How to Retrieve value from JTextField in Java Swing?

Question

How do we retrieve value from a textfield and actionPerformed()? I need the value to be converted into String for further processing. I have created a textfield on clicking a button I need to store the value entered into a String can you please provide a code snippet?

Answer 1

testField.getText()

See the java doc for JTextField

Sample code can be:

button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
      String textFieldValue = testField.getText();
      // .... do some operation on value ...
   }
})