Java Manual

Packages: javax

Classes Summary

Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.  This section provides a summary of only the top level. There are also sub directories (packages) such as javax.swing.text, etc.

 

CLASS	SUMMARY
AbstractAction	This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface.
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	A lightweight container that uses a BoxLayout object as its layout manager.
Box.Filler	An implementation of a lightweight component that participates in layout but has no view.
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	This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them.
DebugGraphics	Graphics subclass supporting graphics debugging.
DefaultBoundedRangeModel	A generic implementation of BoundedRangeModel.
DefaultButtonModel	The default implementation of a Button component's data model.
DefaultCellEditor	The default editor for table and tree cells.
DefaultComboBoxModel	The default model for combo boxes.
DefaultDesktopManager	This is an implementaion of the DesktopManager.
DefaultFocusManager	Default swing focus manager implementation.
DefaultListCellRenderer	Renders an item in a list.
DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource	A subclass of DefaultListCellRenderer that implements UIResource.
DefaultListModel	This class implements the java.util.Vector API and notifies the ListDataListeners when changes occur.
DefaultListSelectionModel	Default data model for list selections.
DefaultSingleSelectionModel	A generic implementation of SingleSelectionModel.
FocusManager	Swing Focus Manager
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	An extended version of java.applet.Applet that adds support for interposing input and painting behavior in front of the applets children (see glassPane), support for special children that are managed by a LayeredPane (see rootPane) and for Swing MenuBars.
JButton	An implementation of a "push" button.
JCheckBox	An implementation of a CheckBox -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
JCheckBoxMenuItem	A menu item that can be selected or deselected.
JColorChooser	JColorChooser provides a pane of controls designed to allow a user to manipulate and select a color.
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	The base class for the Swing components.
JDesktopPane	A container used to create a multiple-document interface or a virtual desktop.
JDialog	The main class for creating a dialog window.
JEditorPane	A text component to edit various kinds of content.
JFileChooser	JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to chooser a file.
JFrame	An extended version of java.awt.Frame that adds support for interposing input and painting behavior in front of the frame's children (see glassPane), support for special children that are managed by a LayeredPane (see rootPane) and for Swing MenuBars.
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.
JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon	This component represents an iconified version of a JInternalFrame.
JLabel	A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
JLayeredPane	JLayeredPane adds depth to a JFC/Swing container, allowing components to overlap each other when needed.
JList	A component that allows the user to select one or more objects from a list.
JMenu	An implementation of a menu -- a popup window containing JMenuItems that is displayed when the user selects an item on the JMenuBar.
JMenuBar	An implementation of a MenuBar.
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	JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
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	An implementation of a Popup Menu -- a small window which pops up and displays a series of choices.
JPopupMenu.Separator	A popupmenu-specific separator.
JProgressBar	A component that displays an integer value within a bounded interval.
JRadioButton	An implementation of a radio button -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
JRadioButtonMenuItem	An implementation of a RadioButtonMenuItem.
JRootPane	The fundamental component in the container hierarchy.
JScrollBar	An implementation of a scrollbar.
JScrollPane	A specialized container that manages a viewport, optional vertical and horizontal scrollbars, and optional row and column heading viewports.
JSeparator	An implementation of a Menu Separator -- a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
JSlider	A component that lets the user graphically select a value by slding a knob within a bounded interval.
JSplitPane	JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
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	JTable is a user-interface component that presents data in a two-dimensional table format.
JTextArea	A TextArea is a multi-line area that displays plain text.
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	An implementation of a two-state button.
JToggleButton.ToggleButtonModel	The ToggleButton model
JToolBar	JToolBar provides a component which is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls.
JToolBar.Separator	A toolbar-specific separator.
JToolTip	Used to display a "Tip" for a Component.
JTree	A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
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.
JViewport	The "viewport" or "porthole" through which you see the underlying information.
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	A MenuSelectionManager owns the selection in menu hierarchy.
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	This class manages repaint requests, allowing the number of repaints to be minimized, for example by collapsing multiple requests into a single repaint for members of a component tree.
ScrollPaneLayout	The layout manager used by JScrollPane.
ScrollPaneLayout.UIResource	The UI resource version of ScrollPaneLayout.
SizeRequirements	For the convenience of layout managers, calculates information about the size and position of components.
SwingUtilities	A collection of utility methods for Swing.
Timer	Object subclass that causes an action to occur at a predefined rate.
ToolTipManager	Manages all the ToolTips in the system.
UIDefaults	A table of defaults for Swing components.
UIManager	This class keeps track of the current look and feel and its defaults.
UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo	Provide a little information about an installed LookAndFeel for the sake of configuring a menu or for initial application set up.