I finally found code that creates the check lists, here it is.

java Code:
  1. package checklistexample2;
  2.  
  3. /*
  4.  * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
  5.  * and open the template in the editor.
  6.  */
  7.  
  8. /** Example from [url]http://www.crionics.com/products/opensource/faq/swing_ex/SwingExamples.html[/url]
  9.  
  10. //File:CheckListExample2.java
  11. /* (swing1.1.1beta2) */
  12.  
  13.  
  14. import java.awt.BorderLayout;
  15. import java.awt.Component;
  16. import java.awt.GridLayout;
  17. import java.awt.Rectangle;
  18. import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
  19. import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
  20. import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
  21. import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
  22. import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
  23. import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
  24.  
  25. import javax.swing.JButton;
  26. import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
  27. import javax.swing.JFrame;
  28. import javax.swing.JList;
  29. import javax.swing.JPanel;
  30. import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
  31. import javax.swing.JTextArea;
  32. import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;
  33. import javax.swing.ListModel;
  34. import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
  35. import javax.swing.UIManager;
  36. import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
  37.  
  38. /**
  39.  * @version 1.0 04/26/99
  40.  */
  41. public class CheckListExample2 extends JFrame {
  42.  
  43.   public CheckListExample2() {
  44.     super("CheckList Example");
  45.     String[] strs = { "swing", "home", "basic", "metal", "JList" };
  46.  
  47.     final JList list = new JList(createData(strs));
  48.  
  49.     list.setCellRenderer(new CheckListRenderer());
  50.     list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
  51.     list.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 4, 0, 0));
  52.     list.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
  53.       public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
  54.         int index = list.locationToIndex(e.getPoint());
  55.         CheckableItem item = (CheckableItem) list.getModel()
  56.             .getElementAt(index);
  57.         item.setSelected(!item.isSelected());
  58.         Rectangle rect = list.getCellBounds(index, index);
  59.         list.repaint(rect);
  60.       }
  61.     });
  62.     JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(list);
  63.  
  64.     final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(3, 10);
  65.     JScrollPane textPanel = new JScrollPane(textArea);
  66.     JButton printButton = new JButton("print");
  67.     printButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
  68.       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
  69.         ListModel model = list.getModel();
  70.         int n = model.getSize();
  71.         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  72.           CheckableItem item = (CheckableItem) model.getElementAt(i);
  73.           if (item.isSelected()) {
  74.             textArea.append(item.toString());
  75.             textArea.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
  76.           }
  77.         }
  78.       }
  79.     });
  80.     JButton clearButton = new JButton("clear");
  81.     clearButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
  82.       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
  83.         textArea.setText("");
  84.       }
  85.     });
  86.     JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2, 1));
  87.     panel.add(printButton);
  88.     panel.add(clearButton);
  89.  
  90.     getContentPane().add(sp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
  91.     getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.EAST);
  92.     getContentPane().add(textPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
  93.   }
  94.  
  95.   private CheckableItem[] createData(String[] strs) {
  96.     int n = strs.length;
  97.     CheckableItem[] items = new CheckableItem[n];
  98.     for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  99.       items[i] = new CheckableItem(strs[i]);
  100.     }
  101.     return items;
  102.   }
  103.  
  104.   class CheckableItem {
  105.     private String str;
  106.  
  107.     private boolean isSelected;
  108.  
  109.     public CheckableItem(String str) {
  110.       this.str = str;
  111.       isSelected = false;
  112.     }
  113.  
  114.     public void setSelected(boolean b) {
  115.       isSelected = b;
  116.     }
  117.  
  118.     public boolean isSelected() {
  119.       return isSelected;
  120.     }
  121.  
  122.     public String toString() {
  123.       return str;
  124.     }
  125.   }
  126.  
  127.   class CheckListRenderer extends JCheckBox implements ListCellRenderer {
  128.  
  129.     public CheckListRenderer() {
  130.       setBackground(UIManager.getColor("List.textBackground"));
  131.       setForeground(UIManager.getColor("List.textForeground"));
  132.     }
  133.  
  134.     public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
  135.         int index, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus) {
  136.       setEnabled(list.isEnabled());
  137.       setSelected(((CheckableItem) value).isSelected());
  138.       setFont(list.getFont());
  139.       setText(value.toString());
  140.       return this;
  141.     }
  142.   }
  143.  
  144.   public static void main(String args[]) {
  145.     try {
  146.         UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
  147.     } catch (Exception evt) {}
  148.  
  149.     CheckListExample2 frame = new CheckListExample2();
  150.     frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
  151.       public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
  152.         System.exit(0);
  153.       }
  154.     });
  155.     frame.setSize(300, 200);
  156.     frame.setVisible(true);
  157.   }
  158. }