diff -r fd16c54261b3 -r 90ce3da70b43 jdk/src/share/classes/javax/swing/border/EmptyBorder.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+package javax.swing.border;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.Insets;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.Component;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+
+/**
+ * A class which provides an empty, transparent border which
+ * takes up space but does no drawing.
+ * <p>
+ * <strong>Warning:</strong>
+ * 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<sup><font size="-2">TM</font></sup>
+ * has been added to the <code>java.beans</code> package.
+ * Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
+ *
+ * @author David Kloba
+ */
+public class EmptyBorder extends AbstractBorder implements Serializable
+{
+    protected int left, right, top, bottom;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an empty border with the specified insets.
+     * @param top the top inset of the border
+     * @param left the left inset of the border
+     * @param bottom the bottom inset of the border
+     * @param right the right inset of the border
+     */
+    public EmptyBorder(int top, int left, int bottom, int right)   {
+        this.top = top;
+        this.right = right;
+        this.bottom = bottom;
+        this.left = left;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an empty border with the specified insets.
+     * @param borderInsets the insets of the border
+     */
+    @ConstructorProperties({"borderInsets"})
+    public EmptyBorder(Insets borderInsets)   {
+        this.top = borderInsets.top;
+        this.right = borderInsets.right;
+        this.bottom = borderInsets.bottom;
+        this.left = borderInsets.left;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Does no drawing by default.
+     */
+    public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reinitialize the insets parameter with this Border's current Insets.
+     * @param c the component for which this border insets value applies
+     * @param insets the object to be reinitialized
+     */
+    public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c, Insets insets) {
+        insets.left = left;
+        insets.top = top;
+        insets.right = right;
+        insets.bottom = bottom;
+        return insets;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the insets of the border.
+     * @since 1.3
+     */
+    public Insets getBorderInsets() {
+        return new Insets(top, left, bottom, right);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether or not the border is opaque.
+     * Returns false by default.
+     */
+    public boolean isBorderOpaque() { return false; }
+
+}