I need a JFrame with multiple updateable JLabels

Question

Hi. I have tried implementing a JPanel with several labels attached to it:
JPanel labelPanel = new JPanel();
And I added several JLabels to it:
JPanel.add(label1);
JPanel.add(label2);
JPanel.add(label3);
This works, I am able to set the text of these labels and they display properly, however for some strange reason, I cannot use the actionListener method to update these label values.
Note: Adding a label as a single element, it can be updated using a button
and actionListener, which verifies that I did the actionListener correctly.
I just need a JFrame that can use around 15 lines that can be dynamically updated on actions.
Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class myFrame2 extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
     JLabel label1 = new JLabel(), label2 = new JLabel(), label3 = new JLabel(),
               label4 = new JLabel(), label5 = new JLabel(),
               label6 = new JLabel(), label7 = new JLabel(),
               label8 = new JLabel(), label9 = new JLabel();
     JButton myButton = new JButton();
     public static void main(String s[]) {
          myFrame2 frame = new myFrame2();
     myFrame2() {
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("FrameDemo");
          frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                    System.exit(0);
          JLabel label1 = new JLabel(), label2 = new JLabel(), label3 = new JLabel(), label4 = new JLabel(), label5 = new JLabel(), label6 = new JLabel(), label7 = new JLabel(), label8 = new JLabel(), label9 = new JLabel();
          myButton.addActionListener(this);
          JTextArea t;
          JTextField tbox = new JTextField();
          tbox.setText("Test");
          // emptyLabel.setFont(Font Arial);
          // emptyLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(175, 100));
          JPanel panel = new JPanel();
          JPanel textPanel = new JPanel();
          label1.setText("This should change on button press.");
          panel.add(label1);
          panel.add(label2);
          panel.add(label3);
          panel.add(label4);
          panel.add(label5);
          panel.add(label6);
          panel.add(label7);
          panel.add(label8);
          panel.add(label9);
          textPanel.add(myButton);
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          frame.getContentPane().add(textPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible(true);
          frame.setSize(450, 600);
          frame.setTitle("Network Dice");
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          label1.setText("But it does not.");
          // This does NOT work.
}Here's a sample of the code I have.