JCheckBox in Java Swing Example

A checkbox component in Swing is similar to checkbox component in AWT. A check box is a control that consists of a combination of a small box and a label. The label provides the description of the box with which it is associated. It is a two-state control having states true (checked) and false (unchecked). The state of a checkbox can be changed by clicking on it. A checkbox is an object of JCheckBox class.

The following table shows some methods of this class:

import javax.swing.*; 
 import java.awt.*; 
 class CheckBoxExample extends JFrame 
 { 
    CheckBoxExample() 
    { 
      setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 
      JLabel lblHobbies = new JLabel("HOBBIES"); 
      JCheckBox chkSports = new JCheckBox("Sports"); 
      JCheckBox chkMusic = new JCheckBox("Music",true); 
      JCheckBox chkReading = new JCheckBox("Reading"); 
      add(lblHobbies); 
      add(chkSports); 
      add(chkMusic); 
      add(chkReading); 
    } 
 } 
   class CheckBoxJavaExample 
  { 
       public static void main(String args[]) 
      { 
              CheckBoxExample frame = new CheckBoxExample(); 
              frame.setTitle("JCheckBox Java Example"); 
              frame.setBounds(200,250,350,100); 
              frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
              frame.setResizable(false); 
              frame.setVisible(true); 
       } 
  }