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Adanced Java Programming

Introduction to AWT

Smt.M.Jeevana Sujitha

Assistant Professor

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A.P. - 534204

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OBJECTIVES

The Objective of this lecture is

  • To learn about Introduction of AWT.

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Window

Introduction to AWT

  • AWT stands for Abstract Toolkit.
  • It is an API used to develop GUI or window based applications in java.
  • GUI application is an application which are interacted with end user and java application.
  • GUI acts as an interface between end user and java application.

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Introduction to AWT

  • The AWT components are platform dependent i,e components are displayed according to the view of operating system.
  • AWT is a light weight component i,e its components are using the resources of operating system.
  • The java.awt.* package provides classes for API such as TextField, TextArea, Label,etc.

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AWT Hierarchy

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AWT Hierarchy

Component: It is an object which is displayed in the container.

Example: Label, TextField, Button are components.

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Container: A group of components can be placed in a Frame is known

as Container.

  • By default all the components in the container are static.

like Button, TextField etc.

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AWT Hierarchy

Window: The window is the container that have no borders and menu bars.

Panel: The Panel is the container that does not contain title bar and menu bars. It have another components like Button, TextField.

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Frame: It is the container that contain title bar and can have menu bars. It can have other components

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