Java getText of looped multiple JTextFields

Question

My first question here. Already got a lot of help but now I don't know how to do.

My code:

package view;


import javax.swing.*;

public class OptionPlayerNames {

JPanel playerPanel = new JPanel();
JTextField playerNames = new JTextField();

public OptionPlayerNames() {
    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {


//          JTextField playerNames = new JTextField();

        playerPanel.add(new JLabel("Player " + (i + 1)));
        playerPanel.add(playerNames);

    }
    playerPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(playerPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    playerPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));


}
public JPanel getPanel(){
    return playerPanel;
}

public String getPlayerNames() {

    return playerNames.getText();

}

I want to have 8 Jlabels with just under it 8 JTextFields for user input. Then get the text of the textfields. Now I get only 1 text from 1 textField. Off course I only add 1 field.

When I put the JTextField under the for loop I get what I want but how to I get the text from all the JTextFields then? playerNames is then not known in the getter.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

You can do as follows, creating a Listof JTextField:

JPanel playerPanel = new JPanel();
List<JTextField> playerNames = new ArrayList<JTextField>();

public OptionPlayerNames() {
    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
        JTextField playerName = new JTextField();

        playerPanel.add(new JLabel("Player " + (i + 1)));
        playerPanel.add(playerName);

        playerNames.add(playerName);
    }
    playerPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(playerPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
    playerPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
}

public JPanel getPanel() {
    return playerPanel;
}

public String getPlayerNames() {
    String output = "";
    // Compound you exit from the playerNames List
    // Or better, return a List of String
    return output;
}