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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.plaf.synth | Synth is a skinnable look and feel in which all painting is delegated.
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 `Object`s (called keys or `Action` names) to `Action`s.
BoundedRangeModel Defines the data model used by components like `Slider`s and `ProgressBar`s.
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 `KeyStroke`s 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 `JMenuItem`s 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.
JTable.PrintMode Printing modes, used in printing `JTable`s.
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 `Component`s in a particular containment hierarchy.
PopupFactory `PopupFactory`, as the name implies, is used to obtain instances of `Popup`s.
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 `Date`s.
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 requested 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 `Object`s (called keys or `Action` names) to `Action`s.
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 `KeyStroke`s 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) `Component`s.
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 `Component`s 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 `Object`s (called keys or `Action` names) to `Action`s.
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.
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.
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 `JMenuItem`s 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) `Component`s.
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 `Action`s 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 `Object`s (called keys or `Action` names) to `Action`s.
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 `JMenuItem`s 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 `Action`s 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) `Component`s.
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 `Component`s in a particular containment hierarchy.
UIDefaults A table of defaults for Swing components.

Classes in javax.swing used by javax.swing.plaf.synth
Icon A small fixed size picture, typically used to decorate components.
JComponent The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
LookAndFeel Completely characterizes a look and feel from the point of view of the pluggable look and feel components.
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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