Changing the JButton shape

Hi All,
The shape of JButton is usually a rectangle
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btnName
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but I want to change it's shape to Triangle or Circle like this
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can I do that with swing?
Please help.
Thanks,
Long

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setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));

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