Container
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Resources that contain liquid are subclasses of :class:`~pylabrobot.resources.container.Container`. This class provides a :class:`~pylabrobot.resources.volume_tracker.VolumeTracker` that helps :class:`~pylabrobot.liquid_handling.liquid_handler.LiquidHandler` keep track of the liquid in the resource. (For more information on trackers, check out :doc:`/user_guide/machine-agnostic-features/using-trackers`). Examples of subclasses of `Container` are :class:`~pylabrobot.resources.Well` and :class:`~pylabrobot.resources.trough.Trough`.

It is possible to instantiate a `Container` directly:

.. code-block:: python

   from pylabrobot.resources import Container
   container = Container(name="container", size_x=10, size_y=10, size_z=10)
   # volume is computed by assuming the container is a cuboid, and can be adjusted with the max_volume
   # parameter


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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :hidden:

   petri-dish/petri-dish
   trough/trough
   tube/tube
   well/well