Default Focus on TextField

Hello All,
I have got a problem, please help me. I have a textfield in a frame. When call that frame the textfield will be displayed with default focus on it. I dont want to have the cursor in that text field. I dont have any other swing components in that and the text field is the first component in that frame.
Please help me....
Thanks in advance

Hello
Thanks for your reply. But i my code is some thing like this.
public class TextFieldExample extends JFrame
     public JTextField textField;
     public JButton enterButton;
     public TextFieldExample()
          super();
          textField = new JTextField(25);
          JPanel jp = new JPanel();
          jp.add(textField);
          getContentPane().add(jp);
          setLocationRelativeTo(this);
          pack();
     public static void main(String args[])
          TextFieldExample textFieldExample = new TextFieldExample();
          textFieldExample.setVisible(true);
          textFieldExample.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
                    System.exit(0);
Now Please suggest me the solution.

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