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Before you can define the RatingPanel constructor, you need to know a little about the embedded components and the grid layout.

For example, you need to know that instances of the JLabel class, when added to a panel, display the string provided to the JLabel constructor. Thus, when the following add statement appears inside a panel's constructor, the string assigned to label appears at a place dictated by the panel's layout manager:

add(new JLabel(label));