java.awt - The Abstract Windowing Toolkit

Subclass of Panel and not technically part of java.applet, not AWT

Applet

Abstract class which contains a super class of all GUI components except menu components, and the class CheckboxGroup.

Component

Defines the add(...) method, for adding components to a container.

Container

Super class for all components that can contain other components.

Container

A top level window with a title bar (optional menu bar)

Frame

A limitation of AWT is that the components have to be available on all platforms. What is this called?

Lowest Common Denominator

A container must be inside another container. Not an abstract class.

Panel

Does not have its own window.

Panel

An abstract class that provides a top level window with no border or menu bars. Rarely instantiated (usually subclassed)

Window

Typically, main(...) will create an instance of an object which is-a Frame as the top-level application window, then ___________ _____________ _______________ to it.

add GUI components