Swing components are light-weight?

Question

Whenever I read about Swing they say they are light weight components. So I just googled Swing and found that it means Swing does not depend on native peers. Is that why the

Answer 1

This is simply an addendum that addresses the heavyweight vs. lightweight in another context: programming model.

In this context Swing is definitely heavyweight and complicated. It is not considered suitable for thin client implementation, and given the fact that today there are so many different devices, Swing is, in effect, dead technology, even though Oracle has not retired it...yet (also see JavaFX as an alternative).