Thread: Need help with updating label

I am trying to update the text on the label through the use of the actionListener, however no matter what i do i can't get it to work.
Here is the relevent code

    public JPanel panel(){
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.add(label());
        panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,100));
        panel.add(button());
        return panel;
    }
    public JLabel label(){
 
        JLabel label = new JLabel();
        label.setText("Some Updating text: "+i);
 
        return label;
    }
    public JButton button(){
        JButton button = new JButton();
 
        button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(20,20));
        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
                i = i+1;
                label().repaint();
            }
 
        });
        return button;
    }

Any help on this issue will be appreciated.

Could you give me some example code on how to do this?

  public JButton button(){
        JButton button = new JButton();
 
        button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(20,20));
        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
                i = i+1;
                label().setText("Some Updating text: "+i);
                label().repaint();
            }
 
        });
        return button;
    }

This is what i have written, but it still doesn't update

I got it working... i added

public JLabel label1;

then modified the JLabel Method and actionPerformed to include label1.