import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import java.awt.Color; public class MessageTest { public static void main(String[] a) { Message m = new Message("Chris", new Color(255,0,0)); System.out.println(m.getText()); System.out.println(m.getSpacedText()); // define a label containing the text "hello" in red JLabel mylabel = new JLabel(m.getText()); mylabel.setForeground(m.getColor()); // display a message dialog showing our label JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, mylabel); System.out.println(m.getCounter()); } }