Uses of Class
java.awt.Container

Packages that use Container

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.
javax.swing	Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
javax.swing.colorchooser	Contains classes and interfaces used by the JColorChooser component.
javax.swing.event	Provides for events fired by Swing components.
javax.swing.plaf.basic	Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel.
javax.swing.plaf.metal	Provides user interface objects built according to the Java look and feel (once codenamed Metal), which is the default look and feel.
javax.swing.table	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTable.
javax.swing.text	Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
javax.swing.tree	Provides classes and interfaces for dealing with javax.swing.JTree.

Uses of Container in java.applet

Subclasses of Container in java.applet

class

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

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

Methods in java.awt that return Container

Container	KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentFocusCycleRoot() Returns the current focus cycle root, if the current focus cycle root is in the same context as the calling thread.
Container	Window.getFocusCycleRootAncestor() Always returns null because Windows have no ancestors; they represent the top of the Component hierarchy.
Container	Component.getFocusCycleRootAncestor() Returns the Container which is the focus cycle root of this Component's focus traversal cycle.
protected Container	KeyboardFocusManager.getGlobalCurrentFocusCycleRoot() Returns the current focus cycle root, even if the calling thread is in a different context than the current focus cycle root.
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).
Container	Component.getParent() Gets the parent of this component.

Methods in java.awt with parameters of type Container

protected void	GridBagLayout.arrangeGrid(Container parent) Lays out the grid.
protected void	GridBagLayout.ArrangeGrid(Container parent) This method is obsolete and supplied for backwards compatability only; new code should call arrangeGrid instead.
void	DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.downFocusCycle(Container aContainer) Moves the focus down one focus traversal cycle.
abstract void	KeyboardFocusManager.downFocusCycle(Container aContainer) Moves the focus down one focus traversal cycle.
void	CardLayout.first(Container parent) Flips to the first card of the container.
Component	ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus after aComponent.
abstract Component	FocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus after aComponent.
Component	ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus before aComponent.
abstract Component	FocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus before aComponent.
Component	ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy.getDefaultComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the default Component to focus.
abstract Component	FocusTraversalPolicy.getDefaultComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the default Component to focus.
Component	ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the first Component in the traversal cycle.
abstract Component	FocusTraversalPolicy.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the first Component in the traversal cycle.
Component	ContainerOrderFocusTraversalPolicy.getLastComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the last Component in the traversal cycle.
abstract Component	FocusTraversalPolicy.getLastComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the last Component in the traversal cycle.
float	GridBagLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	CardLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	LayoutManager2.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	BorderLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	GridBagLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
float	CardLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
float	LayoutManager2.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
float	BorderLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
Component	BorderLayout.getLayoutComponent(Container target, Object constraints) Returns the component that corresponds to the given constraint location based on the target Container's component orientation.
protected GridBagLayoutInfo	GridBagLayout.getLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag) Fills in an instance of GridBagLayoutInfo for the current set of managed children.
protected GridBagLayoutInfo	GridBagLayout.GetLayoutInfo(Container parent, int sizeflag) This method is obsolete and supplied for backwards compatability only; new code should call getLayoutInfo instead.
protected Dimension	GridBagLayout.getMinSize(Container parent, GridBagLayoutInfo info) Figures out the minimum size of the master based on the information from getLayoutInfo.
protected Dimension	GridBagLayout.GetMinSize(Container parent, GridBagLayoutInfo info) This method is obsolete and supplied for backwards compatability only; new code should call getMinSize instead.
void	GridBagLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	CardLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	LayoutManager2.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	BorderLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
boolean	Container.isFocusCycleRoot(Container container) Returns whether the specified Container is the focus cycle root of this Container's focus traversal cycle.
boolean	Component.isFocusCycleRoot(Container container) Returns whether the specified Container is the focus cycle root of this Component's focus traversal cycle.
void	CardLayout.last(Container parent) Flips to the last card of the container.
void	GridLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this layout.
void	GridBagLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this grid bag layout.
void	FlowLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Lays out the container.
void	CardLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container using this card layout.
void	BorderLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Lays out the container argument using this border layout.
void	LayoutManager.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	CardLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	LayoutManager2.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Calculates the maximum size dimensions for the specified container, given the components it contains.
Dimension	BorderLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	GridLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the minimum size of the container argument using this grid layout.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the minimum size of the parent container using this grid bag layout.
Dimension	FlowLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to layout the visible components contained in the specified target container.
Dimension	CardLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the minimum size for the specified panel.
Dimension	BorderLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Determines the minimum size of the target container using this layout manager.
Dimension	LayoutManager.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the minimum size dimensions for the specified container, given the components it contains.
void	CardLayout.next(Container parent) Flips to the next card of the specified container.
Dimension	GridLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this grid layout.
Dimension	GridBagLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the parent container using this grid bag layout.
Dimension	FlowLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the visible components in the specified target container.
Dimension	CardLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Determines the preferred size of the container argument using this card layout.
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	LayoutManager.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Calculates the preferred size dimensions for the specified container, given the components it contains.
void	CardLayout.previous(Container parent) Flips to the previous card of the specified container.
void	KeyboardFocusManager.setGlobalCurrentFocusCycleRoot(Container newFocusCycleRoot) Sets the current focus cycle root.
void	CardLayout.show(Container parent, String name) Flips to the component that was added to this layout with the specified name, using addLayoutComponent.

Uses of Container in java.awt.event

Methods in java.awt.event that return Container

Container	HierarchyEvent.getChangedParent() Returns the parent of the Component returned by getChanged().
Container	ContainerEvent.getContainer() Returns the originator of the event.

Constructors in java.awt.event with parameters of type Container

HierarchyEvent(Component source, int id, Component changed, Container changedParent)
Constructs an HierarchyEvent object to identify a change in the Component hierarchy.

HierarchyEvent(Component source, int id, Component changed, Container changedParent, long changeFlags)
Constructs an HierarchyEvent object to identify a change in the Component hierarchy.

Uses of Container in java.beans.beancontext

Methods in java.beans.beancontext that return Container

Container

BeanContextContainerProxy.getContainer() Gets the java.awt.Container associated with this BeanContext.

Uses of Container in javax.swing

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing

class	AbstractButton Defines common behaviors for buttons and menu items.
class	Box A lightweight container that uses a BoxLayout object as its layout manager.
static class	Box.Filler An implementation of a lightweight component that participates in layout but has no view.
class	CellRendererPane This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them.
class	DefaultListCellRenderer Renders an item in a list.
static class	DefaultListCellRenderer.UIResource A subclass of DefaultListCellRenderer that implements UIResource.
class	JApplet An extended version of java.applet.Applet that adds support for the JFC/Swing component architecture.
class	JButton An implementation of a "push" button.
class	JCheckBox An implementation of a check box -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
class	JCheckBoxMenuItem A menu item that can be selected or deselected.
class	JColorChooser JColorChooser provides a pane of controls designed to allow a user to manipulate and select a color.
class	JComboBox A component that combines a button or editable field and a drop-down list.
class	JComponent The base class for all Swing components except top-level containers.
class	JDesktopPane A container used to create a multiple-document interface or a virtual desktop.
class	JDialog The main class for creating a dialog window.
class	JEditorPane A text component to edit various kinds of content.
class	JFileChooser JFileChooser provides a simple mechanism for the user to choose a file.
class	JFormattedTextField JFormattedTextField extends JTextField adding support for formatting arbitrary values, as well as retrieving a particular object once the user has edited the text.
class	JFrame An extended version of java.awt.Frame that adds support for the JFC/Swing component architecture.
class	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 class	JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon This component represents an iconified version of a JInternalFrame.
class	JLabel A display area for a short text string or an image, or both.
class	JLayeredPane JLayeredPane adds depth to a JFC/Swing container, allowing components to overlap each other when needed.
class	JList A component that displays a list of objects and allows the user to select one or more items.
class	JMenu An implementation of a menu -- a popup window containing JMenuItems that is displayed when the user selects an item on the JMenuBar.
class	JMenuBar An implementation of a menu bar.
class	JMenuItem An implementation of an item in a menu.
class	JOptionPane JOptionPane makes it easy to pop up a standard dialog box that prompts users for a value or informs them of something.
class	JPanel JPanel is a generic lightweight container.
class	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.
class	JPopupMenu An implementation of a popup menu -- a small window that pops up and displays a series of choices.
static class	JPopupMenu.Separator A popup menu-specific separator.
class	JProgressBar A component that visually displays the progress of some task.
class	JRadioButton An implementation of a radio button -- an item that can be selected or deselected, and which displays its state to the user.
class	JRadioButtonMenuItem An implementation of a radio button menu item.
class	JRootPane A lightweight container used behind the scenes by JFrame, JDialog, JWindow, JApplet, and JInternalFrame.
class	JScrollBar An implementation of a scrollbar.
class	JScrollPane Provides a scrollable view of a lightweight component.
protected class	JScrollPane.ScrollBar By default JScrollPane creates scrollbars that are instances of this class.
class	JSeparator JSeparator provides a general purpose component for implementing divider lines - most commonly used as a divider between menu items that breaks them up into logical groupings.
class	JSlider A component that lets the user graphically select a value by sliding a knob within a bounded interval.
class	JSpinner A single line input field that lets the user select a number or an object value from an ordered sequence.
static class	JSpinner.DateEditor An editor for a JSpinner whose model is a SpinnerDateModel.
static class	JSpinner.DefaultEditor A simple base class for more specialized editors that displays a read-only view of the model's current value with a JFormattedTextField.
static class	JSpinner.ListEditor An editor for a JSpinner whose model is a SpinnerListModel.
static class	JSpinner.NumberEditor An editor for a JSpinner whose model is a SpinnerNumberModel.
class	JSplitPane JSplitPane is used to divide two (and only two) Components.
class	JTabbedPane A component that lets the user switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title and/or icon.
class	JTable The JTable is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.
class	JTextArea A JTextArea is a multi-line area that displays plain text.
class	JTextField JTextField is a lightweight component that allows the editing of a single line of text.
class	JTextPane A text component that can be marked up with attributes that are represented graphically.
class	JToggleButton An implementation of a two-state button.
class	JToolBar JToolBar provides a component that is useful for displaying commonly used Actions or controls.
static class	JToolBar.Separator A toolbar-specific separator.
class	JToolTip Used to display a "Tip" for a Component.
class	JTree A control that displays a set of hierarchical data as an outline.
class	JViewport The "viewport" or "porthole" through which you see the underlying information.
class	JWindow A JWindow is a container that can be displayed anywhere on the user's desktop.

Fields in javax.swing declared as Container

protected Container

JRootPane.contentPane The content pane.

Methods in javax.swing that return Container

protected Container	JRootPane.createContentPane() Called by the constructor methods to create the default contentPane.
static Container	SwingUtilities.getAncestorNamed(String name, Component comp) Convenience method for searching above comp in the component hierarchy and returns the first object of name it finds.
static Container	SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Class<?> c, Component comp) Convenience method for searching above comp in the component hierarchy and returns the first object of class c it finds.
Container	JInternalFrame.getContentPane() Returns the content pane for this internal frame.
Container	JDialog.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this dialog.
Container	JApplet.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this applet.
Container	JWindow.getContentPane() Returns the Container which is the contentPane for this window.
Container	JRootPane.getContentPane() Returns the content pane -- the container that holds the components parented by the root pane.
Container	JFrame.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane object for this frame.
Container	RootPaneContainer.getContentPane() Returns the contentPane.
Container	JInternalFrame.getFocusCycleRootAncestor() Always returns null because JInternalFrames must always be roots of a focus traversal cycle.
Container	BoxLayout.getTarget() Returns the container that uses this layout manager.
Container	OverlayLayout.getTarget() Returns the container that uses this layout manager.
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.

Methods in javax.swing with parameters of type Container

Component	SortingFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus after aComponent.
Component	LayoutFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus after aComponent.
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getComponentAfter(Container aContainer, Component aComponent)
Component	SortingFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus before aComponent.
Component	LayoutFocusTraversalPolicy.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent) Returns the Component that should receive the focus before aComponent.
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getComponentBefore(Container aContainer, Component aComponent)
abstract int	LayoutStyle.getContainerGap(JComponent component, int position, Container parent) Returns the amount of space to place between the component and specified edge of its parent.
Component	SortingFocusTraversalPolicy.getDefaultComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the default Component to focus.
Component	SortingFocusTraversalPolicy.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the first Component in the traversal cycle.
Component	LayoutFocusTraversalPolicy.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the first Component in the traversal cycle.
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getFirstComponent(Container aContainer)
Component	SortingFocusTraversalPolicy.getLastComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the last Component in the traversal cycle.
Component	LayoutFocusTraversalPolicy.getLastComponent(Container aContainer) Returns the last Component in the traversal cycle.
Component	DefaultFocusManager.getLastComponent(Container aContainer)
float	SpringLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container p) Returns 0.5f (centered).
float	GroupLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	BoxLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the X axis for the container.
float	OverlayLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the x axis for the container.
float	JRootPane.RootLayout.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target)
float	SpringLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container p) Returns 0.5f (centered).
float	GroupLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
float	BoxLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the Y axis for the container.
float	OverlayLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the y axis for the container.
float	JRootPane.RootLayout.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target)
abstract int	LayoutStyle.getPreferredGap(JComponent component1, JComponent component2, LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement type, int position, Container parent) Returns the amount of space to use between two components.
void	SpringLayout.invalidateLayout(Container p)
void	GroupLayout.invalidateLayout(Container parent) Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
void	BoxLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Indicates that a child has changed its layout related information, and thus any cached calculations should be flushed.
void	OverlayLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target) Indicates a child has changed its layout related information, which causes any cached calculations to be flushed.
void	JRootPane.RootLayout.invalidateLayout(Container target)
void	SpringLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent)
void	GroupLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the specified container.
void	JSpinner.DefaultEditor.layoutContainer(Container parent) Resize the one (and only) child to completely fill the area within the parents insets.
void	BoxLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Called by the AWT when the specified container needs to be laid out.
void	ViewportLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Called by the AWT when the specified container needs to be laid out.
void	ScrollPaneLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Lays out the scrollpane.
void	OverlayLayout.layoutContainer(Container target) Called by the AWT when the specified container needs to be laid out.
void	JRootPane.RootLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent) Instructs the layout manager to perform the layout for the specified container.
Dimension	SpringLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	GroupLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the maximum size for the specified container.
Dimension	BoxLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions the target container can use to lay out the components it contains.
Dimension	OverlayLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained in the specified target container.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum amount of space the layout can use.
Dimension	SpringLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	GroupLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum size for the specified container.
Dimension	JSpinner.DefaultEditor.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum size of first (and only) child plus the size of the parents insets.
Dimension	BoxLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained 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.
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.
Dimension	OverlayLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the minimum dimensions needed to lay out the components contained in the specified target container.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the minimum amount of space the layout needs.
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).
static void	SwingUtilities.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, int x, int y, int w, int h) Paints a component to the specified Graphics.
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, Rectangle r) Calls this.paintComponent() with the rectangles x,y,width,height fields.
static void	SwingUtilities.paintComponent(Graphics g, Component c, Container p, Rectangle r) Paints a component to the specified Graphics.
Dimension	SpringLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	GroupLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the preferred size for the specified container.
Dimension	JSpinner.DefaultEditor.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the preferred size of first (and only) child plus the size of the parents insets.
Dimension	BoxLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout, given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	ViewportLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
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	OverlayLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the preferred dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
Dimension	JRootPane.RootLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent) Returns the amount of space the layout would like to have.
void	JInternalFrame.setContentPane(Container c) Sets this JInternalFrame's contentPane property.
void	JDialog.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	JApplet.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	JWindow.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property for this window.
void	JRootPane.setContentPane(Container content) Sets the content pane -- the container that holds the components parented by the root pane.
void	JFrame.setContentPane(Container contentPane) Sets the contentPane property.
void	RootPaneContainer.setContentPane(Container contentPane) The "contentPane" is the primary container for application specific components.

Constructors in javax.swing with parameters of type Container

BoxLayout(Container target, int axis)
Creates a layout manager that will lay out components along the given axis.

GroupLayout(Container host)
Creates a GroupLayout for the specified Container.

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

Uses of Container in javax.swing.colorchooser

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.colorchooser

class

AbstractColorChooserPanel This is the abstract superclass for color choosers.

Uses of Container in javax.swing.event

Methods in javax.swing.event that return Container

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

Constructors in javax.swing.event with parameters of type Container

AncestorEvent(JComponent source, int id, Container ancestor, Container ancestorParent)
Constructs an AncestorEvent object to identify a change in an ancestor-component's display-status.

Uses of Container in javax.swing.plaf.basic

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.plaf.basic

class	BasicArrowButton JButton object that draws a scaled Arrow in one of the cardinal directions.
class	BasicComboBoxRenderer ComboBox renderer
static class	BasicComboBoxRenderer.UIResource A subclass of BasicComboBoxRenderer that implements UIResource.
class	BasicComboPopup This is a basic implementation of the ComboPopup interface.
class	BasicInternalFrameTitlePane The class that manages a basic title bar
class	BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.SystemMenuBar This class should be treated as a "protected" inner class.
class	BasicSplitPaneDivider Divider used by BasicSplitPaneUI.
protected class	BasicToolBarUI.DragWindow

Methods in javax.swing.plaf.basic that return Container

protected Container	BasicOptionPaneUI.createButtonArea() Creates and returns a Container containing the buttons.
protected Container	BasicOptionPaneUI.createMessageArea() Messaged from installComponents to create a Container containing the body of the message.
protected Container	BasicOptionPaneUI.createSeparator()

Methods in javax.swing.plaf.basic with parameters of type Container

protected void	BasicOptionPaneUI.addButtonComponents(Container container, Object[] buttons, int initialIndex) Creates the appropriate object to represent each of the objects in buttons and adds it to container.
protected void	BasicOptionPaneUI.addIcon(Container top) Creates and adds a JLabel representing the icon returned from getIcon to top.
protected void	BasicOptionPaneUI.addMessageComponents(Container container, GridBagConstraints cons, Object msg, int maxll, boolean internallyCreated) Creates the appropriate object to represent msg and places it into container.
protected void	BasicOptionPaneUI.burstStringInto(Container c, String d, int maxll) Recursively creates new JLabel instances to represent d.
float	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.getLayoutAlignmentX(Container target) Returns the alignment along the x axis.
float	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.getLayoutAlignmentY(Container target) Returns the alignment along the y axis.
void	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.invalidateLayout(Container c) Does nothing.
void	BasicTabbedPaneUI.TabbedPaneLayout.layoutContainer(Container parent)
void	BasicScrollBarUI.layoutContainer(Container scrollbarContainer)
void	BasicOptionPaneUI.ButtonAreaLayout.layoutContainer(Container container)
void	BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.TitlePaneLayout.layoutContainer(Container c)
void	BasicInternalFrameUI.InternalFrameLayout.layoutContainer(Container c)
void	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.layoutContainer(Container container) Does the actual layout.
void	BasicComboBoxUI.ComboBoxLayoutManager.layoutContainer(Container parent)
void	BasicSplitPaneDivider.DividerLayout.layoutContainer(Container c)
Dimension	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.maximumLayoutSize(Container target) Returns the maximum layout size, which is Integer.MAX_VALUE in both directions.
Dimension	BasicTabbedPaneUI.TabbedPaneLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	BasicScrollBarUI.minimumLayoutSize(Container scrollbarContainer)
Dimension	BasicOptionPaneUI.ButtonAreaLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.TitlePaneLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicInternalFrameUI.InternalFrameLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.minimumLayoutSize(Container container) Returns the minimum size needed to contain the children.
Dimension	BasicComboBoxUI.ComboBoxLayoutManager.minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	BasicSplitPaneDivider.DividerLayout.minimumLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicTabbedPaneUI.TabbedPaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	BasicScrollBarUI.preferredLayoutSize(Container scrollbarContainer)
Dimension	BasicOptionPaneUI.ButtonAreaLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.TitlePaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicInternalFrameUI.InternalFrameLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container c)
Dimension	BasicSplitPaneUI.BasicHorizontalLayoutManager.preferredLayoutSize(Container container) Returns the preferred size needed to contain the children.
Dimension	BasicComboBoxUI.ComboBoxLayoutManager.preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
Dimension	DefaultMenuLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container target)
Dimension	BasicSplitPaneDivider.DividerLayout.preferredLayoutSize(Container c)

Constructors in javax.swing.plaf.basic with parameters of type Container

DefaultMenuLayout(Container target, int axis)

Uses of Container in javax.swing.plaf.metal

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.plaf.metal

class	MetalComboBoxButton JButton subclass to help out MetalComboBoxUI
class	MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboPopup Deprecated. As of Java 2 platform v1.4.
protected class	MetalFileChooserUI.FileRenderer
class	MetalFileChooserUI.FilterComboBoxRenderer Render different type sizes and styles.
class	MetalInternalFrameTitlePane Class that manages a JLF title bar
class	MetalScrollButton JButton object for Metal scrollbar arrows.

Methods in javax.swing.plaf.metal with parameters of type Container

void	MetalComboBoxUI.layoutComboBox(Container parent, MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboBoxLayoutManager manager)
void	MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboBoxLayoutManager.layoutContainer(Container parent)
void	MetalComboBoxUI.MetalComboBoxLayoutManager.superLayout(Container parent)

Uses of Container in javax.swing.table

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.table

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

Uses of Container in javax.swing.text

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.text

class

JTextComponent JTextComponent is the base class for swing text components.

Methods in javax.swing.text that return Container

Container

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

Uses of Container in javax.swing.tree

Subclasses of Container in javax.swing.tree

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

Fields in javax.swing.tree declared as Container

protected Container

DefaultTreeCellEditor.editingContainer Editing container, will contain the editorComponent.

Methods in javax.swing.tree that return Container

protected Container

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