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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2011 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.util.ui;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class JBInsets extends Insets {
+  /**
+   * Creates and initializes a new <code>Insets</code> object with the
+   * specified top, left, bottom, and right insets.
+   *
+   * @param top    the inset from the top.
+   * @param left   the inset from the left.
+   * @param bottom the inset from the bottom.
+   * @param right  the inset from the right.
+   */
+  public JBInsets(int top, int left, int bottom, int right) {
+    super(top, left, bottom, right);
+  }
+  
+  public int width() {
+    return left + right;
+  }
+  
+  public int height() {
+    return top + bottom;
+  }
+
+  public static JBInsets create(@NotNull Insets insets) {
+    return insets instanceof JBInsets ? (JBInsets)insets
+                                      : new JBInsets(insets.top, insets.left, insets.bottom, insets.right);
+  }
+}