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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.