[SOLVED] Confused by the textField

[jamesfrize]

I'm just having a look at ways to input and retrieve a string from a text field.
I've got confused somewhere along the way now I get an exception thrown and my components are missing from the JFrame (Plus It won't setBounds)
Any help would be appreciated, Das code:

Code:

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

public class ActionExample extends JFrame 
{
     Button goButton; 
     TextField tField; 

     public void ActionExample()  
     { 
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);         
          setBounds(0,0,200,200);
               
          Container c = getContentPane();
          c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
          
          tField = new TextField("*Enter your text here*",35);
          goButton = new Button("Go"); 
          
          c.add(tField);
          c.add(goButton); 
          
          goButton.addActionListener
          (
              new ActionListener()
              {
                  public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent evt )
                  {
                      repaint();
                  }
              }
          );
     }
         
     public static void main(String args[])
     {
          ActionExample ae = new ActionExample();
          ae.setVisible(true);     
     }

     public void paint(Graphics g) 
     { 
          g.drawString(tField.getText(),20,100);         
     }

}

Cheers :{p

[hardwired]

Code:

Change
     public void ActionExample()
to
     public ActionExample()

[jamesfrize]

Nice one! I can't believe I missed that. I'm assuming it can't be void because it returns a string from the textField to the public void paint(Graphics g)

[hardwired]

it can't be void because it returns a string from the textField to the public void paint(Graphics g)
No. It doesn't return anything. To return something to the paint method the paint method would have to call it first, eg,

Code:

public String getString { ... }

public void paint(Graphics g) {
    ...
    String s = getString();
    ...
}

Actually, it's a constructor which is the only kind of method that does not have a return type in its method declaration. Java calls the constructor for class initialization. With the return type included, viz, void the method was never called.

[jamesfrize]

Cheers, Are you like the only person on here? I't seems like your always giving answers. Much appreciated :{p