Setting a Border
This example lists the various borders that are available. 

 
 component.setBorder(
   BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
 component.setBorder(
   BorderFactory.createLineBorder(
     Color.black));
 component.setBorder(
   BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
 component.setBorder(
   BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
 component.setBorder(
   BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
     
 ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("image.gif");
 component.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(
   -1, -1, -1, -1, icon));