New to Java

Hi Folks,

I have a Combo box, with a list of contact names... When I select a name from the combo box it currently prints the selected name into my JAva Console. So I know the actionPerfomed and SetActionCommand etc... are all wired up correctly.

What I would like it to do is rather than print the name to the console. I'd like it to update a JLabel. (that is currently, intentionally blank, for this purpose)

Heres some code snippets that I hope help you understand what I have done so far.


**THIS IS FROM MY Controller.java CLASS**

public synchronized void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event) {

        String command = event.getActionCommand();
        JLabel nameFillLabel = new JLabel(); // not sure why put this here

            if(command.equals("recipientName")){
               JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)event.getSource();
              String combName = (String)cb.getSelectedItem();
              System.out.println(combName); // prints selected item to console
              nameFillLabel.setText(combName); // doesnt actually do anything
           }

}

***THIS IS FROM MessagerUI.java class***

private JComboBox recipientCombo = null;
private JLabel nameFillLabel = null;
...
recipientCombo = new JComboBox(names);
nameFillLabel = new JLabel();
...
recipientCombo = new JComboBox(names);
recipientCombo.setActionCommand("recipientName");
...

public void setActionListener(ActionListener sendActionEventsHere){
recipientCombo.addActionListener(sendActionEventsH ere);

}

I'm new to this and I think to problem may have something to do with me trying to update a JLabel thats contained within another class, if so how do I resolve this Issue, Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
nb. all java files are part of the messager package.

Thanks in Advance

Regards

Terry