Thread: not so simple, simple swing question box

what i'm trying to do is create a basic question box that can be reused and already its looking imposable ( the reused part and the return info to the main program

i have it set so that i call the class

 QBox q = new QBox();

then on the next line instead of the 6 0ther things u'd normal use u'd just tell it to make the QBox

 q.ask("the question");

but when i try to get the answer

System.out.println(q.awnser);

it come out blank . and even after it shows it doesn't show the next question

 q.ask("new question");

heres the 2 codes i have ( 1 was mostly generated with visual swing for eclipse )

test/main

package userInterface;
 
public class Test {
	public static void main(String[] args){
		QBox q = new QBox();
		q.ask("Will this work?");
		System.out.println(q.awnser);
		q.ask("this never even runs :( ");
	}
 
}

package userInterface;
 
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import org.dyno.visual.swing.layouts.Bilateral;
import org.dyno.visual.swing.layouts.Constraints;
import org.dyno.visual.swing.layouts.GroupLayout;
import org.dyno.visual.swing.layouts.Leading;
import org.dyno.visual.swing.layouts.Trailing;
 
//VS4E -- DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE!
public class QBox extends JFrame {
	private String question = "";
	public String awnser ="";
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private JButton jButton0;
	private JTextField jTextField0;
	private JLabel jLabel0;
	private static final String PREFERRED_LOOK_AND_FEEL = "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsClassicLookAndFeel";
	public QBox() {
 
	}
 
 
// this is where i started editing 
	public void ask(String q) {
		installLnF();  // ----- moved this from the main 
		this.question = q;
		setLayout(new GroupLayout());
		add(getJButton0(), new Constraints(new Trailing(12, 30, 250), new Trailing(9, 64, 64)));
		add(getJTextField0(), new Constraints(new Bilateral(12, 83, 6), new Trailing(12, 38, 38)));
		add(getJLabel0(), new Constraints(new Leading(12, 307, 12, 12), new Leading(12, 40, 44, 44)));
		setSize(331, 92);
		this.setDefaultCloseOperation(QBox.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);      // ------ as well as all of these below here 
		this.setTitle("Question");
		this.getContentPane().setPreferredSize(this.getSize());
		this.pack();
		this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
		this.setVisible(true);
	}
 
	private JLabel getJLabel0() {
		if (jLabel0 == null) {
			jLabel0 = new JLabel();
			jLabel0.setText(question);
		}
		return jLabel0;
	}
 
	private JTextField getJTextField0() {
		if (jTextField0 == null) {
			jTextField0 = new JTextField();
		}
		return jTextField0;
	}
 
	private JButton getJButton0() {
		if (jButton0 == null) {
			jButton0 = new JButton();
			jButton0.setText("Send");
			jButton0.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
 
				public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event) {
					jButton0MouseMouseReleased(event);
				}
			});
		}
		return jButton0;
	}
 
	private static void installLnF() {
		try {
			String lnfClassname = PREFERRED_LOOK_AND_FEEL;
			if (lnfClassname == null)
				lnfClassname = UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName();
			UIManager.setLookAndFeel(lnfClassname);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.println("Cannot install " + PREFERRED_LOOK_AND_FEEL
					+ " on this platform:" + e.getMessage());
		}
	}
 
// -------- and this should close the window and set the awnser var to what was in the text box
	private String jButton0MouseMouseReleased(MouseEvent event) {   
		this.setVisible(false);
		this.removeAll();
		return jTextField0.getText();
 
	}
 
}

ok .... i think i'll stay away from swing for a bit since i understood maybe 1/8 of that >.< * switches to databases *