Need help with errors in simple code.

[Arc]

Hey guys I am new to Java programming and I making a simple program to test out a java applett. I keep getting errors that say

"C:\...\Test.java:14: <identifier> expected
container.add(outputArea);
^
C:\...\Test.java:17: <identifier> expected
outputArea.setText("dfgdgdfg");"

with my code, but I cannot figure out why. Can someone look at my code and see if they see anything obvious or not so obvious?

Thanks!

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;



public class Test extends JApplet {



JTextArea outputArea = new JTextArea();

Container container  = getContentPane();

container.add(outputArea);

outputArea.setText("dfgdgdfg");


} 

[System_Error]

Try putting all that code in a constructor:

 import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;



public class Test extends JApplet {


   public Test()
   {
       JTextArea outputArea = new JTextArea();

       Container container  = getContentPane();

       container.add(outputArea);

       outputArea.setText("dfgdgdfg");
   }

}

[Dillinger4]

Put the code within init().

[Dillinger4]

It's also still vaild to define a main() method. In your case when it terminates the there will still be one thread executing in the jvm. The awt.

[Dillinger4]

Just to add. About applets & constructors. One reason to use init() instead of a constructor is that some methods fail to work inside of an applets constructor like the image loading methods.

[System_Error]

Oops, sorry. Was thinking this was a JFrame instead of applet.