IconUIResource (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.swing.plaf.IconUIResource class
Date: 2026-06-25

javax.swing.plaf

## Class IconUIResource

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.swing.plaf.IconUIResource

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Icon, UIResource

      public class IconUIResource
      extends Object
      implements Icon, UIResource, Serializable

  An Icon wrapper class which implements UIResource. UI classes which set icon properties should use this class to wrap any icons specified as defaults. This class delegates all method invocations to the Icon "delegate" object specified at construction.

  Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the `java.beans` package. Please see `XMLEncoder`.

  See Also:
    `UIResource`

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `IconUIResource(Icon delegate)` Creates a UIResource icon object which wraps an existing Icon instance.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `int` | `getIconHeight()` Returns the icon's height.
    `int` | `getIconWidth()` Returns the icon's width.
    `void` | `paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)` Draw the icon at the specified location.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### IconUIResource

          public IconUIResource(Icon delegate)

      Creates a UIResource icon object which wraps an existing Icon instance.
      Parameters:
        `delegate` - the icon being wrapped

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### paintIcon

          public void paintIcon(Component c,
                                Graphics g,
                                int x,
                                int y)

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Draw the icon at the specified location. Icon implementations may use the Component argument to get properties useful for painting, e.g. the foreground or background color.
      Specified by:
        `paintIcon` in interface `Icon`

    - #### getIconWidth

          public int getIconWidth()

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Returns the icon's width.
      Specified by:
        `getIconWidth` in interface `Icon`
      Returns:
        an int specifying the fixed width of the icon.

    - #### getIconHeight

          public int getIconHeight()

      Description copied from interface: `Icon`
      Returns the icon's height.
      Specified by:
        `getIconHeight` in interface `Icon`
      Returns:
        an int specifying the fixed height of the icon.

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