SWING - Containers

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Containers are an integral part of SWING GUI components. A container provides a space where a component can be located. A Container in AWT is a component itself and it provides the capability to add a component to itself. Following are certain noticable points to be considered.

  • Sub classes of Container are called as Container. For example, JPanel, JFrame and JWindow.

  • Container can add only a Component to itself.

  • A default layout is present in each container which can be overridden using setLayout method.

SWING Containers

Following is the list of commonly used containers while designed GUI using SWING.

Sr.No. Container & Description
1 Panel

JPanel is the simplest container. It provides space in which any other component can be placed, including other panels.
2 Frame

A JFrame is a top-level window with a title and a border.
3 Window

A JWindow object is a top-level window with no borders and no menubar.
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