Retrieve the course of the BlackBerry device, in degrees

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Import the following classes:
- javax.microedition.location.LocationProvider
- javax.microedition.location.Location

Create an instance of a LocationProvider.

LocationProvider provider = new LocationProvider();

Invoke LocationProvider.getLocation() and assign the value that the method returns to a Location variable.
```
Location mylocation = provider.getLocation(-1);
```
Invoke location.getCourse() and save the value that the method returns to a float variable.
```
float course = mylocation.getCourse();
```

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