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Class MenuBar

public  class  java.awt.MenuBar
    extends  java.awt.MenuComponent  
    implements java.awt.MenuContainer  
{
        // Constructors
    public MenuBar();	

        // Methods
    public Menu add(Menu  m);	
    public void addNotify();	
    public int countMenus();	
    public Menu getHelpMenu();	
    public Menu getMenu(int  i);	
    public void remove(int  index);	
    public void remove(MenuComponent  m);	
    public void removeNotify();	
    public void setHelpMenu(Menu  m);	
}

This class that encapsulates the platform's concept of a menu bar bound to a Frame.

In order to attach the menu bar to a frame, the setMenuBar method in class Frame must be called.

This is what a menubar looks like:

Constructors

MenuBar

public MenuBar() 

Creates a new menu bar.

Methods

add

public Menu add(Menu  m) 

Adds the specified menu to this menu bar.

Return Value:

Returns the menu added.

Parameter	Description
m	the menu to be added

addNotify

public void addNotify() 

This method calls the createMenuBar method of this object's toolkit in order to create a MenuBarPeer for this menu bar. This peer allows the application to change the look of a menu barwithout changing its functionality.

Most applications do not call this method directly.

countMenus

public int countMenus() 

Return Value:

Returns the number of menus on this menu bar.

getHelpMenu

public Menu getHelpMenu() 

Return Value:

Returns the help menu on this menu bar.

getMenu

public Menu getMenu(int  i) 

Return Value:

Returns the menu at the specified index of this menu bar.

Parameter	Description
i	the position of the menu to be returned

remove

public void remove(int  index) 

Removes the menu located at the specified index from this menu bar.

Parameter	Description
index	the position of the menu to be removed

remove

public void remove(MenuComponent  m) 

Removes the specified menu component from this menu bar.

Parameter	Description
m	the menu component to be removed

removeNotify

public void removeNotify() 

Notifies this menu bar to destroy its peer.

This menu bar also notifies each of its menus to destroy their peers.

Overrides:

removeNotify in class MenuComponent .

setHelpMenu

public void setHelpMenu(Menu  m) 

Sets the help menu on this menu bar to be the specified menu.

Parameter	Description
m	the help menu