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Class java.awt.Menu

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

public class Menu

extends MenuItem

implements MenuContainer

Menu()

Constructs a new Menu with an empty label.

Menu(String)

Constructs a new Menu with the specified label.

Menu(String, boolean)

Constructs a new Menu with the specified label.

add(MenuItem)

Adds the specified item to this menu.

add(String)

Adds an item with with the specified label to this menu.

addNotify()

Creates the menu's peer.

addSeparator()

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

countItems()

Deprecated.

getItem(int)

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

getItemCount()

Returns the number of elements in this menu.

insert(MenuItem, int)

Inserts the MenuItem to this menu at the specified position.

insert(String, int)

Inserts an item with the specified label to this menu at the specified position.

insertSeparator(int)

Inserts a separator at the specified position

isTearOff()

Returns true if this is a tear-off menu.

paramString()

Returns the String parameter of the menu.

remove(int)

Deletes the item from this menu at the specified index.

remove(MenuComponent)

Deletes the specified item from this menu.

removeAll()

Deletes all items from this menu.

removeNotify()

Removes the menu's peer.

    method Menu() public 

Constructs a new Menu with an empty label. This menu can not be torn off - the menu will still appear on screen after the the mouse button has been released.

    method Menu(label=String) public 

Constructs a new Menu with the specified label. This menu can not be torn off - the menu will still appear on screen after the the mouse button has been released.

Parameters:

label - the label to be added to this menu

    method Menu(label=String, -
                tearOff=boolean) public 

Constructs a new Menu with the specified label. If tearOff is true, the menu can be torn off - the menu will still appear on screen after the the mouse button has been released. NOTE: tear-off functionality may not be supported by all AWT implementations. If a particular implementation doesn't support tear-offs, this value will be silently ignored.

Parameters:

label - the label to be added to this menu

tearOff - the boolean indicating whether or not the menu will be able to be torn off.

    method addNotify()  public     

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

Overrides:

addNotify in class MenuItem

    method removeNotify()  public     

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

Overrides:

removeNotify in class MenuComponent

    method isTearOff() returns boolean public     

Returns true if this is a tear-off menu. NOTE: tear-off functionality may not be supported by all AWT implementations. If a particular implementation doesn't support tear-offs, this value will be silently ignored.

    method getItemCount() returns int public     

Returns the number of elements in this menu.

    method countItems() returns int public     

Note: countItems() is deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getItemCount().

    method getItem(index=int) returns MenuItem public     

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

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be returned

    method add(mi=MenuItem) returns MenuItem public    protect 

Adds the specified item to this menu.

Parameters:

mi - the item to be added

    method add(label=String)  public     

Adds an item with with the specified label to this menu.

Parameters:

label - the text on the item

    method insert(menuitem=MenuItem, -
                  index=int)  public    protect 

Inserts the MenuItem to 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

if index is less than 0.

    method insert(label=String, -
                  index=int)  public     

Inserts an item with the specified label to this menu at the specified position.

Parameters:

label - the text on the item

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

    method addSeparator()  public     

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

    method insertSeparator(index=int)  public     

Inserts a separator at the specified position

Parameters:

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

Throws: IllegalArgumentException

if index is less than 0.

    method remove(index=int)  public    protect 

Deletes the item from this menu at the specified index.

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be removed

    method remove(item=MenuComponent)  public    protect 

Deletes the specified item from this menu.

Parameters:

item - the item to be removed from the menu

    method removeAll()  public    protect 

Deletes all items from this menu.

    method paramString() returns String public     

Returns the String parameter of the menu.

Overrides:

paramString in class MenuItem

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