Java Utililty Methods Swing BorderLayout

Component addBorders(Component content)
add Borders

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
BoxLayout boxLayout1 = new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
panel.setLayout(boxLayout1);
panel.setBackground(CYAN);
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension((int) content.getPreferredSize().getWidth() + 5, 5));
topPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
topPanel.setBackground(BLUE);
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JPanel addToPanel(JPanel panel, JComponent centerComponent, JComponent arrangedComponent, String borderLayoutConstraint)
add To Panel

panel.add(centerComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.add(arrangedComponent, borderLayoutConstraint);
return panel;

JPanel addToVerticalBorderLayout(JComponent north, JComponent center, JComponent south)
add To Vertical Border Layout

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
if (north != null) {
 panel.add(north, BorderLayout.NORTH);
if (center != null) {
 panel.add(center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
if (south != null) {
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JPanel createBorderLayoutPane(Object... args)
create Border Layout Pane

if (args.length % 2 != 0) {
 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Arguments");
BorderLayout layout = new BorderLayout();
Object maybeHgap = args[args.length - 2];
Object maybeVgap = args[args.length - 1];
boolean hasGap = false;
if (maybeHgap instanceof Integer && maybeVgap instanceof Integer) {
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JPanel createBox(Border border, Component center, Component north)
create Box

return createBox(border, center, north, null, null, null);

JPanel createPanel(Component comp, boolean setBorder, int borderType)
create Panel

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(comp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
if (setBorder)
 setBorder(panel, borderType);
return panel;

JPanel createPanel(JComponent centerComponent, JComponent placedComponent, String borderLayoutConstraint)
create Panel

JPanel panel = createPanel();
return addToPanel(panel, centerComponent, placedComponent, borderLayoutConstraint);

JComponent layoutCompactHorizontal(JComponent... list)
Compact horizontal layout.

JComponent last = list[list.length - 1];
for (int i = list.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
 JPanel p = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
 p.add(list[i], BorderLayout.WEST);
 p.add(last, BorderLayout.EAST);
 last = p;
return last;
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JComponent layoutCompactVertical(JComponent... list)
layout Compact Vertical

JComponent last = list[list.length - 1];
for (int i = list.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
 JPanel p = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
 p.add(list[i], BorderLayout.NORTH);
 p.add(last, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 last = p;
return last;
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JPanel makeBorderPanel(int topMargin, int leftMargin, int bottomMargin, int rightMargin)
Make a JPanel with a BorderLayout ; set the border to the given margins.

JPanel result = makeBorderPanel();
result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(topMargin, leftMargin, bottomMargin, rightMargin));
return result;