setVerticalAlignment and setHorizontalAlignment for JLabel.

Both setVerticalAlignment and setHorizontalAlignment don't seem to have any effect at all.

I was playing around with the methods of JLabels and found the above two methods.

I inserted a String, an icon and lastly the Vertical/Horizontal Alignment property. I tried all the properties ( JLabel.LEFT , JLabel.RIGHT etc for horizontal alignment ) and all produced the exact same result.

 label1 = new JLabel("Testtttttttttttttt");
    label1.setIcon(icon);
    label1.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.TRAILING);

Is it supposed to be this way ?