Get JCheckBox text

Source code below will show you how to get text from JCheckBox.

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COMPLETE SOURCE CODE FOR : GetJCheckBoxText.java
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import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

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

public class GetJCheckBoxText implements ActionListener
{
//Create button with text ( Click me to get JCheckBox text )
JButton button=new JButton("Click me to get JCheckBox text");

//Create JCheckBox with text ( I am a checkbox )
JCheckBox checkBox=new JCheckBox("I am a checkbox");

//Create a window with title ( Get JCheckBox text )
JFrame frame=new JFrame("Get JCheckBox text");

public GetJCheckBoxText()
{
 //Add action listener to button
 button.addActionListener(this);

 //Set JFrame layout to BorderLayout
 frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

 //Add created check box into JFrame
 frame.add(checkBox,BorderLayout.CENTER);

 //Add created button into JFrame
 frame.add(button,BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 //Set default close operation for JFrame
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 //Set JFrame size
 frame.setSize(400,500);

 //Make JFrame visible
 frame.setVisible(true);
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
 if(event.getSource()==button)
 {
  //Method getText will get text from check box
  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,"JCheckBox text is : "+checkBox.getText());
 }
}

public static void main(String[]args)
{
 GetJCheckBoxText gjbt=new GetJCheckBoxText();
}
}

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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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