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| Chapter 23 java.awt.peer Reference |

# MenuItemPeer

## Name

MenuItemPeer

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## Description

`MenuBarPeer` is an interface that defines the basis for menu bars.

## Interface Definition

    public abstract interface java.awt.peer.MenuItemPeer
       extends java.awt.peer.MenuComponentPeer {
      // Interface Methods
      public abstract void disable();
      public abstract void enable();
      public abstract void setEnabled (boolean b);
      public abstract void setLabel (String label);
    }

## Interface Methods

### disable

#### public abstract void disable()

Description

  Disables the menu item's peer so that it is unresponsive to user interactions. Replaced by `setEnabled(false)`.

### enable

#### public abstract void enable()

Description

  Enables the menu item's peer so that it is responsive to user interactions. Replaced by `setEnabled(true)`.

### setEnabled

#### public abstract void setEnabled (boolean b)

Parameters

  b

    `true` to enable the peer; `false` to disable it.

Description

  Enables or disables the menu item's peer.

### setLabel

#### public abstract void setLabel (String label)

Parameters

  label

    New text to appear on the menu item's peer.

Description

  Changes the label of the menu item's peer.

## See Also

`CheckboxMenuItemPeer`, `MenuComponentPeer`, `MenuPeer`, `String`

MenuComponentPeer |  | MenuPeer