title: How to call actionPerformed() within actionPerfomed()
body: <p>I have a problem with my code below.  </p>
  
  <p>There are three menu items (Customer, Merchandize and Employee) in the Add Information Menu. Clicking on them (using <code>addActionListener</code>) should show various text fields/radio buttons/combo-boxes (which are required to fill in information) and a submit button.  </p>
  
  <p>After submitting the required information and clicking the submit button it should print the information to a Pop-up window.  </p>
  
  <p>I am stuck at the last point where it should call the <code>actionPerformed</code> method again and print the values to a Pop-up window. Can anyone help?</p>
  
  <p>EDITED##I have edited my code. My problem starts from line no. 216 to line no. 225. When I click on the button "submit3" of the Customer menuitem, the pop-up appears but does not show the contents of the string that contains contents of "txt1". How do I pass the values of my components to actionPerformed so that it can print them in a new pop-up window?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.awt.event.*;
  import java.awt.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
  
  public class Retail extends JFrame implements ActionListener 
  {
  /**
   * 
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
  JMenu addmenu = new JMenu("Add Information");
  JMenu delmenu = new JMenu("Delete Information");
  JMenu savemenu = new JMenu("Save Information");
  JMenuItem emp = new JMenuItem("Employee");
  JMenuItem merc = new JMenuItem("Merchandise");
  JMenuItem cust = new JMenuItem("Customer");
  Container contentPane = getContentPane();
  JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
  
  public Retail()
  {
      super();
      contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
      p1.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Select Menu"));
      p1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 100));
      contentPane.add(p1,BorderLayout.NORTH);
  
      p2.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Entry Screen"));
      p2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,500));    
      contentPane.add(p2,BorderLayout.CENTER);
      p2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
  
      p1.add(menuBar);
      menuBar.add(addmenu);
      menuBar.add(delmenu);
      menuBar.add(savemenu);
      addmenu.add(emp);
      addmenu.addSeparator();
      addmenu.add(merc);
      addmenu.addSeparator();
      addmenu.add(cust);
      addmenu.addSeparator();
  
  
      emp.addActionListener(this);
      merc.addActionListener(this);
      cust.addActionListener(this);
  
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
  {
      JButton submit1 = new JButton("Submit Employee Information"); 
      JButton submit2 = new JButton("Submit Merchandise Information");
      JButton submit3 = new JButton("Submit Customer Information");
      if(e.getSource() == emp)
      {   
          p2.removeAll();
          p2.updateUI();
          String[] states={"MA","AZ","CA"};
          JLabel lb1 = new JLabel("First Name:");
          JTextField txt1 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb2 = new JLabel("Last Name:");
          JTextField txt2 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb3 = new JLabel("Address:");
          JTextField txt3 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb4 = new JLabel("City:");
          JTextField txt4 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb5 = new JLabel("State");
          JComboBox cb1 = new JComboBox(states);
          JLabel lb6 = new JLabel("ZipCode");
          JTextField txt5 = new JTextField(12);
          JPanel p3 = new JPanel();
          p3.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          JPanel p4 = new JPanel();
          p4.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
          JLabel lb7= new JLabel("Gender:");
          JRadioButton rb1 = new JRadioButton("Male");
          JRadioButton rb2 = new JRadioButton("Female");
          ButtonGroup bgroup = new ButtonGroup();
          bgroup.add(rb1);
          bgroup.add(rb2);
          JLabel lb8 = new JLabel("Submit Information:");
          JPanel p5 = new JPanel();
          p5.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          p3.add(lb1);
          p3.add(lb2);
          p3.add(lb3);
          p3.add(lb4);
          p3.add(lb5);
          p3.add(lb6);
          p3.add(lb7);
          p3.add(lb8);
  
          p5.add(txt1);
          p5.add(txt2);
          p5.add(txt3);
          p5.add(txt4);
          p4.add(rb1);
          p4.add(rb2);
          p5.add(cb1);
          p5.add(txt5);
          p5.add(p4);
          p5.add(submit1);
  
          p2.add(p3,BorderLayout.WEST);
          p2.add(p5,BorderLayout.EAST);
  
          submit1.addActionListener(this);
      }
  
      if(e.getSource() == merc)
      {
          p2.removeAll();
          p2.updateUI();
          String[] states={"MA","AZ","CA"};
          JLabel lb1 = new JLabel("First Name:");
          JTextField txt1 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb2 = new JLabel("Last Name:");
          JTextField txt2 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb3 = new JLabel("Address:");
          JTextField txt3 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb4 = new JLabel("City:");
          JTextField txt4 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb5 = new JLabel("State");
          JComboBox cb1 = new JComboBox(states);
          JLabel lb6 = new JLabel("ZipCode");
          JTextField txt5 = new JTextField(12);
          JPanel p3 = new JPanel();
          p3.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          JPanel p4 = new JPanel();
          p4.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
          JLabel lb7= new JLabel("Gender");
          JRadioButton rb1 = new JRadioButton("Male");
          JRadioButton rb2 = new JRadioButton("Female");
          JLabel lb8 = new JLabel("Submit Information:");
  
          JPanel p5 = new JPanel();
          p5.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          p3.add(lb1);
          p3.add(lb2);
          p3.add(lb3);
          p3.add(lb4);
          p3.add(lb5);
          p3.add(lb6);
          p3.add(lb7);
          p3.add(lb8);
          p5.add(txt1);
          p5.add(txt2);
          p5.add(txt3);
          p5.add(txt4);
          p4.add(rb1);
          p4.add(rb2);
          p5.add(cb1);
          p5.add(txt5);
          p5.add(p4);
          p5.add(submit2);
  
          p2.add(p3,BorderLayout.WEST);
          p2.add(p5,BorderLayout.EAST);
  
          submit2.addActionListener(this);
  
      }
      if(e.getSource() == cust)
      {
          p2.removeAll();
          p2.updateUI();
          String[] states={"MA","AZ","CA"};
          JLabel lb1 = new JLabel("First Name:");
          JTextField txt1 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb2 = new JLabel("Last Name:");
          JTextField txt2 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb3 = new JLabel("Address:");
          JTextField txt3 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb4 = new JLabel("City:");
          JTextField txt4 = new JTextField(12);
          JLabel lb5 = new JLabel("State");
          JComboBox cb1 = new JComboBox(states);
          JLabel lb6 = new JLabel("ZipCode");
          JTextField txt5 = new JTextField(12);
          JPanel p3 = new JPanel();
          p3.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          JPanel p4 = new JPanel();
          p4.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
          JLabel lb7= new JLabel("Gender");
          JRadioButton rb1 = new JRadioButton("Male");
          JRadioButton rb2 = new JRadioButton("Female");
          JLabel lb8 = new JLabel("Submit Information:");
          JPanel p5 = new JPanel();
          p5.setLayout(new GridLayout(8,1));
          p3.add(lb1);
          p3.add(lb2);
          p3.add(lb3);
          p3.add(lb4);
          p3.add(lb5);
          p3.add(lb6);
          p3.add(lb7);
          p3.add(lb8);
  
          p5.add(txt1);
          p5.add(txt2);
          p5.add(txt3);
          p5.add(txt4);
          p4.add(rb1);
          p4.add(rb2);
          p5.add(cb1);
          p5.add(txt5);
          p5.add(p4);
          p5.add(submit3);
  
          p2.add(p3,BorderLayout.WEST);
          p2.add(p5,BorderLayout.EAST);
          final String s;
          s = txt1.getText();
          submit3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() 
          {
              @Override
              public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent args0) 
              {
                  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(rootPane,s);
              }
          });
      }
  }
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
  
      Retail frame = new Retail();
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setTitle("Retail Information");
      frame.pack();
      frame.setResizable(true);
      frame.setVisible(true);
  }
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>