Java Utililty Methods JComponent Container

List of utility methods to do JComponent Container

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Method

voidgetAllJComponents(Container container, Collection collection)
get All J Components 
if (container instanceof JComponent) {
    JComponent c = (JComponent) container;
    collection.add(c);
Component[] children = container.getComponents();
if (children != null) {
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        Component c = children[i];
...
TgetAncestorOfType(JComponent component, Class type)
get Ancestor Of Type 
Container ancestor = component.getParent();
while (ancestor != null) {
    System.out.println("Check  parent : " + ancestor);
    if (type.isInstance(ancestor))
        return (T) ancestor;
    ancestor = ancestor.getParent();
return null;
...
Object[]getAncestorsOfClass(JComponent start, Class theClass)
search of the hierarcy of components for an instance of a given class 
List holder = new ArrayList();
Container parent = start.getParent();
while (parent != null) {
    if (theClass.isInstance(parent))
        holder.add(parent);
    parent = parent.getParent();
Object[] ret = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(theClass, holder.size());
...
booleangetBooleanClientProperty(JComponent c, Object property)
get Boolean Client Property 
Boolean value = (Boolean) c.getClientProperty(property);
return (value == null) ? false : value;
ListgetChildJComponents(Container container)
get Child J Components 
List result = new ArrayList();
Component[] children = container.getComponents();
for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
    if (children[i] instanceof JComponent) {
        result.add(children[i]);
        result.addAll(getChildJComponents((JComponent) children[i]));
return result;
ClipboardgetClipboard(JComponent c)
Returns the clipboard to use for cut/copy/paste. 
return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
JComponentgetComponent(JComponent container, String name)
get Component 
assert name != null;
List<Component> componentQueue = new LinkedList<Component>();
componentQueue.add(container);
while (!componentQueue.isEmpty()) {
    Component c = componentQueue.remove(0);
    if (name.equals(c.getName())) {
        return (JComponent) c;
    if (c instanceof Container) {
        for (Component child : ((Container) c).getComponents()) {
            componentQueue.add(child);
return null;
JComponentgetComponent(JComponent container, String name)
get Component 
List<Component> componentQueue = new LinkedList<Component>();
componentQueue.add(container);
while (componentQueue.size() > 0) {
    Component c = componentQueue.remove(0);
    String cname = c.getName();
    if (cname != null && cname.equals(name)) {
        return (JComponent) c;
    if (c instanceof Container) {
        for (Component child : ((Container) c).getComponents()) {
            componentQueue.add(child);
return null;
JComponentgetComponentByName(boolean enableDeepSearch, JComponent rootComponent, String name)
get Component By Name 
for (int i = 0; i < rootComponent.getComponentCount(); i++) {
    if (handleNull(rootComponent.getComponent(i).getName()).equalsIgnoreCase(name))
        return (JComponent) rootComponent.getComponent(i);
    else {
        if (getComponentByName(enableDeepSearch, (JComponent) rootComponent.getComponent(i), name) == null)
            continue;
        else
            return getComponentByName(enableDeepSearch, (JComponent) rootComponent.getComponent(i), name);
...
JComponent[]getComponentsOfType(JComponent base, Class type)
gather all components which are instances of a specific class 
List<JComponent> holder = new ArrayList<JComponent>();
accumulateComponentsOfType(base, type, holder);
JComponent[] ret = (JComponent[]) Array.newInstance(type, holder.size());
holder.toArray(ret);
return ret;