Have java wait for user input

[kkid]

I am making a program which has a login screen (JTextField, JPasswordField and JButton) and then, in a separate window, the actual program once the correct credentials have been entered.


I am struggling to make java wait for input though.

The action listener on the button sets global variables "password" and username" to whatever was entered in the fields. I then have an if statement in another .java file (the main program file) after the creation of the login screen saying if the user name and password equals... ...then open a new window with the main application in it.

However, as java won't wait for the user to input data and instead is just creating the login window and then immediately after it is running the if statement, I am getting a null error as nothing has been entered, how do I overcome this?



Some of my code:

ActionListener

JButton submitButton = new JButton("Submit");
        submitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            BookingsSystem.username = usernameField.getText();
            BookingsSystem.password = passwordField.getText();
            }
        
        });

Main .java file

LoginScreen LoginScreen = new LoginScreen();
       
       
       if (username.equals("Jenny") && password.equals("tomato")){
           Window testWindow = new Window();
           
       }

[Tolls]

Something needs to "listen" on the LoginScreen.
That something would be a controller.
So your start up code would be something like:

create controller.
create login, using the constructor to register the controller.

The controller will have a method called, say, login() which would take the username and password as parameters.
The action listener for your button will call this method.
The login() method will decide if the uname and pword are valid and, if so, tell your view to open the main app window, presumably closing the login one as well.

That's the basics, off the top of my head.

[camickr]

Use a modal JDialog as your login window then the code will wait until the dialog is closed.

[kkid]

Something needs to "listen" on the LoginScreen.
That something would be a controller.
So your start up code would be something like:

create controller.
create login, using the constructor to register the controller.

The controller will have a method called, say, login() which would take the username and password as parameters.
The action listener for your button will call this method.
The login() method will decide if the uname and pword are valid and, if so, tell your view to open the main app window, presumably closing the login one as well.

That's the basics, off the top of my head.

Where can i learn how to create a controller?