SWING - Containers
Containers are 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 adds the capability to add component to itself. Following are noticable points to be considered.
Sub classes of Container are called as Container. For example JPanel, JFrame and JWindow.
Container can add only 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. |