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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

by Julie Anderson, Herve J. Franceschi
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1288 pages
39h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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12.2 GUI Components 825
12.2 GUI Components
We have already said that a component is an object having a graphical rep-
resentation. Labels, text fields, buttons, radio buttons, checkboxes, and
drop-down lists are examples of components. A component performs at
least one of these functions:
displays information
collects data from the user
allows the user to initiate program functions
Java provides an extensive set of classes that can be used to add a GUI to
your applications. Table 12.2 lists some GUI components and the Java
classes that encapsulate them. All classes listed in Table 12.2 belong to the
javax.swing package.
Java supports two implementations ...
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ISBN: 9780763749637