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public  class  java.awt.Label
    extends  java.awt.Component  (II-§1.10)
{
        // Fields
    public final static int CENTER;	§1.26.1
    public final static int LEFT;	§1.26.2
    public final static int RIGHT;	§1.26.3

        // Constructors
    public Label();	§1.26.4
    public Label(String  label);	§1.26.5
    public Label(String  label, int  alignment);	§1.26.6

        // Methods
    public void addNotify();	§1.26.7
    public int getAlignment();	§1.26.8
    public String getText();	§1.26.9
    protected String paramString();	§1.26.10
    public void setAlignment(int  alignment);	§1.26.11
    public void setText(String  label);	§1.26.12
}

For example, the code:

setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,10,10));
add(new Label("Hi There!"));
add(new Label("Another Label"));

produces the following:

Indicates that the label should be centered.

Indicates that the label should be left justified.

Indicates that the label should be right justified.

Constructs an empty label with whose text is left justified.

Constructs a new label with the specified string of text left justified.

Parameters:

label - the text that makes up the label

Constructs a new label with the specified string of text and the specified alignment.

The alignment value must be one of Label.LEFT, Label.RIGHT, or Label.CENTER.

Parameters:

label - the string that makes up the label

alignment - the alignment value

This method calls the createLabel method (II-§1.41.12) of this object's toolkit (II-§1.10.20) in order to create a LabelPeer (II-§3.11) for this label. This peer allows the application to change the look of a label without changing its functionality.

Most applications do not call this method directly.

Overrides:

addNotify in class Component (II-§1.10.2).

Returns:

the current alignment of this label.

See Also:

setAlignment (II-§1.26.11).

Returns:

the text of this label.

See Also:

setText (II-§1.26.12).

Returns the parameter string representing the state of this label. This string is useful for debugging.

Returns:

the parameter string of this label.

Overrides:

paramString in class Component (II-§1.10.51).

Sets the alignment for this label to the specified alignment.

Parameters:

alignment - the alignment value

Throws

IllegalArgumentException (I-§1.32)

If an improper alignment was given.

See Also:

getAlignment (II-§1.26.8).

Sets the text for this label to the specified text.

Parameters:

label - the text that makes up the label

See Also:

getText (II-§1.26.9).

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