How do I draw a border around a display object in Corona Lua?

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Published on 2012-04-15T22:01:48Z Indexed on 2012/04/16 11:46 UTC
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What would be the easiest way to draw a thin border around a display object in Corona Lua?

You could assume it's rectangular image display object.

EDIT - re "this question shows no research effort. You should tell us what you've tried and how it didn't work"

Reviewed API and could not find a "border" method/property on displayObject
Have tried creating a black box slightly bigger behind object, however can not see how to place object behind an existing object hence question How do I move an existing display object behind another in Corona Lua?
Google results for putting a border around a display object in corona didn't help

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