JCheckBoxMenuItem(Icon icon) constructor from JCheckBoxMenuItem has the following syntax.
public JCheckBoxMenuItem(Icon icon)
In the following code shows how to use JCheckBoxMenuItem.JCheckBoxMenuItem(Icon icon) constructor.
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; //from ww w. j a va 2 s .c om import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; public class Main { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuSample Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); // File Menu, F - Mnemonic JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File"); fileMenu.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F); menuBar.add(fileMenu); // File->New, N - Mnemonic JMenuItem newMenuItem = new JMenuItem("New", KeyEvent.VK_N); fileMenu.add(newMenuItem); JCheckBoxMenuItem caseMenuItem = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(new MyIcon(Color.RED)); caseMenuItem.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C); fileMenu.add(caseMenuItem); frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar); frame.setSize(350, 250); frame.setVisible(true); } } class MyIcon implements Icon { Color cl; public MyIcon(Color c) { cl = c; } public int getIconWidth() { return 32; } public int getIconHeight() { return 32; } public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) { g.setColor(cl); g.drawString("java2s.com", 0, 20); } }