private void buildMenu(){
  setVisible(false);
  removeAll();
  if (recentSearches.getLength() == 0) {
    JMenuItem noRecent=new JMenuItem(UIManager.getString("SearchField.noRecentsText"));
    noRecent.setEnabled(false);
    add(noRecent);
  }
 else {
    JMenuItem recent=new JMenuItem(UIManager.getString("SearchField.recentsMenuTitle"));
    recent.setEnabled(false);
    add(recent);
    for (    String searchString : recentSearches.getRecentSearches()) {
      JMenuItem mi=new JMenuItem(searchString);
      mi.addActionListener(this);
      add(mi);
    }
    addSeparator();
    clear=new JMenuItem(UIManager.getString("SearchField.clearRecentsText"));
    clear.addActionListener(this);
    add(clear);
  }
}

private void buildMenu ( ) { setVisible ( false ) ; removeAll ( ) ; if ( recentSearches . getLength ( ) == 0 ) { JMenuItem noRecent = new JMenuItem ( UIManager . getString ( "SearchField.noRecentsText" ) ) ; noRecent . setEnabled ( false ) ; add ( noRecent ) ; } else { JMenuItem recent = new JMenuItem ( UIManager . getString ( "SearchField.recentsMenuTitle" ) ) ; recent . setEnabled ( false ) ; add ( recent ) ; for ( String searchString : recentSearches . getRecentSearches ( ) ) { JMenuItem mi = new JMenuItem ( searchString ) ; mi . addActionListener ( this ) ; add ( mi ) ; } addSeparator ( ) ; clear = new JMenuItem ( UIManager . getString ( "SearchField.clearRecentsText" ) ) ; clear . addActionListener ( this ) ; add ( clear ) ; } }
rebuilds the menu according to the recent searches .
