Esta es la tarea. A partir de la clase de Java. Todavía envolviendo mi cabeza alrededor de estas cosas.

El proyecto es hacer un sistema de gestión de inventario.

Tengo todo resuelto, excepto cómo hacer que este botón cambie el texto en un JTextField. Necesita agregar información de una matriz de un producto (DVD en este caso). El libro habla de diferentes maneras de administrar cosas como la fuente, la posición y el estado de un JTextField, pero no cubre el formateo o la llamada a un método para el texto.

Aquí hay un ejemplo de lo que quiero hacer usando un JTextArea. Esto es esencialmente lo que quiero hacer con mis JTextFields.

   ...
    // setup the interface    

 JPanel panel = new JPanel();
 txt = new JTextArea(15,40);
 txt.setEditable(false);//user shouldn't change it
 panel.add(txt);

 JButton next = new JButton("Next");

 panel.add(next);

 getContentPane().add(panel);

 displayDVD();
 }
 // view software
 public void displayDVD() {
       txt.setText("DVD Details:\n");
    txt.append("Item number: " + inv.get(currentDisplay).getItem() + "\n");
    txt.append("DVD name: " + inv.get(currentDisplay).getName() + "\n");
    txt.append("Units in stock: " + inv.get(currentDisplay).getUnits() + "\n");
    txt.append("Price: $" +                                              
       String.format("%.2f",inv.get(currentDisplay).getPrice()) + "\n");
    txt.append("Total value: $" +                             
       String.format("%.2f",inv.get(currentDisplay).value()) + "\n");
    txt.append("Fee: $" + String.format("%.2f",inv.get(currentDisplay).fee()) + "\n\n");

    txt.append("Total value: $" + String.format("%.2f",inv.value()));
 }

Y aquí está mi código actual hasta ahora

// GUI with navigation and file manipulation buttons
import javax.swing.*; // provides basic window features
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;

public class AppGUI extends JFrame 
{
   private Inventory inv;    
 private int currentDisplay = 0; 

   private JPanel topButtonJPanel;
 private JButton topButtons[]; 

 private JPanel labelJPanel;
 private JLabel labels[]; 

 private JPanel fieldJPanel;
 private JTextField fields[];

   private JPanel buttonJPanel;
 private JButton buttons[]; 

   // LabelFrame constructor adds JLabels to JFrame
   public AppGUI()
   {
      super( "Inventory Program v.5" );
      setLayout( new BorderLayout() ); // set frame layout
  setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);// quit if the window is closed

  // initialize values
  RatedDVD d1 = new RatedDVD(1, "The Invisible Man", 0, 4999.99, "PG");
  RatedDVD d2 = new RatedDVD(2, "The Matrix", 1, 13.01, "PG13");
  RatedDVD d3 = new RatedDVD(3, "Se7en", 7, 11.11, "R");
  RatedDVD d4 = new RatedDVD(4, "Oceans Eleven", 11, 9.02, "PG13");
  RatedDVD d5 = new RatedDVD(5, "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy", 42, 10.00, "G"); 

  // create inv and enter values
  inv = new Inventory();
  inv.add(d1);
  inv.add(d2);
  inv.add(d3);
  inv.add(d4);
  inv.add(d5);

  inv.sort();

  topButtons = new JButton[ 6 ]; // create topButtons array
  topButtonJPanel = new JPanel(); // set up panel
  topButtonJPanel.setLayout( new GridLayout( 1, topButtons.length, 2, 2 ) );
  topButtons[0] = new JButton( "Load file" );
  topButtons[1] = new JButton( "Add" );
  topButtons[2] = new JButton( "Modify" );
  topButtons[3] = new JButton( "Delete" );
  topButtons[4] = new JButton( "Search" );
  topButtons[5] = new JButton( "Save" );

  for(int count=0;count<topButtons.length;count++){topButtonJPanel.add(topButtons[count]);}
  //add( topButtonJPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH ); // this is for next weeks assignment

  labels = new JLabel[8];
  labelJPanel = new JPanel();
  labelJPanel.setLayout( new GridLayout( labels.length, 1 ));
  labels[0] = new JLabel( "Item ID" );
  labels[1] = new JLabel( "Name" );
  labels[2] = new JLabel( "Rating" );
  labels[3] = new JLabel( "# in Stock" );
  labels[4] = new JLabel( "Price" );
  labels[5] = new JLabel( "Restocking Fee" );//[DEBUG] ref actual Variable
  labels[6] = new JLabel( "Inventory Value with Fee (5%)" );
  labels[7] = new JLabel( "Total Value with Fee(for all items)" );

  for(int count=0;count<labels.length;count++){labelJPanel.add(labels[count]);}
  add( labelJPanel, BorderLayout.WEST );

  fields = new JTextField[8];
  fieldJPanel = new JPanel();
  int spaces = 28;
  fieldJPanel.setLayout( new GridLayout( labels.length, 1 ));
  fields[0] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[1] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[2] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[3] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[4] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[5] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[6] = new JTextField( "", spaces );
  fields[7] = new JTextField( "", spaces );

  for(int count=0;count<fields.length;count++)
  {
   fields[count].setEditable( false );
   fieldJPanel.add(fields[count]);
  }
  add( fieldJPanel, BorderLayout.EAST );

  buttons = new JButton[ 5 ]; // create buttons array
  buttonJPanel = new JPanel(); // set up panel
  buttonJPanel.setLayout( new GridLayout( 1, buttons.length, 2, 2 ) );
  buttons[0] = new JButton( "First" ); 
  buttons[0].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    if (currentDisplay != 0)currentDisplay = 0; //advance to the end
    }
   });
  buttons[1] = new JButton( "Prev" );
  buttons[1].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    if (currentDisplay != 0)currentDisplay--; //advance to the end
     else currentDisplay = (inv.size()-1); 
    }
   });
  Icon bug1 = new ImageIcon( getClass().getResource( "bug1.gif" ) );
  buttons[2] = new JButton( bug1 );
  buttons[3] = new JButton( "Next" );
  buttons[3].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    if (currentDisplay < inv.size()-1)currentDisplay++; //advance to the end
     else currentDisplay = 0;    stkover
   }}); 
  buttons[4] = new JButton( "Last" );
  buttons[4].addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    if (currentDisplay != inv.size()-1)currentDisplay = inv.size()-1; //advance to the end
     else currentDisplay = (inv.size()-1); 
    }
   });

  for(int count=0;count<buttons.length;count++){buttonJPanel.add(buttons[count]);}
  add( buttonJPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
 }// end method

}// end class AppGUI

Cualquier consejo consejos o codazos apreciados. No lo hagas todo por mí aunque por favor.