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package javax.swing.plaf.basic;

import gnu.classpath.SystemProperties;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.LineMetrics;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;


/**
 * A utility class providing commonly used drawing and measurement
 * routines.
 *
 * @author Sascha Brawer (brawer@dandelis.ch)
 */
public class BasicGraphicsUtils
{
  /**
   * Used as a key for a client property to store cached TextLayouts in. This
   * is used for speed-up drawing of text in
   * {@link #drawString(Graphics, String, int, int, int)}.
   */
  static final String CACHED_TEXT_LAYOUT =
    "BasicGraphicsUtils.cachedTextLayout";

  /**
   * Constructor. It is utterly unclear why this class should
   * be constructable, but this is what the API specification
   * says.
   */
  public BasicGraphicsUtils()
  {
    // Nothing to do here.
  }


  /**
   * Draws a rectangle that appears etched into the surface, given
   * four colors that are used for drawing.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-1.png" width="360"
   * height="200" alt="[An illustration that shows which pixels
   * get painted in what color]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the rectangle is drawn.
   * @param x the x coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param y the y coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param width the width of the rectangle in pixels.
   * @param height the height of the rectangle in pixels.
   *
   * @param shadow the color that will be used for painting
   *        the outer side of the top and left edges.
   *
   * @param darkShadow the color that will be used for painting
   *        the inner side of the top and left edges.
   *
   * @param highlight the color that will be used for painting
   *        the inner side of the bottom and right edges.
   *
   * @param lightHighlight the color that will be used for painting
   *        the outer side of the bottom and right edges.
   *
   * @see #getEtchedInsets()
   * @see javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder
   */
  public static void drawEtchedRect(Graphics g,
                                    int x, int y, int width, int height,
                                    Color shadow, Color darkShadow,
                                    Color highlight, Color lightHighlight)
  {
    Color oldColor;
    int x2, y2;

    oldColor = g.getColor();
    x2 = x + width - 1;
    y2 = y + height - 1;

    try
    {
      /* To understand this code, it might be helpful to look at the
       * image "BasicGraphicsUtils-1.png" that is included with the
       * JavaDoc. The file is located in the "doc-files" subdirectory.
       *
       * (x2, y2) is the coordinate of the most right and bottom pixel
       * to be painted.
       */
      g.setColor(shadow);
      g.drawLine(x, y, x2 - 1, y);                     // top, outer
      g.drawLine(x, y + 1, x, y2 - 1);                 // left, outer

      g.setColor(darkShadow);
      g.drawLine(x + 1, y + 1, x2 - 2, y + 1);         // top, inner
      g.drawLine(x + 1, y + 2, x + 1, y2 - 2);         // left, inner
      
      g.setColor(highlight);
      g.drawLine(x + 1, y2 - 1, x2 - 1, y2 - 1);       // bottom, inner
      g.drawLine(x2 - 1, y + 1, x2 - 1, y2 - 2);       // right, inner

      g.setColor(lightHighlight);
      g.drawLine(x, y2, x2, y2);                       // bottom, outer
      g.drawLine(x2, y, x2, y2 - 1);                   // right, outer
    }
    finally
    {
      g.setColor(oldColor);
    }
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Determines the width of the border that gets painted by
   * {@link #drawEtchedRect}.
   *
   * @return an <code>Insets</code> object whose <code>top</code>,
   *         <code>left</code>, <code>bottom</code> and
   *         <code>right</code> field contain the border width at the
   *         respective edge in pixels.
   */
  public static Insets getEtchedInsets()
  {
    return new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);
  }


  /**
   * Draws a rectangle that appears etched into the surface, given
   * two colors that are used for drawing.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-2.png" width="360"
   * height="200" alt="[An illustration that shows which pixels
   * get painted in what color]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the rectangle is drawn.
   * @param x the x coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param y the y coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param width the width of the rectangle in pixels.
   * @param height the height of the rectangle in pixels.
   *
   * @param shadow the color that will be used for painting the outer
   *        side of the top and left edges, and for the inner side of
   *        the bottom and right ones.
   *
   * @param highlight the color that will be used for painting the
   *        inner side of the top and left edges, and for the outer
   *        side of the bottom and right ones.
   *
   * @see #getGrooveInsets()
   * @see javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder
   */
  public static void drawGroove(Graphics g,
                                int x, int y, int width, int height,
                                Color shadow, Color highlight)
  {
    /* To understand this, it might be helpful to look at the image
     * "BasicGraphicsUtils-2.png" that is included with the JavaDoc,
     * and to compare it with "BasicGraphicsUtils-1.png" which shows
     * the pixels painted by drawEtchedRect.  These image files are
     * located in the "doc-files" subdirectory.
     */
    drawEtchedRect(g, x, y, width, height,
                   /* outer topLeft */     shadow,
                   /* inner topLeft */     highlight,
                   /* inner bottomRight */ shadow,
                   /* outer bottomRight */ highlight);
  }


  /**
   * Determines the width of the border that gets painted by
   * {@link #drawGroove}.
   *
   * @return an <code>Insets</code> object whose <code>top</code>,
   *         <code>left</code>, <code>bottom</code> and
   *         <code>right</code> field contain the border width at the
   *         respective edge in pixels.
   */
  public static Insets getGrooveInsets()
  {
    return new Insets(2, 2, 2, 2);
  }
  

  /**
   * Draws a border that is suitable for buttons of the Basic look and
   * feel.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-3.png" width="500"
   * height="300" alt="[An illustration that shows which pixels
   * get painted in what color]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the rectangle is drawn.
   * @param x the x coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param y the y coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param width the width of the rectangle in pixels.
   * @param height the height of the rectangle in pixels.
   *
   * @param isPressed <code>true</code> to draw the button border
   *        with a pressed-in appearance; <code>false</code> for
   *        normal (unpressed) appearance.
   *
   * @param isDefault <code>true</code> to draw the border with
   *        the appearance it has when hitting the enter key in a
   *        dialog will simulate a click to this button;
   *        <code>false</code> for normal appearance.
   *
   * @param shadow the shadow color.
   * @param darkShadow a darker variant of the shadow color.
   * @param highlight the highlight color.
   * @param lightHighlight a brighter variant of the highlight  color.
   */
  public static void drawBezel(Graphics g,
                               int x, int y, int width, int height,
                               boolean isPressed, boolean isDefault,
                               Color shadow, Color darkShadow,
                               Color highlight, Color lightHighlight)
  {
    Color oldColor = g.getColor();

    /* To understand this, it might be helpful to look at the image
     * "BasicGraphicsUtils-3.png" that is included with the JavaDoc,
     * and to compare it with "BasicGraphicsUtils-1.png" which shows
     * the pixels painted by drawEtchedRect.  These image files are
     * located in the "doc-files" subdirectory.
     */
    try
    {
      if ((isPressed == false) && (isDefault == false))
      {
        drawEtchedRect(g, x, y, width, height,
                       lightHighlight, highlight,
                       shadow, darkShadow);
      }

      if ((isPressed == true) && (isDefault == false))
      {
        g.setColor(shadow);
        g.drawRect(x + 1, y + 1, width - 2, height - 2);
      }

      if ((isPressed == false) && (isDefault == true))
      {
        g.setColor(darkShadow);
        g.drawRect(x, y, width - 1, height - 1);
        drawEtchedRect(g, x + 1, y + 1, width - 2, height - 2,
                       lightHighlight, highlight,
                       shadow, darkShadow);
      }

      if ((isPressed == true) && (isDefault == true))
      {
        g.setColor(darkShadow);
        g.drawRect(x, y, width - 1, height - 1);
        g.setColor(shadow);
        g.drawRect(x + 1, y + 1, width - 3, height - 3);
      }
    }
    finally
    {
      g.setColor(oldColor);
    }
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Draws a rectangle that appears lowered into the surface, given
   * four colors that are used for drawing.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-4.png" width="360"
   * height="200" alt="[An illustration that shows which pixels
   * get painted in what color]" />
   *
   * <p><strong>Compatibility with the Sun reference
   * implementation:</strong> The Sun reference implementation seems
   * to ignore the <code>x</code> and <code>y</code> arguments, at
   * least in JDK 1.3.1 and 1.4.1_01.  The method always draws the
   * rectangular area at location (0, 0). A bug report has been filed
   * with Sun; its &#x201c;bug ID&#x201d; is 4880003.  The GNU Classpath
   * implementation behaves correctly, thus not replicating this bug.
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the rectangle is drawn.
   * @param x the x coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param y the y coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param width the width of the rectangle in pixels.
   * @param height the height of the rectangle in pixels.
   *
   * @param shadow the color that will be used for painting
   *        the inner side of the top and left edges.
   *
   * @param darkShadow the color that will be used for painting
   *        the outer side of the top and left edges.
   *
   * @param highlight the color that will be used for painting
   *        the inner side of the bottom and right edges.
   *
   * @param lightHighlight the color that will be used for painting
   *        the outer side of the bottom and right edges.
   */
  public static void drawLoweredBezel(Graphics g,
                                      int x, int y, int width, int height,
                                      Color shadow, Color darkShadow,
                                      Color highlight, Color lightHighlight)
  {
    /* Like drawEtchedRect, but swapping darkShadow and shadow.
     *
     * To understand this, it might be helpful to look at the image
     * "BasicGraphicsUtils-4.png" that is included with the JavaDoc,
     * and to compare it with "BasicGraphicsUtils-1.png" which shows
     * the pixels painted by drawEtchedRect.  These image files are
     * located in the "doc-files" subdirectory.
     */
    drawEtchedRect(g, x, y, width, height,
                   darkShadow, shadow,
                   highlight, lightHighlight);
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Draws a String at the given location, underlining the first
   * occurence of a specified character. The algorithm for determining
   * the underlined position is not sensitive to case. If the
   * character is not part of <code>text</code>, the text will be
   * drawn without underlining. Drawing is performed in the current
   * color and font of <code>g</code>.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-5.png" width="500"
   * height="100" alt="[An illustration showing how to use the
   * method]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the String is drawn.
   *
   * @param text the String to draw.
   *
   * @param underlinedChar the character whose first occurence in
   *        <code>text</code> will be underlined. It is not clear
   *        why the API specification declares this argument to be
   *        of type <code>int</code> instead of <code>char</code>.
   *        While this would allow to pass Unicode characters outside
   *        Basic Multilingual Plane 0 (U+0000 .. U+FFFE), at least
   *        the GNU Classpath implementation does not underline
   *        anything if <code>underlinedChar</code> is outside
   *        the range of <code>char</code>.
   *        
   * @param x the x coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   *
   * @param y the y coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   */
  public static void drawString(Graphics g, String text,
                                int underlinedChar, int x, int y)
  {
    int index = -1;

    /* It is intentional that lower case is used. In some languages,
     * the set of lowercase characters is larger than the set of
     * uppercase ones. Therefore, it is good practice to use lowercase
     * for such comparisons (which really means that the author of this
     * code can vaguely remember having read some Unicode techreport
     * with this recommendation, but is too lazy to look for the URL).
     */
    if ((underlinedChar >= 0) || (underlinedChar <= 0xffff))
      index = text.toLowerCase().indexOf(
        Character.toLowerCase((char) underlinedChar));

    drawStringUnderlineCharAt(g, text, index, x, y);
  }


  /**
   * Draws a String at the given location, underlining the character
   * at the specified index. Drawing is performed in the current color
   * and font of <code>g</code>.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-5.png" width="500"
   * height="100" alt="[An illustration showing how to use the
   * method]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the String is drawn.
   *
   * @param text the String to draw.
   *
   * @param underlinedIndex the index of the underlined character in
   *        <code>text</code>.  If <code>underlinedIndex</code> falls
   *        outside the range <code>[0, text.length() - 1]</code>, the
   *        text will be drawn without underlining anything.
   *        
   * @param x the x coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   *
   * @param y the y coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static void drawStringUnderlineCharAt(Graphics g, String text,
                                               int underlinedIndex,
                                               int x, int y)
  {
    Graphics2D g2;
    Rectangle2D.Double underline;
    FontRenderContext frc;
    FontMetrics fmet;
    LineMetrics lineMetrics;
    Font font;
    TextLayout layout;
    double underlineX1, underlineX2;
    boolean drawUnderline;
    int textLength;

    textLength = text.length();
    if (textLength == 0)
      return;

    drawUnderline = (underlinedIndex >= 0) && (underlinedIndex < textLength);

    // FIXME: unfortunately pango and cairo can't agree on metrics
    // so for the time being we continue to *not* use TextLayouts.
    if (true || !(g instanceof Graphics2D))
    {
      /* Fall-back. This is likely to produce garbage for any text
       * containing right-to-left (Hebrew or Arabic) characters, even
       * if the underlined character is left-to-right.
       */
      g.drawString(text, x, y);
      if (drawUnderline)
      {
        fmet = g.getFontMetrics();
        g.fillRect(
          /* x */ x + fmet.stringWidth(text.substring(0, underlinedIndex)),
          /* y */ y + fmet.getDescent() - 1,
          /* width */ fmet.charWidth(text.charAt(underlinedIndex)),
          /* height */ 1);
      }

      return;
    }

    g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
    font = g2.getFont();
    frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
    lineMetrics = font.getLineMetrics(text, frc);
    layout = new TextLayout(text, font, frc);

    /* Draw the text. */
    layout.draw(g2, x, y);
    if (!drawUnderline)
      return;

    underlineX1 = x + layout.getLogicalHighlightShape(
     underlinedIndex, underlinedIndex).getBounds2D().getX();
    underlineX2 = x + layout.getLogicalHighlightShape(
     underlinedIndex + 1, underlinedIndex + 1).getBounds2D().getX();

    underline = new Rectangle2D.Double();
    if (underlineX1 < underlineX2)
    {
      underline.x = underlineX1;
      underline.width = underlineX2 - underlineX1;
    }
    else
    {
      underline.x = underlineX2;
      underline.width = underlineX1 - underlineX2;
    }

    
    underline.height = lineMetrics.getUnderlineThickness();
    underline.y = lineMetrics.getUnderlineOffset();
    if (underline.y == 0)
    {
      /* Some fonts do not specify an underline offset, although they
       * actually should do so. In that case, the result of calling
       * lineMetrics.getUnderlineOffset() will be zero. Since it would
       * look very ugly if the underline was be positioned immediately
       * below the baseline, we check for this and move the underline
       * below the descent, as shown in the following ASCII picture:
       *
       *   #####       ##### #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *   #####       ######        ---- baseline (0)
       *                    #
       *                    #
       * ------------------###----------- lineMetrics.getDescent()
       */
      underline.y = lineMetrics.getDescent();
    }

    underline.y += y;
    g2.fill(underline);
  }

  /**
   * Draws a string on the specified component.
   *
   * @param c the component
   * @param g the Graphics context
   * @param text the string
   * @param underlinedChar the character to be underlined
   * @param x the X location
   * @param y the Y location
   */
  static void drawString(JComponent c, Graphics g, String text,
                                int underlinedChar, int x, int y)
  {
    int index = -1;

    /* It is intentional that lower case is used. In some languages,
     * the set of lowercase characters is larger than the set of
     * uppercase ones. Therefore, it is good practice to use lowercase
     * for such comparisons (which really means that the author of this
     * code can vaguely remember having read some Unicode techreport
     * with this recommendation, but is too lazy to look for the URL).
     */
    if ((underlinedChar >= 0) || (underlinedChar <= 0xffff))
      index = text.toLowerCase().indexOf(
        Character.toLowerCase((char) underlinedChar));

    drawStringUnderlineCharAt(c, g, text, index, x, y);
  }


  /**
   * Draws a String at the given location, underlining the character
   * at the specified index. Drawing is performed in the current color
   * and font of <code>g</code>.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-5.png" width="500"
   * height="100" alt="[An illustration showing how to use the
   * method]" />
   *
   * This is an accelerated version of the method with the same name. It
   * uses a pre-laid out TextLayout stored in a client property.
   *
   * @param c the component that is drawn
   * @param g the graphics into which the String is drawn.
   *
   * @param text the String to draw.
   *
   * @param underlinedIndex the index of the underlined character in
   *        <code>text</code>.  If <code>underlinedIndex</code> falls
   *        outside the range <code>[0, text.length() - 1]</code>, the
   *        text will be drawn without underlining anything.
   *        
   * @param x the x coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   *
   * @param y the y coordinate of the text, as it would be passed to
   *        {@link java.awt.Graphics#drawString(java.lang.String,
   *        int, int)}.
   */
  static void drawStringUnderlineCharAt(JComponent c, Graphics g, String text,
                                        int underlinedIndex,
                                        int x, int y)
  {
    Graphics2D g2;
    Rectangle2D.Double underline;
    FontRenderContext frc;
    FontMetrics fmet;
    LineMetrics lineMetrics;
    Font font;
    TextLayout layout;
    double underlineX1, underlineX2;
    boolean drawUnderline;
    int textLength;

    textLength = text.length();
    if (textLength == 0)
      return;

    drawUnderline = (underlinedIndex >= 0) && (underlinedIndex < textLength);

    // FIXME: unfortunately pango and cairo can't agree on metrics
    // so for the time being we continue to *not* use TextLayouts.
    if (!(g instanceof Graphics2D)
       || SystemProperties.getProperty("gnu.javax.swing.noGraphics2D") != null)
    {
      /* Fall-back. This is likely to produce garbage for any text
       * containing right-to-left (Hebrew or Arabic) characters, even
       * if the underlined character is left-to-right.
       */
      g.drawString(text, x, y);
      if (drawUnderline)
      {
        fmet = g.getFontMetrics();
        g.fillRect(
          /* x */ x + fmet.stringWidth(text.substring(0, underlinedIndex)),
          /* y */ y + fmet.getDescent() - 1,
          /* width */ fmet.charWidth(text.charAt(underlinedIndex)),
          /* height */ 1);
      }

      return;
    }

    g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
    font = g2.getFont();
    frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
    lineMetrics = font.getLineMetrics(text, frc);
    layout = (TextLayout) c.getClientProperty(CACHED_TEXT_LAYOUT);
    if (layout == null)
      {
        layout = new TextLayout(text, font, frc);
        System.err.println("Unable to use cached TextLayout for: " + text);
      }

    /* Draw the text. */
    layout.draw(g2, x, y);
    if (!drawUnderline)
      return;

    underlineX1 = x + layout.getLogicalHighlightShape(
     underlinedIndex, underlinedIndex).getBounds2D().getX();
    underlineX2 = x + layout.getLogicalHighlightShape(
     underlinedIndex + 1, underlinedIndex + 1).getBounds2D().getX();

    underline = new Rectangle2D.Double();
    if (underlineX1 < underlineX2)
    {
      underline.x = underlineX1;
      underline.width = underlineX2 - underlineX1;
    }
    else
    {
      underline.x = underlineX2;
      underline.width = underlineX1 - underlineX2;
    }

    
    underline.height = lineMetrics.getUnderlineThickness();
    underline.y = lineMetrics.getUnderlineOffset();
    if (underline.y == 0)
    {
      /* Some fonts do not specify an underline offset, although they
       * actually should do so. In that case, the result of calling
       * lineMetrics.getUnderlineOffset() will be zero. Since it would
       * look very ugly if the underline was be positioned immediately
       * below the baseline, we check for this and move the underline
       * below the descent, as shown in the following ASCII picture:
       *
       *   #####       ##### #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *  #     #     #     #
       *   #####       ######        ---- baseline (0)
       *                    #
       *                    #
       * ------------------###----------- lineMetrics.getDescent()
       */
      underline.y = lineMetrics.getDescent();
    }

    underline.y += y;
    g2.fill(underline);
  }

  /**
   * Draws a rectangle, simulating a dotted stroke by painting only
   * every second pixel along the one-pixel thick edge. The color of
   * those pixels is the current color of the Graphics <code>g</code>.
   * Any other pixels are left unchanged.
   *
   * <p><img src="doc-files/BasicGraphicsUtils-7.png" width="360"
   * height="200" alt="[An illustration that shows which pixels
   * get painted]" />
   *
   * @param g the graphics into which the rectangle is drawn.
   * @param x the x coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param y the y coordinate of the rectangle.
   * @param width the width of the rectangle in pixels.
   * @param height the height of the rectangle in pixels.
   */
  public static void drawDashedRect(Graphics g,
                                    int x, int y, int width, int height)
  {
    int right = x + width - 1;
    int bottom = y + height - 1;

    /* Draw the top and bottom edge of the dotted rectangle. */
    for (int i = x; i <= right; i += 2)
    {
      g.drawLine(i, y, i, y);
      g.drawLine(i, bottom, i, bottom);
    }

    /* Draw the left and right edge of the dotted rectangle. */
    for (int i = y; i <= bottom; i += 2)
    {
      g.drawLine(x, i, x, i);
      g.drawLine(right, i, right, i);
    }
  }


  /**
   * Determines the preferred width and height of an AbstractButton,
   * given the gap between the button&#x2019;s text and icon.
   *
   * @param b the button whose preferred size is determined.
   *
   * @param textIconGap the gap between the button&#x2019;s text and
   *        icon.
   *
   * @return a <code>Dimension</code> object whose <code>width</code>
   *         and <code>height</code> fields indicate the preferred
   *         extent in pixels.
   *
   * @see javax.swing.SwingUtilities#layoutCompoundLabel(JComponent, 
   *      FontMetrics, String, Icon, int, int, int, int, Rectangle, Rectangle, 
   *      Rectangle, int)
   */
  public static Dimension getPreferredButtonSize(AbstractButton b,
                                                 int textIconGap)
  {
    Rectangle contentRect;
    Rectangle viewRect;
    Rectangle iconRect = new Rectangle();
    Rectangle textRect = new Rectangle();
    Insets insets = b.getInsets();
    
    viewRect = new Rectangle();

     /* java.awt.Toolkit.getFontMetrics is deprecated. However, it
     * seems not obvious how to get to the correct FontMetrics object
     * otherwise. The real problem probably is that the method
     * javax.swing.SwingUtilities.layoutCompundLabel should take a
     * LineMetrics, not a FontMetrics argument. But fixing this that
     * would change the public API.
     */
   SwingUtilities.layoutCompoundLabel(
      b, // for the component orientation
      b.getToolkit().getFontMetrics(b.getFont()), // see comment above
      b.getText(),
      b.getIcon(),
      b.getVerticalAlignment(), 
      b.getHorizontalAlignment(),
      b.getVerticalTextPosition(),
      b.getHorizontalTextPosition(),
      viewRect, iconRect, textRect,
      textIconGap);

    /*  +------------------------+       +------------------------+
     *  |                        |       |                        |
     *  | ICON                   |       | CONTENTCONTENTCONTENT  |
     *  |          TEXTTEXTTEXT  |  -->  | CONTENTCONTENTCONTENT  |
     *  |          TEXTTEXTTEXT  |       | CONTENTCONTENTCONTENT  |
     *  +------------------------+       +------------------------+
     */

    contentRect = textRect.union(iconRect);
    
    return new Dimension(insets.left
			 + contentRect.width 
			 + insets.right + b.getHorizontalAlignment(),
                         insets.top
			 + contentRect.height 
			 + insets.bottom);
  }
}