JPanel parentPanel = (JPanel) myComponent.getParent(); parentPanel.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
Container parentContainer = myComponent.getParent(); if (parentContainer instanceof JFrame) { ((JFrame) parentContainer).setTitle("My Title"); }This code gets the parent container of the JComponent and checks if it is an instance of a JFrame. If it is, it sets the JFrame's title to "My Title". These examples belong to the javax.swing package library.