Clear JTextArea text

Complete source code below will show you, how to clear text in JTextArea.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : ClearJTextAreaText.java
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import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

public class ClearJTextAreaText implements ActionListener
{
//Create text area with initial text ( PUT YOUR TEXT HERE )
JTextArea textArea=new JTextArea("PUT YOUR TEXT HERE");

//Create button with text ( Click here to clear text )
JButton button=new JButton("Click here to clear text");

//Create layout that will be use by JFrame
BorderLayout bl=new BorderLayout();

//Create window using JFrame with title ( Clear JTextArea text )
JFrame frame=new JFrame("Clear JTextArea text");

//Constructor
public ClearJTextAreaText()
{
 textArea.setLineWrap(true);
 textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);

 button.addActionListener(this);

 frame.setLayout(bl);
 frame.add(textArea,BorderLayout.CENTER);
 frame.add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.setSize(400,500);
 frame.setVisible(true);
}

//override actionPerformed method
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
 //Action that will perform when someone click the button
 if(event.getSource()==button)
 {
  //Clear text in JTextArea
  textArea.setText("");
 }
}

//Main method
public static void main(String[]args)
{
 ClearJTextAreaText cjtat=new ClearJTextAreaText();
}
}

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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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