Introduction of AWT

AWT stands for abstract window Toolkit. It is a class library that provide user interface Toolkit of java programming language. AWT component are called heavyweight components because significant use of system resources. You can create and display text, button, label, menus, combo box, checkbox and other user interface controls you'd expect in windowed programs using AWT. The AWT classes are contained in the java.awt package.

some classes of AWT given below

Class	Description
Frame	Create a standard window that has a title bar , resize corner and menu bar.
Label	create a label that display a string.
Button	create a push control button.
TextField	create a single line edit control.
TextArea	create a multi line edit control.
List	creates a List from which the user can choose that is similar to the standard windows list box.
Choice	create a pop-up list.
Menu	create a pull down menu.
MenuItem	create a menu Item.
MenuBar	create a menu bar .
Chechbox	create a checkbox control.
CheckboxGroup	create a group of checkbox controls .
Event	encapsulates events.
FlowLayout	Flow Layout manager, flowLayout positions components left to right , top to bottom.
GridLayout	grid Layout manager , grid layout displays component in a two- dimentional grid Layout
CardLayout	cardLayout manager , cardLayout emulate index cards. only one of the top is showing.
GridBagLayout	The GridBagLayout manager, GridBagLayout displays components subject to the constraints specified by GridBagConstraints
BorderLayout	The BordreLayout manager ,. BorderLayout use five components : North, South, East,West and Center.
Image	Encapsulates graphical images
Polygon	Encapsulates a polygpon.
Panel	The simplest concrete subclass of container.
PopupMenu	Encapsulates a pop_UP menu
AWTEvent	Encapsulates AWT events.
Front	Encapsulate a type Front.