Class MatteBorder

public class MatteBorder
extends EmptyBorder

A class which provides a matte-like border of either a solid color or a tiled icon.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Fields

color

protected Color color

tileIcon

protected Icon tileIcon

Constructors

MatteBorder

public MatteBorder(int top,
                   int left,
                   int bottom,
                   int right,
                   Color matteColor)

Creates a matte border with the specified insets and color.

Parameters:

top - the top inset of the border

left - the left inset of the border

bottom - the bottom inset of the border

right - the right inset of the border

matteColor - the color rendered for the border

MatteBorder

public MatteBorder(Insets borderInsets,
                   Color matteColor)

Creates a matte border with the specified insets and color.

Parameters:

borderInsets - the insets of the border

matteColor - the color rendered for the border

Since:

1.3

MatteBorder

public MatteBorder(int top,
                   int left,
                   int bottom,
                   int right,
                   Icon tileIcon)

Creates a matte border with the specified insets and tile icon.

Parameters:

top - the top inset of the border

left - the left inset of the border

bottom - the bottom inset of the border

right - the right inset of the border

tileIcon - the icon to be used for tiling the border

MatteBorder

public MatteBorder(Insets borderInsets,
                   Icon tileIcon)

Creates a matte border with the specified insets and tile icon.

Parameters:

borderInsets - the insets of the border

tileIcon - the icon to be used for tiling the border

Since:

1.3

MatteBorder

public MatteBorder(Icon tileIcon)

Creates a matte border with the specified tile icon. The insets will be calculated dynamically based on the size of the tile icon, where the top and bottom will be equal to the tile icon's height, and the left and right will be equal to the tile icon's width.

Parameters:

tileIcon - the icon to be used for tiling the border

Methods

paintBorder

public void paintBorder(Component c,
                        Graphics g,
                        int x,
                        int y,
                        int width,
                        int height)

Paints the matte border.

Specified by:

paintBorder in interface Border

Overrides:

paintBorder in class EmptyBorder

Parameters:

c - the component for which this border is being painted

g - the paint graphics

x - the x position of the painted border

y - the y position of the painted border

width - the width of the painted border

height - the height of the painted border

getBorderInsets

public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c,
                              Insets insets)

Reinitialize the insets parameter with this Border's current Insets.

Overrides:

getBorderInsets in class EmptyBorder

Parameters:

c - the component for which this border insets value applies

insets - the object to be reinitialized

Returns:

the insets object

Since:

1.3

getBorderInsets

public Insets getBorderInsets()

Returns the insets of the border.

Overrides:

getBorderInsets in class EmptyBorder

Since:

1.3

getMatteColor

public Color getMatteColor()

Returns the color used for tiling the border or null if a tile icon is being used.

Since:

1.3

getTileIcon

public Icon getTileIcon()

Returns the icon used for tiling the border or null if a solid color is being used.

Since:

1.3

isBorderOpaque

public boolean isBorderOpaque()

Returns whether or not the border is opaque.

Specified by:

isBorderOpaque in interface Border

Overrides:

isBorderOpaque in class EmptyBorder

Returns:

false