ButtonModel.isEnabled() has the following syntax.
boolean isEnabled()
In the following code shows how to use ButtonModel.isEnabled() method.
import java.awt.BorderLayout; /* w w w . j a v a2s. c o m*/ import javax.swing.JCheckBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class Main { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting CheckBox"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox("Hi"); checkBox.getModel().setEnabled(false); System.out.println(checkBox.getModel().isEnabled()); frame.add(checkBox, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.setSize(300, 100); frame.setVisible(true); } }