Modifying JLabel within separate class

[the_rider9]

I have been searching the net for an answer with no answer found.
Basically, I am trying to display a chronometer by displaying it on a JLabel which is on a JFrame.

I have a JFrame class named TimerFrame, and a separate class Timer, which holds all the methods and variables needed for the chronometer.

The GUI has two buttons, start/stop and lap/reset and a JLabel which displays the current time.

I want a method to update the JLabel so to constantly display the current time (chronometer) and to stop when the user presses stop.

The place where I am stuck, is how to constantly update the JLabel from within the Timer Class. A thread is running but the access to the JLabel is unclear.

Please help out, I don't need code just an explanation on how to access the TimerFrame from another class.

Thanks in advance.

[Junky]

Your Timer class needs a reference to the GUI class. Then all it has to do is call a method in the GUI to update the label.

[Fubarable]

Give the class with the JLabel a public method, say public void setTime(String timeString) and inside the method set the label with the String. Then the class with the Timer needs a reference to the GUI class, perhaps passed in its constructor.

[Fubarable]

Hm, I wonder if you're not going to reply to answers in this thread just you never did in your previous thread.

[the_rider9]

Should the reference be a reference to the frame or to specifically the JLabel? I need to access the the JFrame class within a run() method located in a separate class, which cannot accept parameters.

Its unclear how the JLabel is modified without accessing the JFrame itself.

[the_rider9]

Should the reference be a reference to the frame or to specifically the JLabel? I need to access the the JFrame class within a run() method located in a separate class, which cannot accept parameters.

Its unclear how the JLabel is modified without accessing the JFrame itself.

[the_rider9]

I figured it out, I was passing a JFrame as a reference where a reference from the class which extends the JFrame should've been passed, TimerFrame. All is good thank you for your great aid.