Use of swings- one class calling the gui class

Question

Hi,
I have a class Manager and a class ManagerGUI.
My ManagerGUI class looks somehting like this-
public class ManagerGUI extends JFrame
String name;
JPanel namePanel;
JTextField nameInput;
JLabel nameLabel;
Manager empAgent;
ManagerGUI(Manager ea)
super(ea.getLocalName());
empAgent = ea;
//make the name panel and add it to the topPanel.
addListeners();
getContentPane().add(topPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
setResizable(false);
}//end constructor.
public void show()
pack();
super.setVisible(true);
void addListeners()
nameInput.addActionListener(new NameL());
class NameL implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
nameE = nameInput.getText();
}//end class ManagerGUI.
I have tried to seperate it out so that any changes can be easily implemented (although it perhaps is a long way of doing things).
Now I have a class Manager that wants to call the GUI and then process the information got from the text field.
I use the following lines to call the GUI class.
manGui = new ManagerGUI(this);
manGui.show();
Is this the correct way of calling the GUI class?
How do I get to use the variable nameE here, in the Manager?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
I have no idea why you want to have an instance of Manager class in class ManagerGUI and an instance of ManagerGUI class in Manager class.
I will create an instance of Manager in ManagerGUI and show the GUI there.
In Manager you can create method that will accept the text from textfield in parameter.
L.P.