1084: Mainline

As they arbitrate among components, layout managers work with information provided as follows:

• If the component is an applet viewed via an HTML file, then that HTML file specifies a window into which all the applet's components must fit.

When you include a reference to an applet in an HTML file, you must supply window dimensions, and your applet will have to work itself into those dimensions, however Procrustean they may be:

• If the component is a frame with a setSize method called, then that setSize method specifies a window into which all components must fit.

If you do not supply a setSize method in a frame, Java will work with the operating system to choose a frame-window size:

• If the component is neither an applet nor a frame, then the getMinimumSize method and a getPreferredSize method help to determine component size.

If you do not supply getMinimumSize and getPreferredSize methods in your components, Java works with defaults.