Chapter 20. The java.awt.peer Package

The interfaces in the java.awt.peer package define the native GUI capabilities that are required by the heavyweight AWT components of the java.awt package. Application-level code never needs to use this package. Because the package is rarely used and because the interfaces of this package closely mirror the component classes of java.awt, no descriptions are provided for the individual interfaces listed here. Figure 20-1 shows the class hierarchy of this package.

Figure 20-1. The java.awt.peer package

ButtonPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ButtonPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setLabel (String label);
}

CanvasPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface CanvasPeer extends ComponentPeer {
}

CheckboxMenuItemPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface CheckboxMenuItemPeer extends MenuItemPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setState (boolean t);
}

CheckboxPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface CheckboxPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setCheckboxGroup (CheckboxGroup g);
	public abstract void setLabel (String label);
	public abstract void setState (boolean state);
}

ChoicePeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ChoicePeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
1.1	public abstract void add (String item, int index);
	public abstract void addItem (String item, int index);
1.1	public abstract void remove (int index);
	public abstract void select (int index);
}

ComponentPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ComponentPeer {
//	Property Accessor Methods (by property name)
	public abstract java.awt.image.ColorModel getColorModel ();
1.1	public abstract boolean isFocusTraversable ();
	public abstract Graphics getGraphics ();
1.1	public abstract Point getLocationOnScreen ();
1.1	public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize ();
1.1	public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize ();
	public abstract Toolkit getToolkit ();
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract int checkImage (Image img, int w, int h, java.awt.image.ImageObserver o);
	public abstract Image createImage (java.awt.image.ImageProducer producer);
	public abstract Image createImage (int width, int height);
	public abstract void disable ();
	public abstract void dispose ();
	public abstract void enable ();
	public abstract FontMetrics getFontMetrics (Font font);
1.1	public abstract void handleEvent (AWTEvent e);
	public abstract void hide ();
	public abstract Dimension minimumSize ();
	public abstract void paint (Graphics g);
	public abstract Dimension preferredSize ();
	public abstract boolean prepareImage (Image img, int w, int h, java.awt.image.ImageObserver o);
	public abstract void print (Graphics g);
	public abstract void repaint (long tm, int x, int y, int width, int height);
	public abstract void requestFocus ();
	public abstract void reshape (int x, int y, int width, int height);
	public abstract void setBackground (Color c);
1.1	public abstract void setBounds (int x, int y, int width, int height);
1.1	public abstract void setCursor (Cursor cursor);
1.1	public abstract void setEnabled (boolean b);
	public abstract void setFont (Font f);
	public abstract void setForeground (Color c);
1.1	public abstract void setVisible (boolean b);
	public abstract void show ();
}

ContainerPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ContainerPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
1.1	public abstract void beginValidate ();
1.1	public abstract void endValidate ();
1.1	public abstract Insets getInsets ();
	public abstract Insets insets ();
}

DialogPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface DialogPeer extends WindowPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setResizable (boolean resizeable);
	public abstract void setTitle (String title);
}

FileDialogPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface FileDialogPeer extends DialogPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setDirectory (String dir);
	public abstract void setFile (String file);
	public abstract void setFilenameFilter (java.io.FilenameFilter filter);
}

FontPeer

Java 1.1

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface FontPeer {
}

FramePeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface FramePeer extends WindowPeer {
//	Property Accessor Methods (by property name)
1.2	public abstract int getState ();
1.2	public abstract void setState (int state);
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setIconImage (Image im);
	public abstract void setMenuBar (MenuBar mb);
	public abstract void setResizable (boolean resizeable);
	public abstract void setTitle (String title);
}

LabelPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface LabelPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setAlignment (int alignment);
	public abstract void setText (String label);
}

LightweightPeer

Java 1.1

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface LightweightPeer extends ComponentPeer {
}

ListPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ListPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
1.1	public abstract void add (String item, int index);
	public abstract void addItem (String item, int index);
	public abstract void clear ();
	public abstract void delItems (int start, int end);
	public abstract void deselect (int index);
1.1	public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize (int rows);
1.1	public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize (int rows);
	public abstract int[ ] getSelectedIndexes ();
	public abstract void makeVisible (int index);
	public abstract Dimension minimumSize (int v);
	public abstract Dimension preferredSize (int v);
1.1	public abstract void removeAll ();
	public abstract void select (int index);
1.1	public abstract void setMultipleMode (boolean b);
	public abstract void setMultipleSelections (boolean v);
}

MenuBarPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface MenuBarPeer extends MenuComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void addHelpMenu (Menu m);
	public abstract void addMenu (Menu m);
	public abstract void delMenu (int index);
}

MenuComponentPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface MenuComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void dispose ();
}

MenuItemPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface MenuItemPeer extends MenuComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void disable ();
	public abstract void enable ();
1.1	public abstract void setEnabled (boolean b);
	public abstract void setLabel (String label);
}

MenuPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface MenuPeer extends MenuItemPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void addItem (MenuItem item);
	public abstract void addSeparator ();
	public abstract void delItem (int index);
}

PanelPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface PanelPeer extends ContainerPeer {
}

PopupMenuPeer

Java 1.1

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface PopupMenuPeer extends MenuPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void show (Event e);
}

ScrollbarPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ScrollbarPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void setLineIncrement (int l);
	public abstract void setPageIncrement (int l);
	public abstract void setValues (int value, int visible, int minimum, int maximum);
}

ScrollPanePeer

Java 1.1

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface ScrollPanePeer extends ContainerPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void childResized (int w, int h);
	public abstract int getHScrollbarHeight ();
	public abstract int getVScrollbarWidth ();
	public abstract void setScrollPosition (int x, int y);
	public abstract void setUnitIncrement (Adjustable adj, int u);
	public abstract void setValue (Adjustable adj, int v);
}

TextAreaPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface TextAreaPeer extends TextComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
1.1	public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize (int rows, int columns);
1.1	public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize (int rows, int columns);
1.1	public abstract void insert (String text, int pos);
	public abstract void insertText (String txt, int pos);
	public abstract Dimension minimumSize (int rows, int cols);
	public abstract Dimension preferredSize (int rows, int cols);
1.1	public abstract void replaceRange (String text, int start, int end);
	public abstract void replaceText (String txt, int start, int end);
}

TextComponentPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface TextComponentPeer extends ComponentPeer {
//	Property Accessor Methods (by property name)
1.1	public abstract int getCaretPosition ();
1.1	public abstract void setCaretPosition (int pos);
	public abstract int getSelectionEnd ();
	public abstract int getSelectionStart ();
	public abstract String getText ();
	public abstract void setText (String l);
//	Public Instance Methods
	public abstract void select (int selStart, int selEnd);
	public abstract void setEditable (boolean editable);
}

TextFieldPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface TextFieldPeer extends TextComponentPeer {
//	Public Instance Methods
1.1	public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize (int columns);
1.1	public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize (int columns);
	public abstract Dimension minimumSize (int cols);
	public abstract Dimension preferredSize (int cols);
1.1	public abstract void setEchoChar (char echoChar);
	public abstract void setEchoCharacter (char c);
}

WindowPeer

Java 1.0

java.awt.peer

PJ1.1

public abstract interface WindowPeer extends ContainerPeer {
//	Public Constants
1.2	public static final int CONSUME_EVENT ;	=1
1.2	public static final int FOCUS_NEXT ;	=2
1.2	public static final int FOCUS_PREVIOUS ;	=3
1.2	public static final int IGNORE_EVENT ;	=0
//	Public Instance Methods
1.2	public abstract int handleFocusTraversalEvent (java.awt.event.KeyEvent e);
	public abstract void toBack ();
	public abstract void toFront ();
}