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Building JAVA UI - BorderLayout Manager

 package ConsoleApplication1;

/**
 * Summary description for Program
 * BorderLayout Manager is default layout manager for Frame and Dialog classes.
 * Create Frame with button in each border zone.
 * 
 */

import java.awt.*;

public class BorderExample
{
	private Frame frm;
	private Button bn, bs, bw, be, bc;

	public BorderExample()
	{
		frm = new Frame("Border Layout");
		bn = new Button("NORTH");
		bs = new Button("SOUTH");
		bw = new Button("WEST");
		be = new Button("EAST");
		bc = new Button("CENTER");
	}
	public void LAUNCHFRAME()
	{
		//there are two ways to assining BorderLayout.NORTH and "North" in second pattern)

		//f.add(bn, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		//f.add(bs, BorderLayout.SOUTH); 
		//f.add(bw, BorderLayout.WEST);
		//f.add(be, BorderLayout.EAST);
		//f.add(bc, BorderLayout.CENTER);


		//Spelling,First letter Capital and Order also crucial otherwise runtime exception. 
		
		frm.add(bn, "North");
		frm.add(bs, "South");
		frm.add(bw, "West");
		frm.add(be, "East");
		frm.add(bc, "Center");
		
		frm.setSize(180, 180);
		frm.setVisible(true);
	}
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		BorderExample borderGUI = new BorderExample();
		borderGUI.LAUNCHFRAME();
	}
}