Help accessing field inside class

Question

Hello,
I got a problem when trying to access my textfields in my field class, here is what I'm doing:
Fields.class
public class Fields extends JFrame {
   public Fields() {}
   public Component emploField() {
   JTextField f_Name;
   JPanel f_Panel, main_Panel;
   f_Panel.setLayout( new GridLayout(8, 2 );
   main_Panel.setLayout( new GridLayout( 2, 1 ) );
   f_Name = new JTextField(20);
   f_Panel.add(f_Name);
   main_Panel.add( f_Panel );
   return main_Panel;
}my main class
displayGUI.class
public class DisplayGui extends JFrame {
  protected Fields fild;
  protected JPanel panel;
  public DisplayGui() {
   fild = new Fields();
   panel = new JPanel();
   panel.add( field.emploField() );
   add(panel);
   setSize(300, 300 );
   show();
}It's working perfect to display my fields, but if i try
fild.emploField().f_Name.setText("Type Your Name Here");
//In my DisplayGui classI got a error
Cannot Resolve Symbol
Variable f_Name
java.awt.Component
fild.emploField().f_Name.setText("Type your name here");
^
What I'm doing wrong?
Thank You

Answer 1

no, that wont work, and if it did the newly created component will not be displayed. you shoud instantiate an EmployeeField object with the traits you like, then you will be able to tweek it.
class EmployeeField extends JPanel{
   public JTextArea textArea
   public EmployeeField(){
      // create and add whatever you want
      textArea = new JTextArea("area");
      this.add(textArea);
}then in your main
empField = new EmpField();
and later
empField.textArea.setTet("newText");