How to use BorderLayout in Java?

[Flaco]

Hi friends.
I have started doing the coding in Java from a month ago. I am not much used to with Java. Before that I completed the C++ which I thought is much easy than the Java programming language. In Java, after learning to create an form and modules, I am told to do the BorderLayout which is in Layout Manager example. I need some help from you guys. So please tell me how to use BorderLayout in Java.?? Please help me soon as possible.!!

[Deabelos]

Since you are new to the Java programming language, you should know the basic concepts of the Border Layout before using it in coding. A border layout lays out a container, arranging and resizing its components to fit in five regions. The five regions are : North, South, East, West and Center. Each region cannot contain more than one component. And you will have to use the corresponding constant for that like : NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST AND CENTER respectively for the five regions.

[MELTRONICS]

You will have to use the constants while adding a component to a container with a border layout. The following sample of the coding explains the same :

Panel p = new Panel();
    p.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    p.add(new Button("Demo"), BorderLayout.NORTH);

Also look at the following coding where I have not mentioned the layout :

Panel p1 = new Panel();
    p1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    p1.add(new TextArea());

In the above coding the border layout would be set to the center, because an absence of a string specification the same as the constant CENTER.

[Deabelos]

In addition to the directions, the BorderLayout also supports the constants of the relative positioning. And the positioning constants are :
P

1. AGE_START,
2. PAGE_END,
3. LINE_START,
4. LINE_END.

If you are using the ComponentOrientation as ComponentOrientation.LEFT_TO_RIGHT in a container, then these constants map to NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, and EAST, respectively.

[CodGuru]

I have provided you the coding that is used in applet for the BorderLayout :

import java.awt.*;
 import java.applet.Applet;

 public class buttonBorLay extends Applet {
   public void init() {
     setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     add(new Button("North"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
     add(new Button("South"), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     add(new Button("East"), BorderLayout.EAST);
     add(new Button("West"), BorderLayout.WEST);
     add(new Button("Center"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
   }
 }