Center aligned Text in image

Question

Hai,
I urgently need help. I want to create a jpg image which is totally white in this white image i draw some multiple line text which i want to write in the center of image. I send the Text as string to my class through servlet file. The string has some newline charatcer also. So can anybody tell me how can i draw image with center aligend text.
I use Graphics2D class for drawing and with fontMetrics to get the length of my message string. But it is not fitted in image and crossing the limit of my image.
My white image size is not fix i m using different kind of size white image.
Thanx in advance

Answer 1

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class TextPanel extends JPanel
     public TextPanel(String text)
          setBackground( Color.WHITE );
          setBorder( new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5) );
          setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
          add( Box.createVerticalGlue() );
          StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(text, "\r\n");
          while (st.hasMoreTokens())
               JLabel line = new JLabel( st.nextToken() );
               line.setFont( UIManager.getFont( "TextField.font" ) );
               line.setAlignmentX(0.5f);
               add( line );
          add( Box.createVerticalGlue() );
     public static void main(String[] args)
          String text =
               "first line\n" +
               "second line\n" +
               "a line with more text\n" +
               "another line";
          JFrame frame = new JFrame();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.getContentPane().add( new TextPanel( text ) );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
          frame.setVisible(true);
}