JTextField1.toString() has no "text="

Question

Instances of JButton, JLabel and JTextField all have a getText() method. However, the following produces strings containing the text for JButton and JLabel, but not for JTextField (see below). Why would that be? There are occasions when it would be useful to check what the text was, for example when using event.getComponent().toString(), but it is not there for JTextField.
System.out.println("" + jButton1.toString());
System.out.println("" + jLabel1.toString());
System.out.println("" + jTextField1.toString());
javax.swing.JButton[,12,446,98x26,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.5,border=
javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource$CompoundBorderUIResource@e2eec8,flags=
296,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,defaultIcon=,disabledIcon=,
disabledSelectedIcon=,margin=javax.swing.plaf.InsetsUIResource[top=2,
left=14,bottom=2,right=14],paintBorder=true,paintFocus=true,pressedIcon=,
rolloverEnabled=true,rolloverIcon=,rolloverSelectedIcon=,selectedIcon=,
text=jButtonAAA,defaultCapable=true]
javax.swing.JLabel[,12,478,58x16,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=,
flags=8388608,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,defaultIcon=,
disabledIcon=,horizontalAlignment=LEADING,horizontalTextPosition=
TRAILING,iconTextGap=4,labelFor=,text=jLabelBBB,verticalAlignment=CENTER,
verticalTextPosition=CENTER]
javax.swing.JTextField[,12,500,83x20,layout=javax.swing.plaf.basic.
BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=javax.
swing.plaf.BorderUIResource$CompoundBorderUIResource@aa9835,flags=296,
maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,caretColor=javax.swing.plaf.
ColorUIResource[r=51,g=51,b=51],disabledTextColor=javax.swing.plaf.
ColorUIResource[r=184,g=207,b=229],editable=true,margin=javax.swing.plaf.
InsetsUIResource[top=0,left=0,bottom=0,right=0],selectedTextColor=javax.
swing.plaf.ColorUIResource[r=51,g=51,b=51],selectionColor=javax.swing.
plaf.ColorUIResource[r=184,g=207,b=229],columns=0,columnWidth=0,command=,
horizontalAlignment=LEADING]

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand "commonly permanent". All
three can be easily changed (and often are changed).This is not true in my experience. Button text is and should be
relatively static. The same is true of labels. I respectfully submit
that if this is not the case, you have UI design issues you need to
address.
The getText() method is not available in the example
I showed (evt.getComponent()) which I am trying to
use to identify which component from within a custom
bean an event is coming from. It works for JButton
and JLabel but not for JTextField. Probably there is
a more elegant way of doing this, but I haven't
figured it out.If you're trying to identify a component based on the text it
contains, you need to rethink your design.
If jTextField1.toString() doesn't show the "text="
field, then it really isn't converting all of
jTextField1 to a string.The API makes no such promise. The API promises it will return
"a string representation of the object." There is no guarantee of
completeness.