question: private JCheckBox addCheckbox ( String text , Container container ) { JCheckBox checkbox = new JCheckBox ( text ) ; checkbox . setAlignmentX ( Component . LEFT_ALIGNMENT ) ; checkbox . setBorder ( BorderFactory . createEmptyBorder ( 0 , 0 , 10 , 5 ) ) ; container . add ( checkbox ) ; return checkbox ; }
target:  Adds a preconfigured JCheckbox to the specified container, setting its alignment constraint to left and adding an empty padding border.