MetalCheckBoxIcon (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalCheckBoxIcon class
Date: 2026-04-24

javax.swing.plaf.metal

## Class MetalCheckBoxIcon

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalCheckBoxIcon

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Icon, UIResource

      public class MetalCheckBoxIcon
      extends Object
      implements Icon, UIResource, Serializable

  CheckboxIcon implementation for OrganicCheckBoxUI

  Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the `java.beans` package. Please see `XMLEncoder`.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `MetalCheckBoxIcon()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected void` | `drawCheck(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)`
    `protected int` | `getControlSize()`
    `int` | `getIconHeight()` Returns the icon's height.
    `int` | `getIconWidth()` Returns the icon's width.
    `void` | `paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)` Draw the icon at the specified location.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### MetalCheckBoxIcon

          public MetalCheckBoxIcon()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getControlSize

          protected int getControlSize()

    - #### paintIcon

          public void paintIcon(Component c,
                                Graphics g,
                                int x,
                                int y)

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Draw the icon at the specified location. Icon implementations may use the Component argument to get properties useful for painting, e.g. the foreground or background color.
      Specified by:
        `paintIcon` in interface `Icon`

    - #### drawCheck

          protected void drawCheck(Component c,
                                   Graphics g,
                                   int x,
                                   int y)

    - #### getIconWidth

          public int getIconWidth()

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Returns the icon's width.
      Specified by:
        `getIconWidth` in interface `Icon`
      Returns:
        an int specifying the fixed width of the icon.

    - #### getIconHeight

          public int getIconHeight()

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Returns the icon's height.
      Specified by:
        `getIconHeight` in interface `Icon`
      Returns:
        an int specifying the fixed height of the icon.

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