Borders

JComponent contains a method called setBorder( ), which allows you to place various interesting borders on any visible component. The following example demonstrates a number of the different borders that are available, using a method called showBorder( ) that creates a JPanel and puts on the border in each case. Also, it uses RTTI to find the name of the border that you’re using (stripping off all the path information), then puts that name in a JLabel in the middle of the panel:

//: c14:Borders.java
// Different Swing borders.
// <applet code=Borders width=500 height=300></applet>
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import com.bruceeckel.swing.*;

public class Borders extends JApplet {
  static JPanel showBorder(Border b) {
    JPanel jp = new JPanel();
    jp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    String nm = b.getClass().toString();
    nm = nm.substring(nm.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
    jp.add(new JLabel(nm, JLabel.CENTER),
      BorderLayout.CENTER);
    jp.setBorder(b);
    return jp;
  }
  public void init() {
    Container cp = getContentPane();
    cp.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,4));
    cp.add(showBorder(new TitledBorder("Title")));
    cp.add(showBorder(new EtchedBorder()));
    cp.add(showBorder(new LineBorder(Color.BLUE)));
    cp.add(showBorder(
      new MatteBorder(5,5,30,30,Color.GREEN)));
    cp.add(showBorder(
      new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED)));
    cp.add(showBorder(
      new SoftBevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED)));
    cp.add(showBorder(new CompoundBorder(
      new EtchedBorder(),
      new LineBorder(Color.RED))));
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console.run(new Borders(), 500, 300);
  }
} ///:~

You can also create your own borders and put them inside buttons, labels, etc.—anything derived from JComponent.

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