Null Layout

[lakshmi nair]

What exactly is a null layout?
I came across such a question in http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/ site.
It says you can position components in exact positions using a null layout.

[sri devij]

If we set the layoutmanager to null and if we create components using this layout if we want to resize the window there won't be any effect on the components size & position..
But I think there is no null layout in JAVA2..It's there in the prev version
-shree

Originally posted by lakshmi nair:
What exactly is a null layout?
I came across such a question in http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/ site.
It says you can position components in exact positions using a null layout.

[Anonymous]

Iakshmi,
Using a null layout signifies that you don't use any Layout manager. To do that you must call <code>setLayout(null)</code> on your container and position your components "manually" by calling <code>setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height)</code> or <code>setLocation(int x, int y)</code> and <code>setSize(int width, int height)</code> on each component.
The main drawback is that when you resize your container, all the components stay at the same place... you have to handle the dynamic layout management yourself ;-)
Hope this help,
Beno�t

[SHALINI PATEL]

LAKSHMI if yu setlayout(null) u have to define the layout explicitly. But generally this is not helpful because it defies the concept of "DESIGN ONCE AND RUN ANYWHERE" I mean layout would be appearing differently on different platform and hence its not advisable.
hope this helps....
shalini