LABELS

The easiest control to use is a label. A label is an object of type Label, and it contains a
string, which it displays. Labels are passive controls that do not support any interaction
with the user. Label defines the following constructors:
Label( )
Label(String str)
Label(String str, int how)
The first version creates a blank label. The second version creates a label that contains
the string specified by str. This string is left-justified. The third version creates a label that
contains the string specified by str using the alignment specified by how. The value of how
must be one of these three constants: Label.LEFT, Label.RIGHT, or Label.CENTER.

You can set or change the text in a label by using the setText( ) method. You can
obtain the current label by calling getText( ). These methods are shown here:
void setText(String str)
String getText( )
For setText( ), str specifies the new label. For getText( ), the current label is returned.
You can set the alignment of the string within the label by calling setAlignment( ).
To obtain the current alignment, call getAlignment( ). The methods are as follows:
void setAlignment(int how)
int getAlignment( )
Here, how must be one of the alignment constants shown earlier.
The following example creates three labels and adds them to an applet:
// Demonstrate Labels
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*


*/
public class LabelDemo extends Applet {
public void init() {
Label one = new Label("One");
Label two = new Label("Two");
Label three = new Label("Three");
// add labels to applet window
add(one);
add(two);
add(three);
}
}