Question?

Here is an example that prompt the user to enter the name which is to shown on menuitem selection.

import java.awt.*; 
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*; 
import java.awt.event.*;
public class JLottery2 extends JFrame implements ItemListener {
    final int NUM = 31;
    final int PICKS = 6;
    FlowLayout flow = new FlowLayout(); 
    JLabel greeting = new JLabel ("Play the lottery - Select " + PICKS + " numbers");
    Font serifBold = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 20);
    JCheckBox[] choice = new JCheckBox[NUM];
    JLabel[] label = new JLabel[NUM];
    String winningsString = "The winning numbers are: ";
    String youPickedString = "You chose: ";
    JTextArea outArea = new JTextArea("");
    int x, y;
    int[] ran = new int[PICKS]; 
    int[] chosen = new int[PICKS];
    int chosenCount = 0;
    int matches = 0;
    int[] winDollars = {0, 0, 0, 100, 10000, 50000, 1000000};
    public JLottery2(final String str) {
        super("Lottery Game"); 
        JMenuBar menubar = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu filemenu = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem fileItem = new JMenuItem("About");
        fileItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Welcome "+str);

            }

        });
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(flow); add(greeting); 
        greeting.setFont(serifBold);
        for(x = 0; x < NUM; ++x) {
            choice[x] = new JCheckBox();
            label[x] = new JLabel(" " + x); 
            add(label[x]);
            add(choice[x]); 
            choice[x].addItemListener(this);
            }
            filemenu.add(fileItem);
  menubar.add(filemenu);
  setJMenuBar(menubar);
  add(outArea);

  for(x = 0; x < PICKS; ++x)
  {
      ran[x] = (int)Math.floor(Math.random()*NUM);
      for(y = 0; y < x; ++y)
           if(ran[x] == ran[y])
              --x;
  }
  for(x = 0; x < PICKS; ++x)
  {
     winningsString += ran[x] + "   ";
  }

} public static void main(String[] arguments) {
    Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter Name: ");
    String str=input.nextLine();
    JLottery2 lotFrame = new JLottery2(str);
    lotFrame.setSize(380,300);
    lotFrame.setVisible(true); 
    } public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent check) {
        Object source = check.getItem(); 
        if(chosenCount == PICKS) {
            for(x= 0; x < NUM; ++x) {
                if(source == choice[x]) 
                    choice[x].setSelected(false);
                } 
                }
                else {

      for(x= 0; x < NUM; ++x)
      {
           if(source == choice[x])
           {
      int select = check.getStateChange();
      if(select == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
      {
                  chosen[chosenCount] = x;
                  youPickedString += x + "   ";
                  ++chosenCount;
              }    
           }
      }
      if(chosenCount == PICKS)
      {
            for(x = 0; x < PICKS; ++x)
               for(y = 0; y < PICKS; ++y)
                    if(chosen[x] == ran[y])
                           ++matches; 
            outArea.append(winningsString);
            outArea.append("\n");
            outArea.append(youPickedString);
            outArea.append("\nYou matched " + matches + " numbers");
            outArea.append("\nYou win $" + winDollars[matches]); 
      }
  }

} 
}