Specifications

Sun Services
Java™ Programming Language Module 10, slide 4 of 37
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Abstract Window Toolkit
The AWT performs the following:
• Provides GUI components that are used in all Java
applets and applications
• Contains classes that can be composed or extended;
classes can also be abstract
• Ensures that every GUI component that is displayed on
the screen is a subclass of the abstract class Component
or MenuComponent
• Has Container, which is an abstract subclass of
Component and includes two subclasses:
• Panel
• Window