JAVA Help - Background change by color matching

I have a JTextField and a jbutton and when i enter data on the field and hit the button i want the back ground to change color if the color matches the ones stored. How do i verify that the color matches the stored color?
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) //make the actions
{
String red, white, blue;

Object source = e.getSource(); //get the source
String aColor = choice.getText();
if(aColor == "red")
panel02.setBackground(Color.RED);

//panel02.setBackground(Color.RED);



//panel03.setBackground(Color.BLUE);



//panel04.set
//catch(Exception ex)
//
// error.setText("Wrong Color Choice");
// }
}


the // are parts that dont work and neither does the color check but when the color check is removed the panes change color to the stored ones.

Here's an example of the Java Code to change the color of the background -

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;


public class BackgroundFrame extends JFrame
        implements ActionListener {

  private WindowTerminator  wt = new WindowTerminator();  // Code below
  private JButton red,blue; // the JButtons which will cause the background colors to change
  private Container cp; // our contentpane

  public BackgroundFrame( ) {
      setSize(300,300);
      setLocation(100,100);
      setTitle(getClass().getName());


    addWindowListener(wt);

    red = new JButton("Red");
    blue = new JButton("Blue");
    red.addActionListener(this);
    blue.addActionListener(this);
 
    cp = getContentPane();
    cp.setBackground(Color.pink);
    cp.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    cp.add(red);
    cp.add(blue);

    show();
  }


  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

      JButton s = (JButton) e.getSource();  //get the source of the event

    if ( s == red)  cp.setBackground(Color.red);
    else if ( s == blue) cp.setBackground ( Color.blue);

    cp.repaint();
  }


  public static void main (String[] args) {

      JFrame f = new BackgroundFrame();
  }

}

class WindowTerminator extends WindowAdapter {

  public void windowClosing (WindowEvent e)  {
      System.exit(0);
  }
}

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I don't know much about what you are trying to achieve because I am unable to identify what you are trying to achieve. But what I assume with your query is you need to use Java getColor function.

Syntax: public static Color getColor(String nm)
where nm - the name of the color property

For more information, see this: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/ap...va.lang.String)

what i need is the following:
Create an applet that has a JTextField for the user to enter the name of a color. If the color entered is not either red, white, blue, then your applet should throw an Exception and tell the user the color entered was not valid. Otherwise change the background color to the appropriate color.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Daren

what i need is the following:
Create an applet that has a JTextField for the user to enter the name of a color. If the color entered is not either red, white, blue, then your applet should throw an Exception and tell the user the color entered was not valid. Otherwise change the background color to the appropriate color.

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So in that case, my assumption would be best as per your need. You just use

Syntax: public static Color getColor(String nm)
where nm - the name of the color property

You except the user entered color in "nm" and check if that color matches your requirement. If yes then do what you need, else through an exception.

Its very simple, isn't it?