Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Storybook: Scene-based software for novelists and authors. Copyright (C) 2008 - 2012 Martin Mustun This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Container; public class Main { public static Component findComponentByName(Component rootComponent, String name) { if (rootComponent.getName() != null) if (rootComponent.getName().equals(name)) return rootComponent; if (rootComponent instanceof Container) { Component[] components = ((Container) rootComponent).getComponents(); for (int i = 0; i < components.length; ++i) { Component comp = findComponentByName(components[i], name); if (comp != null) return comp; } } return null; } }