Java Utililty Methods Swing Border

List of utility methods to do Swing Border

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Description

The list of methods to do Swing Border are organized into topic(s).

Method

voidaddBorder(JComponent c, Border b)
add Border 
Border cb = c.getBorder();
Border nb = cb == null ? b : new CompoundBorder(cb, b);
c.setBorder(nb);
voidaddBorder(JComponent component, Border border)
add Border 
if (component == null)
    return;
if (component.getBorder() != null) {
    component.setBorder(new CompoundBorder(border, component.getBorder()));
} else {
    component.setBorder(border);
JComponentaddOuterBorder(JComponent c, Border out)
add Outer Border 
Border b;
Border in = c.getBorder();
if (in == null)
    b = out;
else
    b = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(out, in);
c.setBorder(b);
return c;
...
StringclipText(JComponent c, String val, int borderWidth)
Clip a text. 
FontMetrics fm;
String str;
Insets insets;
int i, size, width, totWidth;
fm = c.getFontMetrics(c.getFont());
insets = c.getInsets();
width = c.getWidth() - (insets.left + insets.right) - 2 * borderWidth;
totWidth = fm.stringWidth(CLIPPING) + 2 * borderWidth;
...
booleancompareTabOrder(Component a, Component b)
compare Tab Order 
Rectangle bounds;
int ay, by;
int ax, bx;
if (a instanceof JComponent) {
    ay = ((JComponent) a).getY();
    ax = ((JComponent) a).getX();
} else {
    bounds = a.getBounds();
...
Bordercopy(final Border border)
copy 
return new Border() {
    public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
        border.paintBorder(c, g, x, y, width, height);
    public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c) {
        return border.getBorderInsets(c);
    public boolean isBorderOpaque() {
...
BordercreateCompoundBorder(Border... borders)
create Compound Border 
Border border = null;
for (int i = 0; i < borders.length; i++) {
    border = i == 0 ? borders[i] : BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(border, borders[i]);
return border;
voidcreateDebugBorder(JComponent c, Color color)
Useful debug function to place a colored, line border around a component for layout management debugging. 
if (color == null) {
    color = Color.BLACK;
c.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(color));
BordercreateFormSectionBorder(Color color, String title)
Creates border to separate form sections 
return createCompoundBorder(createEmptyBorder(5, 0, 0, 0),
        createTitledBorder(createMatteBorder(1, 0, 0, 0, color), title));
JScrollPanecreateJScrollPane(Component component, Rectangle bounds, Color backgroundColor, boolean noBorder, boolean visible)
Creates a new JScrollPane object with the given properties. 
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane();
if (bounds != null) {
    pane.setBounds(bounds);
pane.setBackground(backgroundColor);
pane.setViewportView(component);
if (noBorder) {
    pane.setBorder(null);
...