I just started programming in java and i am creating a simple waiting list. it al seems to work well but i decided to include a if else construction to check the textfield not beeing empty. the problem is that it seems to be ignored because i don't get a error or something.. and i googled alot for the if else example and i can't solve the problem somehow.. what am i doing wrong? below you can find the relevant code. Thanks in advance.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// check if veld1 is filled in.
if ( veld1 == null || veld1.equals( "" ) ) {
// give error
System.out.println("U heeft niets ingevuld in veld1");
}
else {
veld4.setText( veld3.getText() );
veld3.setText( veld2.getText() );
veld2.setText( veld1.getText() );
textveld1.append( veld4.getText() + "\n" );
veld1.setText("");
}
}