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+/** Copyright (C) 2017 by Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
+ * Software engineering by
+ *  Björnsen Beratende Ingenieure GmbH
+ *  Dr. Schumacher Ingenieurbüro für Wasser und Umwelt
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU AGPL (>=v3)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! Check out the
+ * documentation coming with Dive4Elements River for details.
+ */
+package org.dive4elements.river.client.client.ui;
+
+import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.form.fields.TextItem;
+import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.form.validator.Validator;
+import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.layout.VLayout;
+
+/**
+ * @author Domenico Nardi Tironi
+ *
+ */
+public class PanelHelper {
+
+    public PanelHelper() {
+
+    }
+
+    public static final TextItem createItem(final String identifier, final String title, final int width, final Validator... validator) {
+        final TextItem item = new TextItem(identifier, title);
+        item.setWidth(width);
+        item.setWrapTitle(false);
+        item.setValidators(validator);
+        return item;
+    }
+
+    public static VLayout getSpacer(final int height) {
+        final VLayout spacer = new VLayout();
+        spacer.setHeight(height);
+        return spacer;
+    }
+}