Convert JTextField input into an Integer

Question

I am new to JAVA, I am trying to convert an input from a JTextField into an integer, I have tried loads of options but nothing is working, the eclipse is always giving me an

Answer 1

In place of:

JTextField f1 = new JTextField("-5");

//xaxis1 = Integer.parseInt(f1);

try this:

JTextField f1 = new JTextField("-5");
String text = f1.getText();
int xaxis1 = Integer.parseInt(text);

You cannot parse TextField to Integer, but you can parse its value contained - text.