Java Utililty Methods Swing Border

void addBorder(JComponent c, Border b)
add Border

Border cb = c.getBorder();
Border nb = cb == null ? b : new CompoundBorder(cb, b);
c.setBorder(nb);

void addBorder(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);

JComponent addOuterBorder(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;
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String clipText(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;
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boolean compareTabOrder(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();
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Border copy(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() {
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Border createCompoundBorder(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;

void createDebugBorder(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));

Border createFormSectionBorder(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));

JScrollPane createJScrollPane(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);
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