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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(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()

Returns the number of elements in this menu.

getItem(int)

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

isTearOff()

Returns true if this is a tear-off menu.

remove(int)

Deletes the item from this menu at the specified index.

remove(MenuComponent)

Deletes the specified item from this menu.

removeNotify()

Removes the menu's peer.

public Menu(String label)

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

public Menu(String label,
              boolean tearOff)

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.

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.

public synchronized void addNotify()

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

public synchronized void removeNotify()

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

public boolean isTearOff()

Returns true if this is a tear-off menu.

public int countItems()

Returns the number of elements in this menu.

public MenuItem getItem(int index)

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

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be returned

public synchronized MenuItem add(MenuItem mi)

Adds the specified item to this menu.

Parameters:

mi - the item to be added

public void add(String label)

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

Parameters:

label - the text on the item

public void addSeparator()

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

public synchronized void remove(int index)

Deletes the item from this menu at the specified index.

Parameters:

index - the position of the item to be removed

public synchronized void remove(MenuComponent item)

Deletes the specified item from this menu.

Parameters:

item - the item to be removed from the menu

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