DiagonalLayout definition and customization

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Vector;

public class DiagonalLayout implements LayoutManager {

    private int verticalDistance;
    private int minWidth = 0, minHeight = 0;
    private int preWidth = 0, preHeight = 0;
    private boolean isSize = true;

    public DiagonalLayout() {
        this(5);
    }

    public DiagonalLayout(int v) {
        verticalDistance = v;
    }

    /*  override from LayoutManager. */
    public void addLayoutComponent(String name, Component comp) {
    }

    /*  override from  LayoutManager. */
    public void removeLayoutComponent(Component comp) {
    }

    private void setSizes(Container container) {
        int countComp = container.countComponents();
        Dimension newDim = null;

        //Reset preferred/minimum width and height.
        preWidth = 0;
        preHeight = 0;
        minWidth = 0;
        minHeight = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < countComp; i++) {
            Component c = container.getComponent(i);
            if (c.isVisible()) {
                newDim = c.preferredSize();

                if (i > 0) {
                    preWidth += newDim.width/2; 
                    preHeight += verticalDistance;
                } else {
                    preWidth = newDim.width;
                }
                preHeight += newDim.height;

                minWidth = Math.max(c.minimumSize().width, minWidth);
                minHeight = preHeight;
            }
        }
    }


    /* override from    LayoutManager. */
    public Dimension preferredLayoutSize(Container container) {
        Dimension dim = new Dimension(0, 0);
        int countComp = container.countComponents();

        setSizes(container);

        //Always add the container's insets!
        Insets insets = container.insets();
        dim.width = preWidth + insets.left + insets.right;
        dim.height = preHeight + insets.top + insets.bottom;

        sizeUnknown = false;

        return dim;
    }

    /* override from  LayoutManager. */
    public Dimension minLayoutSize(Container container) {
        Dimension dim = new Dimension(0, 0);
        int countComp = container.countComponents();

        //Always add the container's insets!
        Insets insets = container.insets();
        dim.width = minWidth + insets.left + insets.right;
        dim.height = minHeight + insets.top + insets.bottom;

        sizeUnknown = false;

        return dim;
    }

  
    /* This is called  when the panel is first displayed, 
     * and every time its size changes. 
   */
    public void layoutContainer(Container container) {
        Insets insets = container.insets();
        int maxWidth = container.size().width
                       - (insets.left + insets.right);
        int maxHeight = container.size().height
                        - (insets.top + insets.bottom);
        int countComp = container.countComponents();
        int previousWidth = 0, previousHeight = 0;
        int x = 0, y = insets.top;
        int rowh = 0, start = 0;
        int xFudge = 0, yFudge = 0;
        boolean oneColumn = false;

        // Go through the components' sizes, if neither preferredLayoutSize()
        // nor minLayoutSize() has been called.
        if (sizeUnknown) {
            setSizes(container);
        }
            
        if (maxWidth <= minWidth) {
            oneColumn = true;
        }

        if (maxWidth != preWidth) {
            xFudge = (maxWidth - preWidth)/(countComp - 1);
        }

        if (maxHeight > preHeight) {
            yFudge = (maxHeight - preHeight)/(countComp - 1);
        }

        for (int i = 0 ; i < countComp ; i++) {
            Component c = container.getComponent(i);
            if (c.isVisible()) {
                Dimension d = c.preferredSize();
                
                
                if (i > 0) { 
                    if (!oneColumn) {
                            //x += previousWidth - d.width/2 + xFudge;
                        x += previousWidth/2 + xFudge;
                    }
                    y += previousHeight + verticalDistance + yFudge;
                }
                
                // If x is too big, ...
                if ((!oneColumn) &&
                    (x + d.width) > (container.size().width - insets.right)) {
                    // ... reduce x to a reasonable number.
                    x = container.size().width - insets.bottom - d.width;
                }

                // If y is too big, ...
                if ((y + d.height) > (container.size().height - insets.bottom)) {
                    // ... do nothing.
                    // Another choice would be to do what we do to x.
                }

                // Set the component's size and position.
                c.reshape(x, y, d.width, d.height);

                previousWidth = d.width;
                previousHeight = d.height;
            }
        }
    }
    
    public String toString() {
        String str = "";
        return getClass().getName() + "[verticalDistance=" + verticalDistance + str + "]";
    }
}