JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

Uses of Package
javax.swing

Packages that use javax.swing
java.awt.im.spi Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment. 
javax.swing Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms. 
javax.swing.border Provides classes and interface for drawing specialized borders around a Swing component. 
javax.swing.colorchooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JColorChooser component. 
javax.swing.event Provides for events fired by Swing components. 
javax.swing.filechooser Contains classes and interfaces used by the JFileChooser component. 
javax.swing.plaf Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities. 
javax.swing.plaf.basic Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.metal Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel. 
javax.swing.plaf.multi Provides user interface objects that combine two or more look and feels. 
javax.swing.table Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable
javax.swing.text Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components. 
javax.swing.text.html Provides the class HTMLEditorKit and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors. 
javax.swing.tree Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree
 

Classes in javax.swing used by java.awt.im.spi
JFrame
          An extended version of java.awt.Frame that adds support for the JFC/Swing component architecture.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing
AbstractButton
          Defines common behaviors for buttons and menu items.
AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton
          This class implements accessibility support for the AbstractButton class.
AbstractCellEditor
           
AbstractListModel
          The abstract definition for the data model that provides a List with its contents.
AbstractSpinnerModel
          This class provides the ChangeListener part of the SpinnerModel interface that should be suitable for most concrete SpinnerModel implementations.
Action
          The Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListener interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
ActionMap
          ActionMap provides mappings from Objects (called keys or Action names) to Actions.
BoundedRangeModel
          Defines the data model used by components like Sliders and ProgressBars.
Box
          A lightweight container that uses a BoxLayout object as its layout manager.
ButtonGroup
          This class is used to create a multiple-exclusion scope for a set of buttons.
ButtonModel
          State Model for buttons.
CellEditor
          This interface defines the methods any general editor should be able to implement.
ComboBoxEditor
          The editor component used for JComboBox components.
ComboBoxModel
          A data model for a combo box.
ComponentInputMap
          A ComponentInputMap is an InputMap associated with a particular JComponent.
DefaultButtonModel
          The default implementation of a Button component's data model.
DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate
          The protected EditorDelegate class.
DefaultListCellRenderer
          Renders an item in a list.
DesktopManager
          DesktopManager objects are owned by a JDesktopPane object.
FocusManager
          This class has been obsoleted by the 1.4 focus APIs.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
InputMap
          InputMap provides a binding between an input event (currently only KeyStrokes are used) and an Object.
InputVerifier
          The purpose of this class is to help clients support smooth focus navigation through GUIs with text fields.
InternalFrameFocusTraversalPolicy
          A FocusTraversalPolicy which can optionally provide an algorithm for determining a JInternalFrame's initial Component.
JButton
          An implementation of a "push" button.
JCheckBox
          An implementation of a check box -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
JColorChooser
          JColorChooser provides a pane of controls designed to allow a user to manipulate and select a color.
JComboBox
          A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
JComboBox.KeySelectionManager
          The interface that defines a KeySelectionManager.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
          Inner class of JComponent used to provide default support for accessibility.
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.
JEditorPane.AccessibleJEditorPane
          This class implements accessibility support for the JEditorPane class.
JFormattedTextField
          JFormattedTextField extends JTextField adding support for formatting arbitrary values, as well as retrieving a particular object once the user has edited the text.
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter
          Instances of AbstractFormatter are used by JFormattedTextField to handle the conversion both from an Object to a String, and back from a String to an Object.
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory
          Instances of AbstractFormatterFactory are used by JFormattedTextField to obtain instances of AbstractFormatter which in turn are used to format values.
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.
JMenu.WinListener
          A listener class that watches for a popup window closing.
JMenuBar
          An implementation of a menu bar.
JMenuItem
          An implementation of an item in a menu.
JMenuItem.AccessibleJMenuItem
          This class implements accessibility support for the JMenuItem class.
JPanel
          JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
JPopupMenu
          An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
JRootPane
          A lightweight container used behind the scenes by JFrame, JDialog, JWindow, JApplet, and JInternalFrame.
JScrollBar
          An implementation of a scrollbar.
JScrollPane
          Provides a scrollable view of a lightweight component.
JSeparator
          JSeparator provides a general purpose component for implementing divider lines - most commonly used as a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
JSpinner
          A single line input field that lets the user select a number or an object value from an ordered sequence.
JSpinner.DefaultEditor
          A simple base class for more specialized editors that displays a read-only view of the model's current value with a JFormattedTextField.
JTable
          The JTable is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.
JTextField
          JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text.
JTextField.AccessibleJTextField
          This class implements accessibility support for the JTextField class.
JToggleButton
          An implementation of a two-state button.
JToggleButton.AccessibleJToggleButton
          This class implements accessibility support for the JToggleButton class.
JToolTip
          Used to display a "Tip" for a Component.
JTree
           A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
JTree.EmptySelectionModel
          EmptySelectionModel is a TreeSelectionModel that does not allow anything to be selected.
JTree.TreeSelectionRedirector
          Handles creating a new TreeSelectionEvent with the JTree as the source and passing it off to all the listeners.
JViewport
          The "viewport" or "porthole" through which you see the underlying information.
JViewport.ViewListener
          A listener for the view.
KeyStroke
          A KeyStroke represents a key action on the keyboard, or equivalent input device.
ListCellRenderer
          Identifies components that can be used as "rubber stamps" to paint the cells in a JList.
ListModel
          This interface defines the methods components like JList use to get the value of each cell in a list and the length of the list.
ListSelectionModel
          This interface represents the current state of the selection for any of the components that display a list of values with stable indices.
LookAndFeel
          Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components.
MenuElement
          Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface.
MenuSelectionManager
          A MenuSelectionManager owns the selection in menu hierarchy.
MutableComboBoxModel
          A mutable version of ComboBoxModel.
Popup
          Popups are used to display a Component to the user, typically on top of all the other Components in a particular containment hierarchy.
PopupFactory
          PopupFactory, as the name implies, is used to obtain instances of Popups.
ProgressMonitor
          A class to monitor the progress of some operation.
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.
RootPaneContainer
          This interface is implemented by components that have a single JRootPane child: JDialog, JFrame, JWindow, JApplet, JInternalFrame.
Scrollable
          An interface that provides information to a scrolling container like JScrollPane.
ScrollPaneConstants
          Constants used with the JScrollPane component.
ScrollPaneLayout
          The layout manager used by JScrollPane.
SingleSelectionModel
          A model that supports at most one indexed selection.
SizeRequirements
          For the convenience of layout managers, calculates information about the size and position of components.
SortingFocusTraversalPolicy
          A FocusTraversalPolicy that determines traversal order by sorting the Components of a focus traversal cycle based on a given Comparator.
SpinnerDateModel
          A SpinnerModel for sequences of Dates.
SpinnerListModel
          A simple implementation of SpinnerModel whose values are defined by an array or a List.
SpinnerModel
          A model for a potentially unbounded sequence of object values.
SpinnerNumberModel
          A SpinnerModel for sequences of numbers.
Spring
          An instance of the Spring class holds three properties that characterize its behavior: the minimum, preferred, and maximum values.
SpringLayout.Constraints
          A Constraints object holds the constraints that govern the way a component's size and position change in a container controlled by a SpringLayout.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
ToolTipManager
          Manages all the ToolTips in the system.
TransferHandler
          This class is used to handle the transfer of a Transferable to and from Swing components.
UIDefaults
          A table of defaults for Swing components.
UIDefaults.LazyValue
          This class enables one to store an entry in the defaults table that isn't constructed until the first time it's looked up with one of the getXXX(key) methods.
UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo
          Provides a little information about an installed LookAndFeel for the sake of configuring a menu or for initial application set up.
UnsupportedLookAndFeelException
          An exception that indicates the request look & feel management classes are not present on the user's system.
WindowConstants
          Constants used to control the window-closing operation.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.border
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.colorchooser
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JColorChooser
          JColorChooser provides a pane of controls designed to allow a user to manipulate and select a color.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JPanel
          JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.event
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
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.
MenuElement
          Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface.
MenuSelectionManager
          A MenuSelectionManager owns the selection in menu hierarchy.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.filechooser
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.plaf
ActionMap
          ActionMap provides mappings from Objects (called keys or Action names) to Actions.
ComponentInputMap
          A ComponentInputMap is an InputMap associated with a particular JComponent.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
InputMap
          InputMap provides a binding between an input event (currently only KeyStrokes are used) and an Object.
JComboBox
          A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JFileChooser
          JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to choose a file.
JList
          A component that allows the user to select one or more objects from a list.
JOptionPane
          JOptionPane makes it easy to pop up a standard dialog box that prompts users for a value or informs them of something.
JPopupMenu
          An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
JSplitPane
          JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
JTabbedPane
          A component that lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon.
JTree
           A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
Popup
          Popups are used to display a Component to the user, typically on top of all the other Components in a particular containment hierarchy.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.plaf.basic
AbstractAction
          This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface.
AbstractButton
          Defines common behaviors for buttons and menu items.
AbstractListModel
          The abstract definition for the data model that provides a List with its contents.
Action
          The Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListener interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
ActionMap
          ActionMap provides mappings from Objects (called keys or Action names) to Actions.
BoxLayout
          A layout manager that allows multiple components to be laid out either vertically or horizontally.
CellRendererPane
          This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them.
ComboBoxEditor
          The editor component used for JComboBox components.
ComboBoxModel
          A data model for a combo box.
DesktopManager
          DesktopManager objects are owned by a JDesktopPane object.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JButton
          An implementation of a "push" button.
JComboBox
          A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JDesktopPane
          A container used to create a multiple-document interface or a virtual desktop.
JFileChooser
          JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to choose a file.
JFrame
          An extended version of java.awt.Frame that adds support for the JFC/Swing component architecture.
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.
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 menu bar.
JMenuItem
          An implementation of an item in a menu.
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.
JPopupMenu
          An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
JProgressBar
          A component that, by default, displays an integer value within a bounded interval.
JRootPane
          A lightweight container used behind the scenes by JFrame, JDialog, JWindow, JApplet, and JInternalFrame.
JScrollBar
          An implementation of a scrollbar.
JScrollPane
          Provides a scrollable view of a lightweight component.
JSeparator
          JSeparator provides a general purpose component for implementing divider lines - most commonly used as a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
JSlider
          A component that lets the user graphically select a value by sliding a knob within a bounded interval.
JSpinner
          A single line input field that lets the user select a number or an object value from an ordered sequence.
JSplitPane
          JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
JTabbedPane
          A component that lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon.
JTable
          The JTable is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.
JTextField
          JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text.
JToolBar
          JToolBar provides a component that is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls.
JTree
           A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
KeyStroke
          A KeyStroke represents a key action on the keyboard, or equivalent input device.
ListCellRenderer
          Identifies components that can be used as "rubber stamps" to paint the cells in a JList.
ListModel
          This interface defines the methods components like JList use to get the value of each cell in a list and the length of the list.
ListSelectionModel
          This interface represents the current state of the selection for any of the components that display a list of values with stable indices.
LookAndFeel
          Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components.
MenuElement
          Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface.
MenuSelectionManager
          A MenuSelectionManager owns the selection in menu hierarchy.
RootPaneContainer
          This interface is implemented by components that have a single JRootPane child: JDialog, JFrame, JWindow, JApplet, JInternalFrame.
ScrollPaneConstants
          Constants used with the JScrollPane component.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
Timer
          Fires one or more action events after a specified delay.
UIDefaults
          A table of defaults for Swing components.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.plaf.metal
AbstractAction
          This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface.
AbstractButton
          Defines common behaviors for buttons and menu items.
AbstractListModel
          The abstract definition for the data model that provides a List with its contents.
Action
          The Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListener interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
ActionMap
          ActionMap provides mappings from Objects (called keys or Action names) to Actions.
CellRendererPane
          This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them.
ComboBoxEditor
          The editor component used for JComboBox components.
ComboBoxModel
          A data model for a combo box.
DefaultListCellRenderer
          Renders an item in a list.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JButton
          An implementation of a "push" button.
JComboBox
          A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JFileChooser
          JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to choose a file.
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.
JLabel
          A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
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.
JPanel
          JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
JPopupMenu
          An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
JScrollPane
          Provides a scrollable view of a lightweight component.
JSeparator
          JSeparator provides a general purpose component for implementing divider lines - most commonly used as a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
JSlider
          A component that lets the user graphically select a value by sliding a knob within a bounded interval.
JToolBar
          JToolBar provides a component that is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls.
ListCellRenderer
          Identifies components that can be used as "rubber stamps" to paint the cells in a JList.
ListModel
          This interface defines the methods components like JList use to get the value of each cell in a list and the length of the list.
LookAndFeel
          Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components.
MenuElement
          Any component that can be placed into a menu should implement this interface.
ScrollPaneConstants
          Constants used with the JScrollPane component.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
UIDefaults
          A table of defaults for Swing components.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.plaf.multi
JComboBox
          A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JFileChooser
          JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to choose a file.
JList
          A component that allows the user to select one or more objects from a list.
JOptionPane
          JOptionPane makes it easy to pop up a standard dialog box that prompts users for a value or informs them of something.
JPopupMenu
          An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
JSplitPane
          JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
JTabbedPane
          A component that lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon.
JTree
           A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
LookAndFeel
          Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components.
Popup
          Popups are used to display a Component to the user, typically on top of all the other Components in a particular containment hierarchy.
UIDefaults
          A table of defaults for Swing components.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.table
CellEditor
          This interface defines the methods any general editor should be able to implement.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
          Inner class of JComponent used to provide default support for accessibility.
JLabel
          A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
JTable
          The JTable is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.
ListSelectionModel
          This interface represents the current state of the selection for any of the components that display a list of values with stable indices.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.text
AbstractAction
          This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface.
Action
          The Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListener interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
          Inner class of JComponent used to provide default support for accessibility.
JEditorPane
          A text component to edit various kinds of content.
JFormattedTextField
          JFormattedTextField extends JTextField adding support for formatting arbitrary values, as well as retrieving a particular object once the user has edited the text.
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter
          Instances of AbstractFormatter are used by JFormattedTextField to handle the conversion both from an Object to a String, and back from a String to an Object.
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory
          Instances of AbstractFormatterFactory are used by JFormattedTextField to obtain instances of AbstractFormatter which in turn are used to format values.
KeyStroke
          A KeyStroke represents a key action on the keyboard, or equivalent input device.
Scrollable
          An interface that provides information to a scrolling container like JScrollPane.
SizeRequirements
          For the convenience of layout managers, calculates information about the size and position of components.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.text.html
AbstractAction
          This class provides default implementations for the JFC Action interface.
Action
          The Action interface provides a useful extension to the ActionListener interface in cases where the same functionality may be accessed by several controls.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JEditorPane
          A text component to edit various kinds of content.
SizeRequirements
          For the convenience of layout managers, calculates information about the size and position of components.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
 

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.tree
CellEditor
          This interface defines the methods any general editor should be able to implement.
DefaultListSelectionModel
          Default data model for list selections.
Icon
          A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JComponent
          The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
JLabel
          A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
JTextField
          JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text.
JTree
           A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
Scrollable
          An interface that provides information to a scrolling container like JScrollPane.
SwingConstants
          A collection of constants generally used for positioning and orienting components on the screen.
Timer
          Fires one or more action events after a specified delay.
 


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