getContentPane() ?

[Zerg]

hi,
i am now looking into other people source code
and i found this line i don't understand.

getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());

what doest getContentPane do ?
it is a method under which component ?
java.awt.what ??

thanks alot

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[kib63613]

getContentPane() method is in the class JFrame. It returns the class Container relevant to the class
JFrame. It is used in the SWING.
good luck,
Alfred Wu

[santok]

This method returns the Container for u'r component.

The getContentPane() method is for the root container,which holds different kind of objects.