Class Option

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public class Option
extends Object
implements Serializable

Value for the ListModel used to represent <option> elements. This is the object installed as items of the DefaultComboBoxModel used to represent the <select> element.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructors

Constructor Description
Option​(AttributeSet attr)

Creates a new Option object.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
AttributeSet getAttributes()

Fetch the attributes associated with this option.
String getLabel()

Fetch the label associated with the option.
String getValue()

Convenient method to return the string associated with the value attribute.
boolean isSelected()

Fetches the selection state associated with this option.
void setLabel​(String label)

Sets the label to be used for the option.
protected void setSelection​(boolean state)

Sets the selected state.
String toString()

String representation is the label.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructors

Option

public Option(AttributeSet attr)

Creates a new Option object.

Parameters:
attr - the attributes associated with the option element. The attributes are copied to ensure they won't change.

Methods

setLabel

public void setLabel(String label)

Sets the label to be used for the option.

Parameters:
label - a label.

getLabel

public String getLabel()

Fetch the label associated with the option.

Returns:
the label associated with the option.

getAttributes

public AttributeSet getAttributes()

Fetch the attributes associated with this option.

Returns:
the attributes associated with this option.

toString

public String toString()

String representation is the label.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
a string representation of the object.

setSelection

protected void setSelection(boolean state)

Sets the selected state.

Parameters:
state - a selection state

isSelected

public boolean isSelected()

Fetches the selection state associated with this option.

Returns:
the selection state.

getValue

public String getValue()

Convenient method to return the string associated with the value attribute. If the value has not been specified, the label will be returned.

Returns:
the string associated with the value attribute, or label if the value has been not specified.

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