Component : Java Glossary

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Component

a generic term for the various doodads you can place on your windows, including Buttons, listboxes, Choices, Checkboxes, checkbox groups, Menus … Component is also the name of a class that contains methods common to all Components such as setVisible and setForegroundColor. The Swing equivaent is called JComponent.

Learning More

Sun’s Javadoc on the Component class : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
in the JDK 1.6.0_06 or in JDK 1.5.0_15 on your local J: drive.

AWT
Container
JComponent
Swing

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