Use BorderFactory to create all kinds of borders in Java

Description

The following code shows how to use BorderFactory to create all kinds of borders.

Example


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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.border.BevelBorder;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Borders");

    int center = SwingConstants.CENTER;
    JLabel labelOne = new JLabel("raised BevelBorder", center);
    labelOne.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
    JLabel labelTwo = new JLabel("EtchedBorder", center);
    labelTwo.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
    JLabel labelThree = new JLabel("MatteBorder", center);
    labelThree.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(10, 10, 10, 10, Color.pink));
    JLabel labelFour = new JLabel("TitledBorder", center);
    Border etch = BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder();
    labelFour.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(etch, "Title"));
    JLabel labelFive = new JLabel("TitledBorder", center);
    Border low = BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
    labelFive.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(low, "Title", TitledBorder.RIGHT,
        TitledBorder.BOTTOM));
    JLabel labelSix = new JLabel("CompoundBorder", center);
    Border one = BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder();
    Border two = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(4, 4, 4, 4, Color.blue);
    labelSix.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(one, two));

    frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 2));
    frame.add(labelOne);
    frame.add(labelTwo);
    frame.add(labelThree);
    frame.add(labelFour);
    frame.add(labelFive);
    frame.add(labelSix);

    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

Use BorderFactory to create all kinds of borders in Java




















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