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title: "What is a lightweight component?"  
description: "What is a lightweight component?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-03  
updated: 2020-09-16  
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# What is a lightweight component?

Lightweight components are the one which doesn't go with the native call to obtain the graphical units. They share their parent component graphical units to render them. For example, Swing components.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Lightweight components are the one which doesn't go with the native call to obtain the graphical units. They share their parent component graphical units to render them. For example, Swing components.


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