getContentPane not displaying text

[roguecowboy]

Working through 'Learning Java' and this particular code doesn't work properly. Its meant to change the color of the text each time the button is clicked. Well, It creates the frame and the button, but no text to change colors. Any help?? Thanks.

//file: HelloJava3.java
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class HelloJava3
    extends JComponent
    implements MouseMotionListener, ActionListener {
    
  // Coordinates for the message
  int messageX = 125, messageY = 95;
  String theMessage;
  
  JButton theButton;
  
  // Current index into someColors
  int colorIndex;
  static Color[] someColors = {Color.black, Color.red,
      Color.green, Color.blue, Color.magenta};
      
  public HelloJava3(String message) {
    theMessage = message;
    theButton = new JButton("Change Color");
    setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    add(theButton);
    theButton.addActionListener(this);
    addMouseMotionListener(this);
  }
  
  public void paintCompoment(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString(theMessage, messageX, messageY);
  }
  
  public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
    // Save the mouse coordinates and paint the message.
    messageX = e.getX();
    messageY = e.getY();
    repaint();
  }
  
  public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {}
  
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    // Did somebody push our button?
    if (e.getSource() == theButton)
      changeColor();
  }
  
  synchronized private void changeColor() {
    // Change the indiex to the next color.
    if (++colorIndex == someColors.length)
      colorIndex = 0;
    setForeground(currentColor()); //Use the new color.
    repaint(); // Paint again so we can see the change.
  }
  
  synchronized private Color currentColor() {
    return someColors[colorIndex];
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame f = new JFrame("HelloJava3");
    // Make the application exit when the window is closed.
    f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) { System.exit(0); }
    });
    f.setSize(300, 300);
    f.getContentPane().add(new HelloJava3("Hello, Java!"));
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}

[camickr]

So have you narrowed down the problem?

1) When you click the button does the ActionListener get invoked
2) If the actionListener gets invoked does the color change
3) does the paintComponent() method get invoked

Add some debug statements to your code to narrow down the problem.

[roguecowboy]

I'm sorry. I'm rather new to the swing utilities and whatnot. The frame is created along with the button, which is click-able. However, the text ("Hello Java!") passed as a parameter in main is not showing up in the frame. Therefore, there is no text view the color change. So essentially this is creating the frame, and the button, which does nothing.

[camickr]

Is the painting method being executed?

Did you add a System.out.println(...) to verify it is being called? This is basic debugging.

As a tip, whenever you override method you should use @Override on the line above the method you are overriding to make sure you override the proper method.