Get JTextArea text

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

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

import java.awt.BorderLayout;

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

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

//Create JTextArea
JTextArea textArea=new JTextArea();

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

public GetJTextAreaText()
{
 //Set line wrapping for text area to true
 textArea.setLineWrap(true);

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

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

 //Add created text area into JFrame
 frame.add(textArea,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 text area
  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,"JTextArea text is : "+textArea.getText());
 }
}

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

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JUST COMPILE AND EXECUTE IT
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