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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.
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Sub classes of Container are called as Container. For example, JPanel, JFrame and JWindow.
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Container can add only a Component to itself.
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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 |
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| 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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