeyStroke, Action, setBorder(javax.swing.border.Border), registerKeyboardAction(java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.lang.String, javax.swing.KeyStroke, int), JOptionPane, setDebugGraphicsOptions(int), setToolTipText(java.lang.String), setAutoscrolls(boolean), Serialized Form

Inner Class Summary

class

JComponent.AccessibleJComponent Inner class of JComponent used to provide default support for accessibility.

Inner classes inherited from class java.awt.Container

Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

Inner classes inherited from class java.awt.Component

Component.AccessibleAWTComponent

Field Summary

protected AccessibleContext	accessibleContext The AccessibleContext associated with this JComponent.
protected EventListenerList	listenerList
static String	TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY The comment to display when the cursor is over the component, also known as a "value tip", "flyover help", or "flyover label".
protected ComponentUI	ui
static int	UNDEFINED_CONDITION Constant used by some of the APIs to mean that no condition is defined.
static int	WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the receiving component is an ancestor of the focused component or is itself the focused component.
static int	WHEN_FOCUSED Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the component has the focus.
static int	WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the receiving component is in the window that has the focus or is itself the focused component.

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

JComponent()
Default JComponent constructor.

Method Summary

void	addAncestorListener(AncestorListener listener) Registers listener so that it will receive AncestorEvents when it or any of its ancestors move or are made visible / invisible.
void	addNotify() Notifies this component that it now has a parent component.
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
void	addPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener) Adds a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
void	addVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener listener) Adds a VetoableChangeListener to the listener list.
void	computeVisibleRect(Rectangle visibleRect) Returns the Component's "visible rect rectangle" - the intersection of the visible rectangles for this component and all of its ancestors.
boolean	contains(int x, int y) Gives the UI delegate an opportunity to define the precise shape of this component for the sake of mouse processing.
JToolTip	createToolTip() Returns the instance of JToolTip that should be used to display the tooltip.
void	disable() overridden to ensure Accessibility support
void	enable() overridden to ensure Accessibility support
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, boolean oldValue, boolean newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, byte oldValue, byte newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, char oldValue, char newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, double oldValue, double newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, float oldValue, float newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, int oldValue, int newValue) Reports a bound property change.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, long oldValue, long newValue) Reports a bound property change.
protected void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue) Supports reporting bound property changes.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, short oldValue, short newValue) Reports a bound property change.
protected void	fireVetoableChange(String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue) Supports reporting constrained property changes.
AccessibleContext	getAccessibleContext() Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this JComponent.
ActionListener	getActionForKeyStroke(KeyStroke aKeyStroke) Returns the object that will perform the action registered for a given keystroke.
ActionMap	getActionMap() Returns the ActionMap used to determine what Action to fire for particular KeyStroke binding.
float	getAlignmentX() Overrides Container.getAlignmentX to return the vertical alignment.
float	getAlignmentY() Overrides Container.getAlignmentY to return the horizontal alignment.
boolean	getAutoscrolls() Returns true if this component automatically scrolls its contents when dragged (when contained in a component that supports scrolling, like JViewport).
Border	getBorder() Returns the border of this component or null if no border is currently set.
Rectangle	getBounds(Rectangle rv) Stores the bounds of this component into "return value" rv and returns rv.
Object	getClientProperty(Object key) Returns the value of the property with the specified key.
protected Graphics	getComponentGraphics(Graphics g) Returns the graphics object used to paint this component.
int	getConditionForKeyStroke(KeyStroke aKeyStroke) Returns the condition that determines whether a registered action occurs in response to the specified keystroke.
int	getDebugGraphicsOptions() Returns the state of graphics debugging.
Graphics	getGraphics() Returns this component's graphics context, which lets you draw on a component.
int	getHeight() Returns the current height of this component.
InputMap	getInputMap() Returns the InputMap that is used when the receiver has focus.
InputMap	getInputMap(int condition) Returns the InputMap that is used during condition.
InputVerifier	getInputVerifier() Returns the input verifier for this component.
Insets	getInsets() If a border has been set on this component, returns the border's insets; otherwise calls super.getInsets.
Insets	getInsets(Insets insets) Returns an Insets object containing this component's inset values.
EventListener[]	getListeners(Class listenerType) Return an array of all the listeners that were added to this JComponent with addXXXListener(), where XXX is the name of the listenerType argument.
Point	getLocation(Point rv) Stores the x,y origin of this component into "return value" rv and returns rv.
Dimension	getMaximumSize() If the maximum size has been set to a non-null value just returns it.
Dimension	getMinimumSize() If the minimum size has been set to a non-null value just returns it.
Component	getNextFocusableComponent() Returns the next focusable component or null if the focus manager should choose the next focusable component automatically.
Dimension	getPreferredSize() If the preferredSize has been set to a non-null value just returns it.
KeyStroke[]	getRegisteredKeyStrokes() Returns the KeyStrokes that will initiate registered actions.
JRootPane	getRootPane() Returns the JRootPane ancestor for a component
Dimension	getSize(Dimension rv) Stores the width/height of this component into "return value" rv and returns rv.
Point	getToolTipLocation(MouseEvent event) Returns the tooltip location in this component's coordinate system.
String	getToolTipText() Returns the tooltip string that has been set with setToolTipText().
String	getToolTipText(MouseEvent event) Returns the string to be used as the tooltip for event.
Container	getTopLevelAncestor() Returns the top-level ancestor of this component (either the containing Window or Applet), or null if this component has not been added to any container.
String	getUIClassID() Returns the UIDefaults key used to look up the name of the swing.plaf.ComponentUI class that defines the look and feel for this component.
boolean	getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget() Get the value that indicates whether the input verifier for the current focus owner will be called before this component requests focus.
Rectangle	getVisibleRect() Returns the Component's "visible rectangle" - the intersection of this component's visible rectangle:
int	getWidth() Returns the current width of this component.
int	getX() Returns the current x coordinate of the component's origin.
int	getY() Returns the current y coordinate of the component's origin.
void	grabFocus() Sets the focus on the receiving component if it doesn't already have it.
boolean	hasFocus() Returns true if this Component has the keyboard focus.
void	hide() Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by setVisible(boolean).
boolean	isDoubleBuffered() Returns whether the receiving component should use a buffer to paint.
boolean	isFocusCycleRoot() Override this method and return true if your component is the root of of a component tree with its own focus cycle.
boolean	isFocusTraversable() Identifies whether or not this component can receive the focus.
static boolean	isLightweightComponent(Component c) Returns true if this component is a lightweight, that is, if it doesn't have a native window system peer.
boolean	isManagingFocus() Override this method and return true if your JComponent manages focus.
boolean	isMaximumSizeSet() Returns true if the maximum size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.
boolean	isMinimumSizeSet() Returns true if the minimum size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.
boolean	isOpaque() Returns true if this component is completely opaque.
boolean	isOptimizedDrawingEnabled() Returns true if this component tiles its children -- that is, if it can guarantee that the children will not overlap.
boolean	isPaintingTile() Returns true if the receiving component is currently painting a tile.
boolean	isPreferredSizeSet() Returns true if the preferred size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.
boolean	isRequestFocusEnabled() Returns whether the receiving component can obtain the focus by calling requestFocus.
boolean	isValidateRoot() If this method returns true, revalidate() calls by descendants of this component will cause the entire tree beginning with this root to be validated.
void	paint(Graphics g) This method is invoked by Swing to draw components.
protected void	paintBorder(Graphics g) Paints the component's border.
protected void	paintChildren(Graphics g) Paints this component's children.
protected void	paintComponent(Graphics g) If the UI delegate is non-null, calls its paint method.
void	paintImmediately(int x, int y, int w, int h) Paints the specified region in this component and all of its descendants that overlap the region, immediately.
void	paintImmediately(Rectangle r) Paints the specified region now.
protected String	paramString() Returns a string representation of this JComponent.
void	print(Graphics g) Invoke this method to print the receiver.
void	printAll(Graphics g) Invoke this method to print the receiver.
protected void	printBorder(Graphics g) Prints the component's border.
protected void	printChildren(Graphics g) Prints this component's children.
protected void	printComponent(Graphics g) This is invoked during a printing operation.
protected void	processComponentKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) Processes any key events that the component itself recognizes.
protected void	processFocusEvent(FocusEvent e) Processes focus events occurring on this component by dispatching them to any registered FocusListener objects.
protected boolean	processKeyBinding(KeyStroke ks, KeyEvent e, int condition, boolean pressed) Invoked to process the key bindings for ks as the result of the KeyEvent e.
protected void	processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) Overrides processKeyEvent to process events.
protected void	processMouseMotionEvent(MouseEvent e) Processes mouse motion events occurring on this component by dispatching them to any registered MouseMotionListener objects.
void	putClientProperty(Object key, Object value) Adds an arbitrary key/value "client property" to this component.
void	registerKeyboardAction(ActionListener anAction, KeyStroke aKeyStroke, int aCondition) This method is now obsolete, please use a combination of getActionMap() and getInputMap() for similiar behavior.
void	registerKeyboardAction(ActionListener anAction, String aCommand, KeyStroke aKeyStroke, int aCondition) This method is now obsolete, please use a combination of getActionMap() and getInputMap() for similiar behavior.
void	removeAncestorListener(AncestorListener listener) Unregisters listener so that it will no longer receive AncestorEvents
void	removeNotify() Notifies this component that it no longer has a parent component.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
void	removeVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener listener) Removes a VetoableChangeListener from the listener list.
void	repaint(long tm, int x, int y, int width, int height) Adds the specified region to the dirty region list if the component is showing.
void	repaint(Rectangle r) Adds the specified region to the dirty region list if the component is showing.
boolean	requestDefaultFocus() Requests the focus for the component that should have the focus by default.
void	requestFocus() Sets focus on the receiving component if isRequestFocusEnabled returns true and the component doesn't already have focus.
void	resetKeyboardActions() Unregisters all the bindings in the first tier InputMaps and ActionMap.
void	reshape(int x, int y, int w, int h) Moves and resizes this component.
void	revalidate() Supports deferred automatic layout.
void	scrollRectToVisible(Rectangle aRect) Forwards the scrollRectToVisible() message to the JComponent's parent.
void	setActionMap(ActionMap am) Sets the ActionMap to am.
void	setAlignmentX(float alignmentX) Sets the the vertical alignment.
void	setAlignmentY(float alignmentY) Sets the the horizontal alignment.
void	setAutoscrolls(boolean autoscrolls) If true this component will automatically scroll its contents when dragged, if contained in a component that supports scrolling, such as JViewport.
void	setBackground(Color bg) Sets the background color of this component.
void	setBorder(Border border) Sets the border of this component.
void	setDebugGraphicsOptions(int debugOptions) Enables or disables diagnostic information about every graphics operation performed within the component or one of its children.
void	setDoubleBuffered(boolean aFlag) Sets whether the receiving component should use a buffer to paint.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) Sets whether or not this component is enabled.
void	setFont(Font font) Sets the font for this component.
void	setForeground(Color fg) Sets the foreground color of this component.
void	setInputMap(int condition, InputMap map) Sets the InputMap to use under the condition condition to map.
void	setInputVerifier(InputVerifier inputVerifier) Sets the input verifier for this component.
void	setMaximumSize(Dimension maximumSize) Sets the maximum size of this component to a constant value.
void	setMinimumSize(Dimension minimumSize) Sets the minimum size of this component to a constant value.
void	setNextFocusableComponent(Component aComponent) Specifies the next component to get the focus after this one, for example, when the tab key is pressed.
void	setOpaque(boolean isOpaque) If true the component paints every pixel within its bounds.
void	setPreferredSize(Dimension preferredSize) Sets the preferred size of the receiving component.
void	setRequestFocusEnabled(boolean aFlag) Sets whether the receiving component can obtain the focus by calling requestFocus.
void	setToolTipText(String text) Registers the text to display in a tool tip.
protected void	setUI(ComponentUI newUI) Sets the look and feel delegate for this component.
void	setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(boolean flag) Set the value to indicate whether input verifier for the current focus owner will be called before this component requests focus.
void	setVisible(boolean aFlag) Makes the component visible or invisible.
void	unregisterKeyboardAction(KeyStroke aKeyStroke) This method is now obsolete.
void	update(Graphics g) Calls paint(g).
void	updateUI() Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, addImpl, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getLayout, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, printComponents, processContainerEvent, processEvent, remove, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setLayout, validate, validateTree

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, createImage, createImage, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, getBackground, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphicsConfiguration, getInputContext, getInputMethodRequests, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getName, getParent, getPeer, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, gotFocus, handleEvent, imageUpdate, inside, isDisplayable, isEnabled, isLightweight, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, processComponentEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ui

protected transient ComponentUI ui

listenerList

protected EventListenerList listenerList

WHEN_FOCUSED

public static final int WHEN_FOCUSED

Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the component has the focus.

WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT

public static final int WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT

Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the receiving component is an ancestor of the focused component or is itself the focused component.

WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW

public static final int WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW

Constant used for registerKeyboardAction() that means that the command should be invoked when the receiving component is in the window that has the focus or is itself the focused component.

UNDEFINED_CONDITION

public static final int UNDEFINED_CONDITION

Constant used by some of the APIs to mean that no condition is defined.

TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY

public static final String TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY

The comment to display when the cursor is over the component, also known as a "value tip", "flyover help", or "flyover label".

accessibleContext

protected AccessibleContext accessibleContext

The AccessibleContext associated with this JComponent.

Constructor Detail

JComponent

public JComponent()

Default JComponent constructor. This constructor does no initialization beyond calling the Container constructor. For example, the initial layout manager is null.

Method Detail

updateUI

public void updateUI()

Resets the UI property to a value from the current look and feel. JComponent subclasses must override this method like this:

   public void updateUI() {
      setUI((SliderUI)UIManager.getUI(this);
   }
  

See Also:

setUI(javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI), UIManager.getLookAndFeel(), UIManager.getUI(javax.swing.JComponent)

setUI

protected void setUI(ComponentUI newUI)

Sets the look and feel delegate for this component. JComponent subclasses generally override this method to narrow the argument type. For example, in JSlider:

 public void setUI(SliderUI newUI) {
     super.setUI(newUI);
 }
  

Additionally JComponent subclasses must provide a getUI method that returns the correct type. For example:

 public SliderUI getUI() {
     return (SliderUI)ui;
 }
 

See Also:

updateUI(), UIManager.getLookAndFeel(), UIManager.getUI(javax.swing.JComponent)

getUIClassID

public String getUIClassID()

Returns the UIDefaults key used to look up the name of the swing.plaf.ComponentUI class that defines the look and feel for this component. Most applications will never need to call this method. Subclasses of JComponent that support pluggable look and feel should override this method to return a UIDefaults key that maps to the ComponentUI subclass that defines their look and feel.

Returns:

The UIDefaults key for a ComponentUI subclass.

See Also:

UIDefaults.getUI(javax.swing.JComponent)

getComponentGraphics

protected Graphics getComponentGraphics(Graphics g)

Returns the graphics object used to paint this component. If DebugGraphics is turned on we create a new DebugGraphics object if necessary. Otherwise we just configure the specified graphics object's foreground and font.

Returns:

a Graphics object configured for this component

paintComponent

protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)

If the UI delegate is non-null, calls its paint method. We pass the delegate a copy of the Graphics object to protect the rest of the paint code from irrevocable changes (for example, Graphics.translate()).

See Also:

paint(java.awt.Graphics)

paintChildren

protected void paintChildren(Graphics g)

Paints this component's children. If shouldUseBuffer is true, no component ancestor has a buffer and the component children can use a buffer if they have one. Otherwise, one ancestor has a buffer currently in use and children should not use a buffer to paint.

See Also:

paint(java.awt.Graphics), Container.paint(java.awt.Graphics)

paintBorder

protected void paintBorder(Graphics g)

Paints the component's border.

See Also:

paint(java.awt.Graphics), setBorder(javax.swing.border.Border)

update

public void update(Graphics g)

Calls paint(g). Doesn't clear the background but see ComponentUI.update(), which is called by paintComponent.

Overrides:

update in class Container

See Also:

paint(java.awt.Graphics), paintComponent(java.awt.Graphics), ComponentUI

paint

public void paint(Graphics g)

This method is invoked by Swing to draw components. Applications should not invoke paint directly, but should instead use the repaint method to schedule the component for redrawing.

This method actually delegates the work of painting to three protected methods: paintComponent, paintBorder, and paintChildren. They're called in the order listed to ensure that children appear on top of component itself. Generally speaking, the component and its children should not paint in the insets area allocated to the border. Subclasses can just override this method, as always. A subclass that just wants to specialize the UI (look and feel) delegate's paint method should just override paintComponent.

Overrides:

paint in class Container

See Also:

paintComponent(java.awt.Graphics), paintBorder(java.awt.Graphics), paintChildren(java.awt.Graphics), getComponentGraphics(java.awt.Graphics), repaint(long, int, int, int, int)

printAll

public void printAll(Graphics g)

Invoke this method to print the receiver. This method invokes print on the receiver.

Overrides:

printAll in class Component

See Also:

print(java.awt.Graphics), printComponent(java.awt.Graphics), printBorder(java.awt.Graphics), printChildren(java.awt.Graphics)

print

public void print(Graphics g)

Invoke this method to print the receiver. This method will result in invocations to printComponent, printBorder and printChildren. It is not recommended that you override this method, instead override one of the previously metioned methods. This method sets the receivers state such that the double buffer will not be used, eg painting will be done directly on the passed in Graphics.

Overrides:

print in class Container

See Also:

printComponent(java.awt.Graphics), printBorder(java.awt.Graphics), printChildren(java.awt.Graphics)

printComponent

protected void printComponent(Graphics g)

This is invoked during a printing operation. This is implemented to invoke paintComponent on the receiver. Override this if you wish to add special painting behavior when printing.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

print(java.awt.Graphics)

printChildren

protected void printChildren(Graphics g)

Prints this component's children. This is implemented to invoke paintChildren on the receiver. Override this if you wish to print the children differently than painting.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

print(java.awt.Graphics)

printBorder

protected void printBorder(Graphics g)

Prints the component's border. This is implemented to invoke paintBorder on the receiver. Overrides this if you wish to print the border differently that it is painted.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

print(java.awt.Graphics)

isPaintingTile

public boolean isPaintingTile()

Returns true if the receiving component is currently painting a tile. If this method returns true, paint will be called again for another tile. This method returns false if you are not painting a tile or if the last tile is painted. Use this method to keep some state you might need between tiles.

isFocusCycleRoot

public boolean isFocusCycleRoot()

Override this method and return true if your component is the root of of a component tree with its own focus cycle.

isManagingFocus

public boolean isManagingFocus()

Override this method and return true if your JComponent manages focus. If your component manages focus, the focus manager will handle your component's children. All key event will be sent to your key listener including TAB and SHIFT+TAB. CONTROL+TAB and CONTROL+SHIFT+TAB will move the focus to the next or previous component.

setNextFocusableComponent

public void setNextFocusableComponent(Component aComponent)

Specifies the next component to get the focus after this one, for example, when the tab key is pressed. Invoke this method to override the default focus-change sequence.

getNextFocusableComponent

public Component getNextFocusableComponent()

Returns the next focusable component or null if the focus manager should choose the next focusable component automatically.

setRequestFocusEnabled

public void setRequestFocusEnabled(boolean aFlag)

Sets whether the receiving component can obtain the focus by calling requestFocus. The default value is true. Note: Setting this property to false will not prevent the focus manager from setting the focus to this component, it will prevent the component from getting the focus when the focus is requested explicitly. Override isFocusTraversable and return false if the component should never get the focus.

isRequestFocusEnabled

public boolean isRequestFocusEnabled()

Returns whether the receiving component can obtain the focus by calling requestFocus.

See Also:

setRequestFocusEnabled(boolean)

requestFocus

public void requestFocus()

Sets focus on the receiving component if isRequestFocusEnabled returns true and the component doesn't already have focus.

Overrides:

requestFocus in class Component

Following copied from class: java.awt.Component

See Also:

FocusEvent, Component.addFocusListener(java.awt.event.FocusListener), Component.processFocusEvent(java.awt.event.FocusEvent), Component.isFocusTraversable()

grabFocus

public void grabFocus()

Sets the focus on the receiving component if it doesn't already have it. This method is for focus managers. You rarely want to call this method; use requestFocus() instead.

setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget

public void setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(boolean flag)

Set the value to indicate whether input verifier for the current focus owner will be called before this component requests focus. The default is true. Set to false on components such as a Cancel button or a scrollbar, which should activate even if the input in the current focus owner is not "passed" by the input verifier for that component.

Parameters:

new - value for the verifyInputWhenFocusTarget property

Since:

1.3

See Also:

InputVerifier, setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier), getInputVerifier(), getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget()

getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget

public boolean getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget()

Get the value that indicates whether the input verifier for the current focus owner will be called before this component requests focus.

Returns:

value of the verifyInputWhenFocusTarget property

Since:

1.3

See Also:

InputVerifier, setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier), getInputVerifier(), setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(boolean)

setPreferredSize

public void setPreferredSize(Dimension preferredSize)

Sets the preferred size of the receiving component. If preferredSize is null, the UI will be asked for the preferred size.

getPreferredSize

public Dimension getPreferredSize()

If the preferredSize has been set to a non-null value just returns it. If the UI delegate's getPreferredSize() method returns a non null value then return that; otherwise defer to the component's layout manager.

Overrides:

getPreferredSize in class Container

Returns:

the value of the preferredSize property

See Also:

setPreferredSize(java.awt.Dimension)

setMaximumSize

public void setMaximumSize(Dimension maximumSize)

Sets the maximum size of this component to a constant value. Subsequent calls to getMaximumSize will always return this value; the component's UI will not be asked to compute it. Setting the maximum size to null restores the default behavior.

See Also:

getMaximumSize()

getMaximumSize

public Dimension getMaximumSize()

If the maximum size has been set to a non-null value just returns it. If the UI delegate's getMaximumSize() method returns a non null value then return that; otherwise defer to the component's layout manager.

Overrides:

getMaximumSize in class Container

Returns:

the value of the maximumSize property.

See Also:

setMaximumSize(java.awt.Dimension)

setMinimumSize

public void setMinimumSize(Dimension minimumSize)

Sets the minimum size of this component to a constant value. Subsequent calls to getMinimumSize will always return this value; the component's UI will not be asked to compute it. Setting the minimum size to null restores the default behavior.

See Also:

getMinimumSize()

getMinimumSize

public Dimension getMinimumSize()

If the minimum size has been set to a non-null value just returns it. If the UI delegate's getMinimumSize() method returns a non-null value then return that; otherwise defer to the component's layout manager.

Overrides:

getMinimumSize in class Container

Returns:

the value of the minimumSize property

See Also:

setMinimumSize(java.awt.Dimension)

isMinimumSizeSet

public boolean isMinimumSizeSet()

Returns true if the minimum size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.

isPreferredSizeSet

public boolean isPreferredSizeSet()

Returns true if the preferred size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.

isMaximumSizeSet

public boolean isMaximumSizeSet()

Returns true if the maximum size has been set to a non-null value otherwise returns false.

contains

public boolean contains(int x,
                        int y)

Gives the UI delegate an opportunity to define the precise shape of this component for the sake of mouse processing.

Overrides:

contains in class Component

Returns:

true if this component logically contains x,y

See Also:

Component.contains(int, int)

setBorder

public void setBorder(Border border)

Sets the border of this component. The Border object is responsible for defining the insets for the component (overriding any insets set directly on the component) and for optionally rendering any border decorations within the bounds of those insets. Borders should be used (rather than insets) for creating both decorative and non-decorative (such as margins and padding) regions for a swing component. Compound borders can be used to nest multiple borders within a single component.

This is a bound property.

Parameters:

border - the border to be rendered for this component

See Also:

Border, CompoundBorder

getBorder

public Border getBorder()

Returns the border of this component or null if no border is currently set.

Returns:

the border object for this component

See Also:

setBorder(javax.swing.border.Border)

getInsets

public Insets getInsets()

If a border has been set on this component, returns the border's insets; otherwise calls super.getInsets.

Overrides:

getInsets in class Container

Returns:

the value of the insets property

See Also:

setBorder(javax.swing.border.Border)

getInsets

public Insets getInsets(Insets insets)

Returns an Insets object containing this component's inset values. The passed-in Insets object will be reused if possible. Calling methods cannot assume that the same object will be returned, however. All existing values within this object are overwritten.

Parameters:

insets - the Insets object, which can be reused

See Also:

getInsets()

getAlignmentY

public float getAlignmentY()

Overrides Container.getAlignmentY to return the horizontal alignment.

Overrides:

getAlignmentY in class Container

Returns:

the value of the alignmentY property

See Also:

setAlignmentY(float), Component.getAlignmentY()

setAlignmentY

public void setAlignmentY(float alignmentY)

Sets the the horizontal alignment.

See Also:

getAlignmentY()

getAlignmentX

public float getAlignmentX()

Overrides Container.getAlignmentX to return the vertical alignment.

Overrides:

getAlignmentX in class Container

Returns:

the value of the alignmentX property

See Also:

setAlignmentX(float), Component.getAlignmentX()

setAlignmentX

public void setAlignmentX(float alignmentX)

Sets the the vertical alignment.

See Also:

getAlignmentX()

setInputVerifier

public void setInputVerifier(InputVerifier inputVerifier)

Sets the input verifier for this component.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

InputVerifier

getInputVerifier

public InputVerifier getInputVerifier()

Returns the input verifier for this component.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

InputVerifier

getGraphics

public Graphics getGraphics()

Returns this component's graphics context, which lets you draw on a component. Use this method get a Graphics object and then invoke oeprations on that object to draw on the component.

Overrides:

getGraphics in class Component

Following copied from class: java.awt.Component

Returns:

A graphics context for this component, or null if it has none.

See Also:

Component.paint(java.awt.Graphics)

setDebugGraphicsOptions

public void setDebugGraphicsOptions(int debugOptions)

Enables or disables diagnostic information about every graphics ope