Java JMenuItem replaceMenuItem( @Nonnull JMenuItem orginalMenuItem, @Nonnull JMenuItem replacementMenuItem)

Description

replace a menu item in its parent with another menu item

(at the same position in the parent menu)

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
orginalMenuItem	the original menu item to be replaced
replacementMenuItem	the menu item to replace it with

Return

true if the original menu item was found and replaced

Declaration

public static boolean replaceMenuItem(
        @Nonnull JMenuItem orginalMenuItem,
        @Nonnull JMenuItem replacementMenuItem) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.awt.Container;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import javax.swing.JMenuItem;

public class Main {
    /**/* ww  w  .j  a va  2  s  . c o m*/
     * replace a menu item in its parent with another menu item
     * <p>
     * (at the same position in the parent menu)
     *
     * @param orginalMenuItem     the original menu item to be replaced
     * @param replacementMenuItem the menu item to replace it with
     * @return true if the original menu item was found and replaced
     */
    public static boolean replaceMenuItem(
            @Nonnull JMenuItem orginalMenuItem,
            @Nonnull JMenuItem replacementMenuItem) {
        boolean result = false; // assume failure (pessimist!)
        Container container = orginalMenuItem.getParent();
        if (container != null) {
            int index = container.getComponentZOrder(orginalMenuItem);
            if (index > -1) {
                container.remove(orginalMenuItem);
                container.add(replacementMenuItem, index);
                result = true;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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