[CompleteBeginner]

Hi Everyone

Hopefully some of you can point out where Im going wrong.

I'm probably getting ahead of myself but thought Id try and merge a few ideas.

Concept im trying to achieve: Input Text in TextField, Stored in an object when click on save Jbutton, the saved text is then loaded from the object and displayed into a new textfield when load button is clicked.

I can then use this as a tempalte to learn and expand from an develop more complex programs that read and write data.

Anyway this is want I have so far

Code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Application extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
public static void main(String[] arguments) {
JTextField text = new JTextField("Input",6);
JButton save = new JButton("Save");
JButton load = new JButton("Load");
JTextField output = new JTextField("0",6);


public Application() {
super("Sample Program");
setSize(400,400);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//add Listeners
save.addActionListener(this);
load.addActionListener(this);
FlowLayout flow = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER);
setFlowLayout(flow);
//add components
add(text);
add(save);
add(load);
add(output);
setVisible(true);
}
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
Object source = evt.getSource();
if (source == save) {
Writer write = new Writer();
} else if (source == load) {
Reader read = new Reader();
}
}

class Writer {
Message mess = new Message();
String writetext = text.getText();
mess.writeMessage(writetext);
try {
FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream("Message1.obj");
ObjectOutputStream oo = new ObjectOutputStream(fo);
oo.writeObject(mess);
oo.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error - " + e.toString());
}
}


class Message implements Serializable {
String text;

void writeMessage(String inText);
text = inText;
}


class Reader {
try {
FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream("Message1.obj");
ObjectInputStream oi = new ObjectInputStream(fi);
Message mess = (Message) oi.readObject();
output.setText(mess.text);
oi.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error - " e.toString());
}
}

Im at 16 errors which is really bad. A few have been added since I tried to solve the original problem. Most are <identifier> expected errors.
My level of knowledge stands at I read through Sams Teach yourself Java 6 once and took a few notes but didnt really do many examples. i have spent a few days doing simple examples and now have tried to merge a few concepts.

Any help is greatly apprciated.