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java.awt.Container

Packages that use Container

com.sun.java.swing	Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java
com.sun.java.swing.event	Provides for events fired by Swing components.
com.sun.java.swing.table	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with java.awt.swing.
com.sun.java.swing.text	Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
com.sun.java.swing.tree	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with java.awt.swing.
java.applet	Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context.
java.awt	Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.awt.event	Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
java.beans.beancontext	Provides classes and interfaces relating to bean context.

Uses of Container in com.sun.java.swing

Subclasses of Container in com.sun.java.swing

	AbstractButton Defines the common behaviors for the JButton, JToggleButton, JCheckbox, and the JRadioButton classes.
	Box A lightweight container that uses a BoxLayout object as its layout manager.
	CellRendererPane This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them.
	DefaultListCellRenderer Renders an item in a list.
static	DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource A subclass of DefaultListCellRenderer that implements UIResource.
	JApplet An extended version of java.applet.
	JButton An implementation of a "push" button.
	JCheckBox An implementation of a CheckBox -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
	JCheckBoxMenuItem A menu item that can be selected or deselected.
	JColorChooser JColorChooser provides a pane of controls designed to allow a user to manipulate and select a color.
	JComboBox Swing's implementation of a ComboBox -- a combination of a text field and drop-down list that lets the user either type in a value or select it from a list that is displayed when the user asks for it.
	JComponent The base class for the Swing components.
	JDesktopPane A container used to create a multiple-document interface or a virtual desktop.
	JDialog The main class for creating a dialog window.
	JEditorPane A text pane to edit various kinds of content, such as html and rtf.
	JFileChooser JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to chooser a file.
	JFrame An extended version of java.awt.
	JInternalFrame A lightweight object that provides many of the features of a native frame, including dragging, closing, becoming an icon, resizing, title display, and support for a menu bar.
static	JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon This component represents an iconified version of a JInternalFrame.
	JLabel A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
	JLayeredPane JLayeredPane adds depth to a JFC/Swing container, allowing components to overlap each other when needed.
	JList A component that allows the user to select one or more objects from a list.
	JMenu An implementation of a menu -- a popup window containing JMenuItems that is displayed when the user selects an item on the JMenuBar.
	JMenuBar An implementation of a MenuBar.
	JMenuItem An implementation of a MenuItem.
	JOptionPane JOptionPane makes it easy to pop up a standard dialog box that prompts users for a value or informs them of something.
	JPanel JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
	JPasswordField JPasswordField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text where the view indicates something was typed, but does not show the original characters.
	JPopupMenu An implementation of a Popup Menu -- a small window which pops up and displays a series of choices.
static	JPopupMenu.Separator A popupmenu-specific separator.
	JProgressBar A component that displays an integer value within a bounded interval.
	JRadioButton An implementation of a radio button -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
	JRadioButtonMenuItem An implementation of a RadioButtonMenuItem.
	JRootPane The fundamental component in the container hierarchy.
	JScrollBar An implementation of a scrollbar.
	JScrollPane A specialized container that manages a viewport, optional vertical and horizontal scrollbars, and optional row and column heading viewports.
protected	JScrollPane.ScrollBar By default JScrollPane creates scrollbars that are instances of this class.
	JSeparator An implementation of a Menu Separator -- a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
	JSlider A component that lets the user graphically select a value by slding a knob within a bounded interval.
	JSplitPane JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
	JTabbedPane A component which lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon.
	JTable JTable is a user-interface component that presents data in a two-dimensional table format.
	JTextArea A TextArea is a multi-line area that displays plain text.
	JTextField JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text.
	JTextPane A text component that can be marked up with attributes that are represented graphically.
	JToggleButton An implementation of a two-state button.
	JToolBar JToolBar provides a component which is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls.
static	JToolBar.Separator A toolbar-specific separator.
	JToolTip Used to display a "Tip" for a Component.
	JTree A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
	JViewport The "viewport" or "porthole" through which you see the underlying information.
	JWindow A JWindow is a container that can be displayed anywhere on the user's desktop.

Fields in com.sun.java.swing declared as Container

protected Container

JRootPane.contentPane The content pane.

Methods in com.sun.java.swing that return Container

Container	JComponent.getTopLevelAncestor() Returns the top-level ancestor of this component (either the containing Window or Applet), or null if this component has not been added to any container.
Container	JFrame.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this frame.
static Container	SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Class c, Component comp) Convience method for searching above comp in the component hierarchy and returns the first object of class c it finds.
static Container	SwingUtilities.getAncestorNamed(String name, Component comp) Convience method for searching above comp in the component hierarchy and returns the first object of name it finds.
Container	JWindow.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this window.
Container	JDialog.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this dialog.
Container	JInternalFrame.getContentPane()
Container	JApplet.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this applet.
Container	RootPaneContainer.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane.
protected Container	JRootPane.createContentPane() Called by the constructor methods to create the default contentPane.
Container	JRootPane.getContentPane() Returns the content pane -- the container that holds the components parented by the root pane.

Methods in com.sun.java.swing with parameters of type Container

void	JFrame.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
static void	SwingUtilities.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, int x, int y, int w, int h) Paint a component c on an abitrary graphics g in the specified rectangle.
static void	SwingUtilities.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, Rectangle r)
void	JWindow.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	CellRendererPane.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, int x, int y, int w, int h, boolean shouldValidate) Paint a cell renderer component c on graphics object g.
void	CellRendererPane.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, int x, int y, int w, int h) Calls this.paintComponent(g, c, p, x, y, w, h, false).
void	CellRendererPane.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, Rectangle r) Calls this.paintComponent() with the rectangles x,y,width,height fields.
void	JDialog.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	JInternalFrame.setContentPane(Container c) Sets this JInternalFrame's content pane.
Dimension	ViewportLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	ViewportLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to layout the components contained in the specified target container.
void	ViewportLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Called by the AWT when the specified container needs to be laid out.
void	JApplet.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	RootPaneContainer.setContentPane(Container contentPane) The "contentPane" is the primary container for application specific components.
void	BoxLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Indicates that a child has changed its layout related information, and thus any cached calculations should be flushed.
Dimension	BoxLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout, given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	BoxLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained in the specified target container.
Dimension	BoxLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions the target container can use to lay out the components it contains.
float	BoxLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the X axis for the container.
float	BoxLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the Y axis for the container.
void	BoxLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Called by the AWT
void	JRootPane.setContentPane(Container content) Sets the content pane -- the container that holds the components parented by the root pane.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the amount of space the layout would like to have.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum amount of space the layout needs.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum amount of space the layout can use.
void	JRootPane.RootLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Instructs the layout manager to perform the layout for the specified container.
float	JRootPane.RootLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target)
float	JRootPane.RootLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target)
void	JRootPane.RootLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target)
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer) Return the first component that should receive the focus
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getLastComponent(Container aContainer) Return the last component that should receive the focus
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Return the component that should receive the focus before aComponent
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Return the component the should receive the focus after aComponent
Dimension	ScrollPaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) The preferred size of a ScrollPane is the size of the insets, plus the preferred size of the viewport, plus the preferred size of the visible headers, plus the preferred size of the scrollbars that will appear given the current view and the current scrollbar displayPolicies.
Dimension	ScrollPaneLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) The minimum size of a ScrollPane is the size of the insets plus minimum size of the viewport, plus the scrollpane's viewportBorder insets, plus the minimum size of the visible headers, plus the minimum size of the scrollbars whose displayPolicy isn't NEVER.
void	ScrollPaneLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Layout the scrollpane.
void	OverlayLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Indicates a child has changed its layout related information, which causes any cached calculations to be flushed.
Dimension	OverlayLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	OverlayLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained in the specified target container.
Dimension	OverlayLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained in the specified target container.
float	OverlayLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the x axis for the container.
float	OverlayLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the y axis for the container.
void	OverlayLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Called by the AWT when the specified container needs to be laid out.

Constructors in com.sun.java.swing with parameters of type Container

BoxLayout.BoxLayout(Container target, int axis)
Creates a layout manager that will lay out components either left to right or top to bottom, as specified in the axis parameter.

OverlayLayout.OverlayLayout(Container target)
Constructs a layout manager that performs overlay arrangment of the children.

Uses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.event

Methods in com.sun.java.swing.event that return Container

Container	AncestorEvent.getAncestor() Returns the ancestor that the event actually occured on.
Container	AncestorEvent.getAncestorParent() Returns the parent of the ancestor the event actually occured on.

Constructors in com.sun.java.swing.event with parameters of type Container

AncestorEvent.AncestorEvent(JComponent source, int id, Container ancestor, Container ancestorParent)

Uses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.table

Subclasses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.table

	DefaultTableCellRenderer The standard class for rendering (displaying) individual cells in a JTable.
static	DefaultTableCellRenderer.UIResource A subclass of DefaultTableCellRenderer that implements UIResource.
	JTableHeader This is the column header part of a JTable.

Uses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.text

Subclasses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.text

JTextComponent JTextComponent is the base class for swing text components.

Methods in com.sun.java.swing.text that return Container

Container

View.getContainer() Fetches the container hosting the view.

Uses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.tree

Subclasses of Container in com.sun.java.swing.tree

	DefaultTreeCellEditor.DefaultTextField TextField used when no editor is supplied.
	DefaultTreeCellEditor.EditorContainer Container responsible for placing the editingComponent.
	DefaultTreeCellRenderer Displays an entry in a tree.

Fields in com.sun.java.swing.tree declared as Container

protected Container

DefaultTreeCellEditor.editingContainer Editing container, will contain the editorComponent.

Methods in com.sun.java.swing.tree that return Container

protected Container

DefaultTreeCellEditor.createContainer() Creates the container to manage placement of editingComponent.

Uses of Container in java.applet

Subclasses of Container in java.applet

Applet An applet is a small program that is intended not to be run on its own, but rather to be embedded inside another application.

Uses of Container in java.awt

Subclasses of Container in java.awt

	Dialog A class that produces a dialog - a window that takes input from the user.
	FileDialog The FileDialog class displays a dialog window from which the user can select a file.
	Frame A Frame is a top-level window with a title and a border.
	Panel Panel is the simplest container class.
	ScrollPane A container class which implements automatic horizontal and/or vertical scrolling for a single child component.
	Window A Window object is a top-level window with no borders and no menubar.

Methods in java.awt that return Container

Container	Component.getParent() Gets the parent of this component.
protected static Container	Toolkit.getNativeContainer(Component c) Give native peers the ability to query the native container given a native component (eg the direct parent may be lightweight).

Methods in java.awt with parameters of type Container

Dimension	CardLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this card layout.
Dimension	CardLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the minimum size for the specified panel.
Dimension	CardLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
float	CardLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	CardLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
void	CardLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	CardLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this card layout.
void	CardLayout.first(Container parent) Flips to the first card of the container.
void	CardLayout.next(Container parent) Flips to the next card of the specified container.
void	CardLayout.previous(Container parent) Flips to the previous card of the specified container.
void	CardLayout.last(Container parent) Flips to the last card of the container.
void	CardLayout.show(Container parent, String name) Flips to the component that was added to this layout with the specified name, using addLayoutComponent.
Dimension	LayoutManager2.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum size of this component.
float	LayoutManager2.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	LayoutManager2.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
void	LayoutManager2.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
Dimension	GridLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this grid layout.
Dimension	GridLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the minimum size of the container argument using this grid layout.
void	GridLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this layout.
Dimension	LayoutManager.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the preferred size dimensions for the specified panel given the components in the specified parent container.
Dimension	LayoutManager.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the minimum size dimensions for the specified panel given the components in the specified parent container.
void	LayoutManager.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the container in the specified panel.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the target container using this grid bag layout.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the minimum size of the target container using this grid bag layout.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
float	GridBagLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	GridBagLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
void	GridBagLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	GridBagLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this grid bag layout.
protected java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo	GridBagLayout.GetLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag) Print the layout constraints.
protected Dimension	GridBagLayout.GetMinSize(Container parent, java.awt.GridBagLayoutInfo info)
protected void	GridBagLayout.ArrangeGrid(Container parent)
Dimension	FlowLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	FlowLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to layout the components contained in the specified target container.
void	FlowLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Lays out the container.
Dimension	BorderLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Determines the minimum size of the target container using this layout manager.
Dimension	BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Determines the preferred size of the target container using this layout manager, based on the components in the container.
Dimension	BorderLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
float	BorderLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	BorderLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
void	BorderLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	BorderLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Lays out the container argument using this border layout.

Uses of Container in java.awt.event

Methods in java.awt.event that return Container

Container

ContainerEvent.getContainer() Returns the originator of the event.

Uses of Container in java.beans.beancontext

Methods in java.beans.beancontext that return Container

Container

BeanContextContainer.getContextContainer()