getcontentpane java,Java GUI：关于getContentPane（）方法和内容

In this piece of code:

JLabel emptyLabel = new JLabel("");

emptyLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(175, 100));

frame.getContentPane().add(emptyLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

I can see it makes a new label and adds it to the JFrame object frame.

But I want to understand what does getContentPane() do, and why do I need it?

I read this API but I still didn't understand.

解决方案

Every JPanel is a container, so either add it to a panel then add it to the container or directly use add(component) or use the getContentPane().add method. Both add the component to the container in Java 7 (I don't know if version 6 has a problem with this or not).