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String to JComponent

I'm using BalloonTip in my code, and I need this constructor:

    public TablecellBalloonTip(JTable table, JComponent component, int row, int column, BalloonTipStyle style, Orientation alignment, AttachLocation attachLocation, int horizontalOffset, int verticalOffset, boolean useCloseButton) {
    super(table, component, table.getCellRect(row, column, true), style, alignment, attachLocation, horizontalOffset, verticalOffset, useCloseButton);
    setup(table, row, column);
}

In older versions, second parameter was a String and it worked, but not anymore. I need a String into a JComponent then, but I don't know how to.

Solution

  • This kind of question is easily answered by reading the javadoc and manual of the API (which I was able to find with a simple Google search, although I've never heard of this API before).

    But even without knowing the API, if it now takes a JComponent, it's because it's now able to display any kind of component inside the balloon tip. Since you want to simply render some text, using a JLabel initialized with your string seems like the obvious solution.