Changing the insets of a component

Question

anyone know how to set the insets of a component?
there's a getInsets() method in the Component class, but there doesnt seem to be the usual 'set' method. It must be easy to change, can anyone help?
thanks in advance,
rob

Answer 1

thanks for your help,
I tried changing the insets using the public members but this basically doesnt update the component space that it uses. Using the EmptyBorder does create some customised inset space but it doesnt work as expected. Basically Im using another border within the empty border such as:
EmptyBorder empty_ = new EmptyBorder(5,10,5,10);
          TitledBorder title_ = new TitledBorder(new LineBorder(new Color(102,102,153)),"hello");
          CompoundBorder compound1_ = new CompoundBorder(empty_, title_);
          CompoundBorder compound2_ = new CompoundBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED), compound1_);
the insets of the empty border seem to work rather unusually, namely, the lineborder isnt drawn out fully. Instead it looses about half of its border... have you any suggestions or sample code which you can show me?
once again, thanks for your help,
rob