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| From | Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Object message? |
| Date | Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:46:15 +0200 |
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On 09/10/2012 11:11, Roedy Green allegedly wrote: > On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 12:52:56 -0700 (PDT), bob smith > <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone > who said : > >> Can someone tell me why "message" is an Object here in javax.swing.JOptionP= >> ane? >> >> Why isn't it a String? > > In general Object can let you pass any sort of information to > yourself, not just a string. It can be formatted data. The > disadvantage is you must cast it to a String. Not quite, Roedy. Among other things, it can be any JComponent. And that's extremely useful. -- DF.
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Object message? bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-08 12:52 -0700
Re: Object message? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-08 15:58 -0400
Re: Object message? Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-10-08 13:00 -0700
Re: Object message? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-08 16:13 -0400
Re: Object message? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-09 02:11 -0700
Re: Object message? Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-09 23:46 +0200
Re: Object message? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 16:01 -0700
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