Java Glossary : JComponent

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JComponent

name of a class that contains methods common to all Swing components such as paintImmediately and paintComponent. The AWT equivalent is called Component.

JComponent has a surprising ancestry. It inherits not from Component, but from Container, which in turn inherits from Component.

documentation on JComponent : available:

on the web at java.Sun.com
on J: in the JDK 1.4.2_04: J:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\docs\api\javax\swing\JComponent.html
on J: in the JDK 1.5 beta: J:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.5.0\docs\api\javax\swing\JComponent.html

AWT ¤ Component ¤ Container ¤ Swing

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