Uses of Class java.awt.MenuItem (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2015-05-24

## Uses of Class
java.awt.MenuItem

- Packages that use MenuItem
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.

- - ### Uses of MenuItem in java.awt

    Subclasses of MenuItem in java.awt
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `CheckboxMenuItem` This class represents a check box that can be included in a menu.
    `class` | `Menu` A `Menu` object is a pull-down menu component that is deployed from a menu bar.
    `class` | `PopupMenu` A class that implements a menu which can be dynamically popped up at a specified position within a component.

    Methods in java.awt that return MenuItem
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `MenuItem` | Menu.`add(MenuItem mi)` Adds the specified menu item to this menu.
    `MenuItem` | Menu.`getItem(int index)` Gets the item located at the specified index of this menu.
    `MenuItem` | MenuBar.`getShortcutMenuItem(MenuShortcut s)` Gets the instance of `MenuItem` associated with the specified `MenuShortcut` object, or `null` if none of the menu items being managed by this menu bar is associated with the specified menu shortcut.

    Methods in java.awt with parameters of type MenuItem
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `MenuItem` | Menu.`add(MenuItem mi)` Adds the specified menu item to this menu.
    `protected abstract java.awt.peer.MenuItemPeer` | Toolkit.`createMenuItem(MenuItem target)` Creates this toolkit's implementation of `MenuItem` using the specified peer interface.
    `void` | Menu.`insert(MenuItem menuitem, int index)` Inserts a menu item into this menu at the specified position.

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