Getting values from a JTextField on a JPanel in another class

Question

I have created a class which extends a JPanel and added a JTextField to it, which has an addActionListener for getting the values typed in the JTextField. I want to use the class created in another class and retrieve the values typed in the JTextField, so how do i go about that? I have the class created below so the problem is how to retrieve content of val[val] in another class?
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TextFieldChooser extends JPanel{
  int val;
  public TextFieldChooser(String str){
    val = 0;     
    setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    add(new JLabel(str));
    JTextField txtf = new JTextField(5);
    txtf.addActionListener(new TextFieldListener());
    add(txtf);
  }//end constructor     
  private class TextFieldListener implements ActionListener{
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
       val = Integer.parseInt(e.getActionCommand());
  }//end text field listener
  public int getValue(){
    return val;     
}//class

Answer 1

The problem is which listener can be programmed to handle the event performed on the class TextFieldChooser in the other class?
I have created a class which extends a JPanel and
added a JTextField to it, which has an
addActionListener for getting the values typed in the
JTextField. I want to use the class created in
another class and retrieve the values typed in the
JTextField, so how do i go about that? I have the
class created below so the problem is how to retrieve
content of val[val] in another class?
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TextFieldChooser extends JPanel{
int val;
public TextFieldChooser(String str){
val = 0;
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
add(new JLabel(str));
JTextField txtf = new JTextField(5);
txtf.addActionListener(new TextFieldListener());
add(txtf);
}//end constructor
private class TextFieldListener implements
s ActionListener{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
val = Integer.parseInt(e.getActionCommand());
}//end text field listener
public int getValue(){
return val;
}//class