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Exception: wrong parent for CardLayout

 
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Hi everybody,
I am creating a GUI for an application. I am setting the frame with CardLayout. But, I am getting runtime exception "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: wrong parent for CardLayout"
while executing the cardLayout.show(Container parent, Object constraints) method. I made sure the parent was the one which has the card layout set to it. Please help.
The program is below.
public class LoginGUI implements ActionListener{
 
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LoginGUI.this.exams
should be
LoginGUI.this.exams.getContentPane()
 
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