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Class java.awt.CardLayout

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.awt.CardLayout

public class CardLayout
extends Object
implements LayoutManager2, Serializable
A layout manager for a container that contains several 'cards'. Only one card is visible at a time, allowing you to flip through the cards.


Constructor Index

 o CardLayout()
Creates a new card layout with gaps of size zero.
 o CardLayout(int, int)
Creates a card layout with the specified gaps.

Method Index

 o addLayoutComponent(Component, Object)
Adds the specified component to the layout, using the specified constraint object.
 o addLayoutComponent(String, Component)
Replaced by addLayoutComponent(Component, Object). Deprecated.
 o first(Container)
Flip to the first card.
 o getHgap()
Returns the horizontal gap between components.
 o getLayoutAlignmentX(Container)
Returns the alignment along the x axis.
 o getLayoutAlignmentY(Container)
Returns the alignment along the y axis.
 o getVgap()
Returns the vertical gap between components.
 o invalidateLayout(Container)
Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.
 o last(Container)
Flips to the last card of the specified container.
 o layoutContainer(Container)
Performs a layout in the specified panel.
 o maximumLayoutSize(Container)
Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.
 o minimumLayoutSize(Container)
Calculates the minimum size for the specified panel.
 o next(Container)
Flips to the next card of the specified container.
 o preferredLayoutSize(Container)
Calculates the preferred size for the specified panel.
 o previous(Container)
Flips to the previous card of the specified container.
 o removeLayoutComponent(Component)
Removes the specified component from the layout.
 o setHgap(int)
Sets the horizontal gap between components.
 o setVgap(int)
Sets the vertical gap between components.
 o show(Container, String)
Flips to the specified component name in the specified container.
 o toString()
Returns the String representation of this CardLayout's values.

Constructors

 o CardLayout
 public CardLayout()
Creates a new card layout with gaps of size zero.

 o CardLayout
 public CardLayout(int hgap,
                   int vgap)
Creates a card layout with the specified gaps.

Parameters:
hgap - the horizontal gap
vgap - the vertical gap

Methods

 o getHgap
 public int getHgap()
Returns the horizontal gap between components.

 o setHgap
 public void setHgap(int hgap)
Sets the horizontal gap between components.

Parameters:
hgap - the horizontal gap between components
 o getVgap
 public int getVgap()
Returns the vertical gap between components.

 o setVgap
 public void setVgap(int vgap)
Sets the vertical gap between components.

Parameters:
vgap - the vertical gap between components
 o addLayoutComponent
 public void addLayoutComponent(Component comp,
                                Object constraints)
Adds the specified component to the layout, using the specified constraint object.

Parameters:
comp - the component to be added
constraints - where/how the component is added to the layout.
 o addLayoutComponent
 public void addLayoutComponent(String name,
                                Component comp)
Note: addLayoutComponent() is deprecated.

Replaced by addLayoutComponent(Component, Object).

 o removeLayoutComponent
 public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp)
Removes the specified component from the layout.

Parameters:
comp - the component to be removed
 o preferredLayoutSize
 public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container parent)
Calculates the preferred size for the specified panel.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
Returns:
the dimensions of this panel.
See Also:
minimumLayoutSize
 o minimumLayoutSize
 public Dimension minimumLayoutSize(Container parent)
Calculates the minimum size for the specified panel.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
Returns:
the dimensions of this panel.
See Also:
preferredLayoutSize
 o maximumLayoutSize
 public Dimension maximumLayoutSize(Container target)
Returns the maximum dimensions for this layout given the components in the specified target container.

Parameters:
target - the component which needs to be laid out
See Also:
Container, minimumLayoutSize, preferredLayoutSize
 o getLayoutAlignmentX
 public float getLayoutAlignmentX(Container parent)
Returns the alignment along the x axis. This specifies how the component would like to be aligned relative to other components. The value should be a number between 0 and 1 where 0 represents alignment along the origin, 1 is aligned the furthest away from the origin, 0.5 is centered, etc.

 o getLayoutAlignmentY
 public float getLayoutAlignmentY(Container parent)
Returns the alignment along the y axis. This specifies how the component would like to be aligned relative to other components. The value should be a number between 0 and 1 where 0 represents alignment along the origin, 1 is aligned the furthest away from the origin, 0.5 is centered, etc.

 o invalidateLayout
 public void invalidateLayout(Container target)
Invalidates the layout, indicating that if the layout manager has cached information it should be discarded.

 o layoutContainer
 public void layoutContainer(Container parent)
Performs a layout in the specified panel.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
 o first
 public void first(Container parent)
Flip to the first card.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
 o next
 public void next(Container parent)
Flips to the next card of the specified container.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the container
 o previous
 public void previous(Container parent)
Flips to the previous card of the specified container.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
 o last
 public void last(Container parent)
Flips to the last card of the specified container.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
 o show
 public void show(Container parent,
                  String name)
Flips to the specified component name in the specified container.

Parameters:
parent - the name of the parent container
name - the component name
 o toString
 public String toString()
Returns the String representation of this CardLayout's values.

Overrides:
toString in class Object

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