AWT Check Box

Check box is basically used for maintaining checklist purpose checkbox is an interactive component which contains a square symbol and a label.

Creating a checkbox is nothing but creating an object of checkbox class

Check Box API:

Constructors:

 checkbox ();
checkbox (String);
checkbox (String, boolean);

Instance methods:

public void setLabel (String); 
public String getLabel (); 
public void setState (boolean); 
public boolean getState ();
public void addItemListener (ItemListener);
public void removeItemListener (ItemListener);

Write a java program which illustrates the concept of Checkbox?

Answer:

import java.applet.Applet; 
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
/*<applet code="CheckboxApp" height=200 width=200>
</applet>*/
public class CheckboxApp extends Applet
{
    Checkbox cb; 
    Label l,l1;
    public void init ()
    {
        cb1=new Checkbox ("Java"); 
        l=new Label ("Course: "); 
        l1=new Label ();
        add (cb);
        add (l);
        add (l1);
    }
    public void Start ()
    {
        cb1.addItemListener (new itl ());
    }
    class itl implements ItemListener
    {
        public void itemStateChanged (ItemEvent ie)
        {
            Object obj=ie.getItemSelectable (); 
            Checkbox cb1= (Checkbox) obj;
            if (cb1.getState ())
            {
                 l1.setText ("U HAVE SELECTED "+cb1.getLabel ());

            }
            else
            {
                l1.setText ("U HAVE SELECTED NONE");
            }
        }
    }
};