Summary of Classes and Interfaces - Absolute Java - page 1172

JTextArea
S e e JTextComponent .
JTextComponent
Package: javax.swing.text
The classes JTextField and JTextArea are in the package javax.swing .
All these methods are inherited by the classes JTextField and JTextArea .
Ancestor classes:
Object
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+--Component
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+--Container
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+--JComponent
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+--JTextComponent
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+--JTextField +--JTextArea
public String getText()
Returns the text that is displayed by this text component.
public boolean isEditable()
Returns true if the user can write in this text component. Returns false if the user is not
allowed to write in this text component.
public void setBackground(Color theColor)
Sets the background color of this text component.
public void setEditable( boolean argument)
If argument is true , then the user is allowed to write in the text component. If argument is
false , then the user is not allowed to write in the text component.
public void setText(String text)
Sets the text that is displayed by this text component to be the specifi ed text .
JTextField
See JTextComponent .