JLabel Example

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class SwingControlDemo {
   private JFrame mainFrame;
   private JLabel headerLabel;
   private JLabel statusLabel;
   private JPanel controlPanel;

   public SwingControlDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }
   public static void main(String[] args){
      SwingControlDemo  swingControlDemo = new SwingControlDemo();     
      swingControlDemo.showLabelDemo();
   }
   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new JFrame("Java Swing Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
     
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }       
      });   
      headerLabel = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);       
      statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);   
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);
      controlPanel = new JPanel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true); 
   }
   private void showLabelDemo(){
      headerLabel.setText("Control in action: JLabel");     
      JLabel label  = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);       
      label.setText("Welcome to Java Program Codes.");
      label.setOpaque(true);
      label.setBackground(Color.GRAY);
      label.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
      controlPanel.add(label);
     
      mainFrame.setVisible(true); 
   }
}