MenuComponent

Name

Description

The abstract MenuComponent class represents the parent of all menu GUI components.

Class Definition

public abstract class java.awt.MenuComponent extends java.lang.Object implements java.io.Serializable {
 // Instance Methods public final void dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e); public Font getFont();
public String getName(); public MenuContainer getParent();
public MenuComponentPeer getPeer();  public boolean postEvent (Event e);
public void removeNotify();
public void setFont (Font f);
public void setName (String name); public String toString(); // Protected Instance Methods protected String paramString(); protected void processEvent (AWTEvent e);
}

Instance Methods

dispatchEvent

public final void dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e)

• Parameters
• • e
  • The AWTEvent to process.
• Description
• Tells the menu component to deal with the AWTEvent e.

getFont

public Font getFont()

• Returns
• The font for the current MenuComponent.

getName

public Font getName()

• Returns
• The name for the current MenuComponent.

getParent

public MenuContainer getParent()

• Returns
• The parent MenuContainer for the MenuComponent.

getPeer

public MenuComponentPeer getPeer()

• Returns
• A reference to the MenuComponent's peer.

postEvent

public boolean postEvent (Event e)

• Parameters
• • e
  • Event instance to post to component.
• Returns
• Ignored for menus.
• Description
• Tells the Frame that contains the MenuBar containing the MenuComponent to deal with Event.

removeNotify

public void removeNotify()

• Description
• Removes peer of MenuComponent's subclass.

setFont

public void setFont (Font f)

• Parameters
• • f
  • New font for MenuComponent.
• Description
• Changes the font of the label of the MenuComponent.

setName

public void setName (String name)

• Parameters
• • name
  • New name for MenuComponent.
• Description
• Changes the name of the MenuComponent.

toString

public String toString()

• Returns
• A string representation of the MenuComponent object.
  • Overrides
  • Object.toString()

Protected Instance Methods

paramString

protected String paramString()

• Returns
• String with current settings of MenuComponent.
• Overrides
• Component.paramString()
• Description
• Helper method for toString() to generate string of current settings.

processEvent

protected void processEvent (AWTEvent e)

• Parameters
• • e
  • The event to process.
• Description
• Low-level AWTEvents are passed to this method for processing.

See Also

Event, Font, MenuBar, MenuComponentPeer, MenuContainer, MenuItem, Object, Serializable, String