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Containers

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

  • Sub classes of Container are called as Containter. For example Panel, Frame and Window.
  • Container can add only Component to itself.
  • A default layout is present in each container which can be overridden using setLayout method.
Sr. No.Container & Description
1Container
It is a generic container object which can contain other AWT components.

AWT UI Elements:

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

Sr. No.Container & Description
1Panel
The panel is the simplest container. It provides space in which any other component can be placed, including other panels.
2Frame
A-Frame is a top-level window with a title and a border
3Window
A Window object is a top-level window with no borders and no menubar.

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