Esempio di disposizioni più sofisticate: BorderLayout e JPanel

package framebordertest;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class MyFrameBorder extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
	
	private JButton closeButton;
	private JButton helloButton;
	private JTextField nameField;
	private JLabel replay

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	public MyFrameBorder () {
		setTitle("Finestra con form di prova");
	
		closeButton = new JButton("Ok");
		helloButton = new JButton ("Saluti...");
		nameField = new JTextField();
		nameField.setColumns(10);
		replay = new JLabel("Attendo");

		closeButton.addActionListener(this);
		helloButton.addActionListener(this);
		
		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
		JPanel p = new JPanel();
		p.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
		p.add(new JLabel("Scrivi il tuo nome"));
		p.add(nameField);
		add(p, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		add(replay, BorderLayout.CENTER);
		p = new JPanel();
		p.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
		p.add(helloButton);
		p.add(closeButton);
		add(p, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		pack();
	}

	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
		if (evt.getSource() == closeButton) {
			dispose();
		} else if (evt.getSource() == helloButton) {
			replay.setText("Ciao " + nameField.getText());
		}		
	}
}