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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * This code is from <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html">Java Tutorial</a>
 * The source is at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/example-1dot4/SpringUtilities.java.
 * No copyright or license information was in the source file and it was from the tutorial.  Thus
 * assuming I could use it in this program.  Below is the original file header.  The file is
 * not modified other than reformating white spaces.
 * <p>
 * A 1.4 file that provides utility methods for
 * creating form- or grid-style layouts with SpringLayout.
 * These utilities are used by several programs, such as
 * SpringBox and SpringCompactGrid.
 * </p>
 * TODO: Although algorithm wise is correct, this class fails to address the problem of rounding
 * errors.  As the result, sometimes the last row can be mismatched with other rows.  The solution
 * to the problem is to force the alignment of edges.
 *
 * @see javax.swing.SpringLayout
 * @see cookxml.cookswing.creator.SpringGridCreator
 * @author Heng Yuan
 * @version $Id: SpringLayoutUtilities.java 215 2007-06-06 03:59:41Z coconut $
 * @since CookSwing 1.0
 */
public class SpringLayoutUtilities
{
  /**
   * A debugging utility that prints to stdout the component's
   * minimum, preferred, and maximum sizes.
   */
  public static void printSizes (Component c)
  {
    System.out.println ("minimumSize = " + c.getMinimumSize ());
    System.out.println ("preferredSize = " + c.getPreferredSize ());
    System.out.println ("maximumSize = " + c.getMaximumSize ());
  }

  /**
   * Aligns the first <code>rows</code> * <code>cols</code>
   * components of <code>parent</code> in
   * a grid. Each component is as big as the maximum
   * preferred width and height of the components.
   * The parent is made just big enough to fit them all.
   *
   * @param rows     number of rows
   * @param cols     number of columns
   * @param initialX x location to start the grid at
   * @param initialY y location to start the grid at
   * @param xPad     x padding between cells
   * @param yPad     y padding between cells
   */
  public static void makeGrid (Container parent,
                 int rows, int cols,
                 int initialX, int initialY,
                 int xPad, int yPad)
  {
    SpringLayout layout;
    try
    {
      layout = (SpringLayout)parent.getLayout ();
    }
    catch (ClassCastException exc)
    {
      System.err.println ("The first argument to makeGrid must use SpringLayout.");
      return;
    }

    Spring xPadSpring = Spring.constant (xPad);
    Spring yPadSpring = Spring.constant (yPad);
    Spring initialXSpring = Spring.constant (initialX);
    Spring initialYSpring = Spring.constant (initialY);
    int max = rows * cols;

    //Calculate Springs that are the max of the width/height so that all
    //cells have the same size.
    Spring maxWidthSpring = layout.getConstraints (parent.getComponent (0)).
        getWidth ();
    Spring maxHeightSpring = layout.getConstraints (parent.getComponent (0)).
        getWidth ();
    for (int i = 1; i < max; i++)
    {
      SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints (parent.getComponent (i));

      maxWidthSpring = Spring.max (maxWidthSpring, cons.getWidth ());
      maxHeightSpring = Spring.max (maxHeightSpring, cons.getHeight ());
    }

    //Apply the new width/height Spring. This forces all the
    //components to have the same size.
    for (int i = 0; i < max; i++)
    {
      SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints (parent.getComponent (i));

      cons.setWidth (maxWidthSpring);
      cons.setHeight (maxHeightSpring);
    }

    //Then adjust the x/y constraints of all the cells so that they
    //are aligned in a grid.
    SpringLayout.Constraints lastCons = null;
    SpringLayout.Constraints lastRowCons = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < max; i++)
    {
      SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints (parent.getComponent (i));
      if (i % cols == 0)
      { //start of new row
        lastRowCons = lastCons;
        cons.setX (initialXSpring);
      }
      else
      { //x position depends on previous component
        cons.setX (Spring.sum (lastCons.getConstraint (SpringLayout.EAST),
                     xPadSpring));
      }

      if (i / cols == 0)
      { //first row
        cons.setY (initialYSpring);
      }
      else
      { //y position depends on previous row
        cons.setY (Spring.sum (lastRowCons.getConstraint (SpringLayout.SOUTH),
                     yPadSpring));
      }
      lastCons = cons;
    }

    //Set the parent's size.
    SpringLayout.Constraints pCons = layout.getConstraints (parent);
    pCons.setConstraint (SpringLayout.SOUTH,
               Spring.sum (Spring.constant (yPad),
                     lastCons.getConstraint (SpringLayout.SOUTH)));
    pCons.setConstraint (SpringLayout.EAST,
               Spring.sum (Spring.constant (xPad),
                     lastCons.getConstraint (SpringLayout.EAST)));
  }

  /* Used by makeCompactGrid. */
  private static SpringLayout.Constraints getConstraintsForCell (int row, int col,
                                   Container parent,
                                   int cols)
  {
    SpringLayout layout = (SpringLayout)parent.getLayout ();
    Component c = parent.getComponent (row * cols + col);
    return layout.getConstraints (c);
  }

  /**
   * Aligns the first <code>rows</code> * <code>cols</code>
   * components of <code>parent</code> in
   * a grid. Each component in a column is as wide as the maximum
   * preferred width of the components in that column;
   * height is similarly determined for each row.
   * The parent is made just big enough to fit them all.
   *
   * @param rows     number of rows
   * @param cols     number of columns
   * @param initialX x location to start the grid at
   * @param initialY y location to start the grid at
   * @param xPad     x padding between cells
   * @param yPad     y padding between cells
   */
  public static void makeCompactGrid (Container parent,
                    int rows, int cols,
                    int initialX, int initialY,
                    int xPad, int yPad)
  {
    SpringLayout layout;
    try
    {
      layout = (SpringLayout)parent.getLayout ();
    }
    catch (ClassCastException exc)
    {
      System.err.println ("The first argument to makeCompactGrid must use SpringLayout.");
      return;
    }

    //Align all cells in each column and make them the same width.
    Spring x = Spring.constant (initialX);
    for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++)
    {
      Spring width = Spring.constant (0);
      for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
      {
        width = Spring.max (width,
                  getConstraintsForCell (r, c, parent, cols).
                  getWidth ());
      }
      for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
      {
        SpringLayout.Constraints constraints =
            getConstraintsForCell (r, c, parent, cols);
        constraints.setX (x);
        constraints.setWidth (width);
      }
      x = Spring.sum (x, Spring.sum (width, Spring.constant (xPad)));
    }

    //Align all cells in each row and make them the same height.
    Spring y = Spring.constant (initialY);
    for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
    {
      Spring height = Spring.constant (0);
      for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++)
      {
        height = Spring.max (height,
                   getConstraintsForCell (r, c, parent, cols).
                   getHeight ());
      }
      for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++)
      {
        SpringLayout.Constraints constraints =
            getConstraintsForCell (r, c, parent, cols);
        constraints.setY (y);
        constraints.setHeight (height);
      }
      y = Spring.sum (y, Spring.sum (height, Spring.constant (yPad)));
    }

    //Set the parent's size.
    SpringLayout.Constraints pCons = layout.getConstraints (parent);
    pCons.setConstraint (SpringLayout.SOUTH, y);
    pCons.setConstraint (SpringLayout.EAST, x);
  }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
  








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