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Class java.awt.CardLayout

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

public class CardLayout** extends Object
implements LayoutManager2, Serializable

A CardLayout object is a layout manager for a container. It treats each component in the container as a card. Only one card is visible at a time, and the container acts as a stack of cards.

The ordering of cards is determined by the container's own internal ordering of its component objects. CardLayout defines a set of methods that allow an application to flip through these cards sequentially, or to show a specified card. The addLayoutComponent method can be used to associate a string identifier with a given card for fast random access.