Chapter 13. Item Selectables: Checkboxes, Choices, and Lists

- The java.awt.ItemSelectable Interface

- java.awt.Checkbox

- Non-Mutually Exclusive Groups of Checkboxes

- Mutually Exclusive Groups of Checkboxes

We've grouped checkboxes, choices, and lists together because they are the only AWT components that implement the ItemSelectable interface.[1] Before we discuss each of the three components in detail, we'll briefly discuss the ItemSelectable interface.

[1] CheckboxMenuItem also implements the ItemSelectable interface but is not a component. See “Checkbox Menu Items”.

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