//custom menu bar
public class MyMenuBar extends JMenuBar
{
	...
}
 
//custom generic menu. all
//look-and-feel is set
//here i.e. fonts etc
public class MyMenu extends JMenu
{
	...
}
 
//the file menu
public class FileMenu extends MyMenu
{
	...
}
 
//custom generic menu item. all
//look-and-feel is set here.
//i.e. fonts, tearable etc
public class MyMenuItem extends JMenuItem
{
	...
}
 
//the "new file" menu item
public class FileMenuNewMenuItem extends MyMenuItem
{
	...
}

//MyMenuBar is composed of menus
public class MyMenuBar extends JMenuBar
{
	//members
	private FileMenu fileMenu;
 
	//default constructor
	public MyMenuBar()
	{
		//create file menu
		fileMenu = new FileMenu();
		//add file menu to menu bar
		this.add(fileMenu);
	}
}
 
//File menu is composed of menu items
public class FileMenu extends MyMenu
{
	//members
	private FileMenuNewMenuItem newItem;
 
	//default constructor
	public FileMenu()
	{
		//set text and mnemonic
		super("File",'F');
		//create new file menu item
		newItem = new FileMenuNewItem();
		//add to menu
		this.add(newItem);
	}
}