Get layout-position of a component

Hi!
i have a frame applcation with two toolbars.
they can both be dragged to a new position in the borderlayout with the mouse. it was'nt easy to have no problems with the layout-manager when they are set to a new position.
now i want so save the alignment of the toolbars for the next start of the application.
how do i get the current alignment of a toolbar?
the toolbar is an attribute of the class, i know the panel, and that is no other component in the north, south, east or west.
for example the best thing would be to retrieve
String layoutPosition = toolbarPanel.whereTheHellIsTheToolbar(toolbar);
(e.g. "BorderLayout.SOUTH")
to serialize this string and to initialize at the next start
add(toolbar, layoutPosition);
thanks for any help in advance.
Rainer

Not sure, but this thread might help:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=340326

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