charvax.swing
Class BoxLayout

java.lang.Object
  charvax.swing.BoxLayout

All Implemented Interfaces:

LayoutManager

public class BoxLayout

extends java.lang.Object

implements LayoutManager

A concrete implementation of LayoutManager that lays out its components horizontally or vertically.

Field Summary

static int	X_AXIS
static int	Y_AXIS

Constructor Summary

BoxLayout(Container target_, int axis_)
Creates a layout manager that will lay out its components either left-to-right or top-to-bottom, as specified by the axis_ parameter.

Method Summary

void	doLayout(Container container_) This is called when the size of the container has already been calculated.
Dimension	minimumSize(Container container_) Calculate the minimum-size rectangle that can enclose all the components in the given container.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

X_AXIS

public static final int X_AXIS

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Constant Field Values

Y_AXIS

public static final int Y_AXIS

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BoxLayout

public BoxLayout(Container target_,
                 int axis_)

Creates a layout manager that will lay out its components either left-to-right or top-to-bottom, as specified by the axis_ parameter.

Parameters:

target_ - The container to be laid out. This parameter is not used, but is present for compatibility with the javax.swing.BoxLayout constructor).

axis_ - The axis in which components wil be laid out. Must be X_AXIS or Y_AXIS.

Method Detail

minimumSize

public Dimension minimumSize(Container container_)

Calculate the minimum-size rectangle that can enclose all the components in the given container.

Specified by:

minimumSize in interface LayoutManager

doLayout

public void doLayout(Container container_)

This is called when the size of the container has already been calculated. It just lays out the components according to the specified alignment.

Specified by:

doLayout in interface LayoutManager