//BoxMethods
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class BoxMethods {
   public static void main( String[] args ) {
    int height,width, down;

   	// Prompt the user to enter the height of the box
   	String numString1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, 
   	"Enter the height of the box you wish to print:", "Input Number Window", 
   	JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
    
   	// Convert the string into an int value
   	height = Integer.parseInt(numString1);

  	// Prompt the user to enter the width of the box
   	String numString2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, 
   	"Enter the width of the box you wish to print:", "Input Number Window", 
   	JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
    
   	// Convert the string into an int value
   	width = Integer.parseInt(numString2);

	// print the top line of the box
	line_across (width);

	//print the sides of the box
	if (height > 2) {
		 for (down=1; down <= height-2; down++)
			line_down(width);
	} 
	
	//print the bottom line of the box
	line_across(width);

	//finish up
	System.out.print ("\n");
	System.exit(0);
   }   /* end of method main */

public static void line_down (int num) {
	int across;
	System.out.print("*");
	for (across=1; across <=num-2; across++)
		System.out.print(" ");
	System.out.print("*\n");
} /* end of method line_down */

public static void line_across (int num) {
    int across;
	if (num > 0) {
         for (across=1; across <= num; across++)
			    System.out.print("*");
	}
	System.out.print("\n");
} // end method line_across 
} // end of class BoxMethods