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18.7 java.awt.Button (JDK 1.0)

This class represents a GUI pushbutton that displays a specified textual label. Use setActionCommand() to specify an identifying string that is included in the ActionEvent events generated by the button.

public class Button extends Component {
    // Public Constructors
            public Button();
            public Button(String label);
    // Public Instance Methods
        1.1 public synchronized void addActionListener(ActionListener l);
            public void addNotify();  // Overrides Component
        1.1 public String getActionCommand();
            public String getLabel();
        1.1 public synchronized void removeActionListener(ActionListener l);
        1.1 public void setActionCommand(String command);
         public synchronized void setLabel(String label);
    // Protected Instance Methods
            protected String paramString();  // Overrides Component
        1.1 protected void processActionEvent(ActionEvent e);
        1.1 protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e);  // Overrides Component
}

Hierarchy:

Object->Component(ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable)->Button

Passed To:

Toolkit.createButton()


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