API java : PopupMenu

java.awt
Class PopupMenu

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.MenuComponent
      java.awt.MenuItem
          java.awt.Menu
              java.awt.PopupMenu

All Implemented Interfaces:

MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible

public class PopupMenu
extends Menu

A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specified position within a component.

As the inheritance hierarchy implies, a PopupMenu can be used anywhere a Menu can be used. However, if you use a PopupMenu like a Menu (e.g., you add it to a MenuBar), then you cannot call show on that PopupMenu.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
protected  class	PopupMenu.AccessibleAWTPopupMenu           Inner class of PopupMenu used to provide default support for accessibility.

 

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Menu
Menu.AccessibleAWTMenu

 

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.MenuItem
MenuItem.AccessibleAWTMenuItem

 

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.MenuComponent
MenuComponent.AccessibleAWTMenuComponent

 

Constructor Summary
PopupMenu()           Creates a new popup menu with an empty name.
PopupMenu(String label)           Creates a new popup menu with the specified name.

 

Method Summary
void	addNotify()           Creates the popup menu's peer.
AccessibleContext	getAccessibleContext()           Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this PopupMenu.
void	show(Component origin, int x, int y)           Shows the popup menu at the x, y position relative to an origin component.

 

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Menu
add, add, addSeparator, countItems, getItem, getItemCount, insert, insert, insertSeparator, isTearOff, paramString, remove, remove, removeAll, removeNotify

 

Methods inherited from class java.awt.MenuItem
addActionListener, deleteShortcut, disable, disableEvents, enable, enable, enableEvents, getActionCommand, getActionListeners, getLabel, getListeners, getShortcut, isEnabled, processActionEvent, processEvent, removeActionListener, setActionCommand, setEnabled, setLabel, setShortcut

 

Methods inherited from class java.awt.MenuComponent
dispatchEvent, getFont, getName, getParent, getPeer, getTreeLock, postEvent, setFont, setName, toString

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

 

Methods inherited from interface java.awt.MenuContainer
getFont, postEvent

 

Constructor Detail

PopupMenu

public PopupMenu()
          throws HeadlessException

Creates a new popup menu with an empty name.

Throws:

HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.

See Also:

GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()

PopupMenu

public PopupMenu(String label)
          throws HeadlessException

Creates a new popup menu with the specified name.

Parameters:

label - a non-null string specifying the popup menu's label

Throws:

HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless() returns true.

See Also:

GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()

addNotify

public void addNotify()

Creates the popup menu's peer. The peer allows us to change the appearance of the popup menu without changing any of the popup menu's functionality.

Overrides:

addNotify in class Menu

show

public void show(Component origin,
                 int x,
                 int y)

Shows the popup menu at the x, y position relative to an origin component. The origin component must be contained within the component hierarchy of the popup menu's parent. Both the origin and the parent must be showing on the screen for this method to be valid.

If this PopupMenu is being used as a Menu (i.e., it has a non-Component parent), then you cannot call this method on the PopupMenu.

Parameters:

origin - the component which defines the coordinate space

x - the x coordinate position to popup the menu

y - the y coordinate position to popup the menu

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the parent is null

IllegalArgumentException - if this PopupMenu has a non-Component parent

IllegalArgumentException - if the origin is not in the parent's heirarchy

RuntimeException - if the parent is not showing on screen

getAccessibleContext

public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()

Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this PopupMenu.

Specified by:

getAccessibleContext in interface Accessible

Overrides:

getAccessibleContext in class Menu

Returns:

the AccessibleContext of this PopupMenu