Thread: Please help me with my Java Countdown Timer

Hello generous java coders!I am really in a desperate situation now. I have a working gui code here:

import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class CountdownTimer extends JFrame  {
 
    JLabel promptLabel, timerLabel;
    int counter;
    JTextField tf;
    JButton button;
    Timer timer;
 
    public CountdownTimer() {
        setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 2, 5, 5));
        promptLabel = new JLabel("Enter time: ", SwingConstants.CENTER);
        add(promptLabel);
 
        tf = new JTextField(5);
        add(tf);
 
        button = new JButton("Start timing");
        add(button);
 
        timerLabel = new JLabel("Waiting...", SwingConstants.CENTER);
        add(timerLabel);
 
        event e =  new event();
        button.addActionListener(e);
 
 
    }
 
 
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }
 
 
    public void run() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }
 
    public class event implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            int count = (int)(Double.parseDouble(tf.getText()));
            timerLabel.setText("Time left: " + count);
 
            TimeClass tc = new TimeClass(count);
            timer = new Timer(1000, tc);
            timer.start();
 
        }
    }
 
    public class TimeClass implements ActionListener {
        int counter;
 
        public TimeClass(int counter) {
            this.counter= counter;
 
   }
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent tc) {
            counter--;
 
            if(counter >= 1) {
                timerLabel.setText("Time left: " + counter);
 
            }
            else {
                timer.stop();
                timerLabel.setText("Done!");
                Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
 
            }
        }
    }
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        CountdownTimer gui = new CountdownTimer();
        gui.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        gui.setSize(250, 100);
        gui.setTitle("Timer Program");
        gui.setVisible(true);
 
    }
 
}

My task is to make a gui countdown timer for a speech contest. Please help me convert it into a gui wherein when the user creates a new "session". User should be able to input the speaker's name, duration of speech(this is where the code above comes in. The code I have pasted above is only a Second Timer please help me convert it into a Minute timer as well. example: 7:00 -> 6:59 -> 6:58 so on and so forth), the speech title and a drop down box with two values: formal speech/table topics). Lastly, user should also be able to save time to a file. I am really desperate for you help guys. Please do help me Please please

Originally Posted by Norm

What would the user input for a minute timer?
Then how would that value be saved and displayed?

Hello, thank you so much for your response. The user should be able to input the name of the speaker, the speech duration,title of the speech and a drop down box these inputs should be saved into a file. Thank you!