Java button action and text change

get two data from two textfield, and then click different button to calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The result is shown in textarea,
but textField.getText () can only get String, and TextArea.setText () can only give String
code as follows

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.image.Kernel;

public class e4_1 {


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                caculateGUI();
            }
        });
    }
    private static void caculateGUI(){
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setTitle("caculator");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setTitle("caculator");
        frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,2));

        //add label
        frame.add(new JLabel("1st num"));
        frame.add(new JLabel("2nd num"));

        //creat and add textfield
        JTextField textField1 = new JTextField();
        JTextField textField2 = new JTextField();
        frame.add(textField1);
        frame.add(textField2);

        //transfer String to int for caulating
        String m = textField1.getText();
        String n = textField2.getText();
        int a = Integer.parseInt(m);
        int b = Integer.parseInt(n);

        //add result_label and result_textarea
        frame.add(new JLabel("result"));
        JTextArea jTextArea = new JTextArea();
        frame.add(jTextArea);


        //creat buttons
        JButton jButton1 = new JButton("+");
        JButton jButton2 = new JButton("-");
        JButton jButton3 = new JButton("*");
        JButton jButton4 = new JButton("/");


        //buttonActions
        frame.add(jButton1);
        jButton1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                jTextArea.setText(Integer.toString(a+b));
            }
        });

        frame.add(jButton2);
        jButton2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                jTextArea.setText(Integer.toString(a-b));
            }
        });

        frame.add(jButton3);
        jButton3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                jTextArea.setText(Integer.toString(a*b));
            }
        });

        frame.add(jButton4);
        jButton4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                jTextArea.setText(Integer.toString(a/b));
            }
        });

        int frameWidth = 400;
        int frameHeight = 800;
        Dimension screenSize =
                Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
        frame.setBounds((int)screenSize.getWidth() - frameWidth,0,frameWidth,frameHeight);
        frame.setVisible(true);

    }

}

Mar.15,2021

your an and b values should be obtained each time the button is clicked, otherwise all you get is the value obtained at the time of caculateGUI () execution.

< hr >

for example, in the event listener of jButton1:

jButton1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        int a = Integer.parseInt(textField1.getText());
        int b = Integer.parseInt(textField2.getText());
        
        jTextArea.setText(String.valueOf(a + b));
    }
});
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