Re: string to URL and URL to string

import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

public class BookmarksC extends JFrame implements ActionListener{

 private JButton b1 = new JButton(" Hotmail ");
 private String bmklistURL[] = new String[1];

 public BookmarksC() {
   super("URL Button");
   bmklistURL[0]= "http://www.hotmail.msn.com/";
   JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel();
   b1.addActionListener(this);
   btnPanel.add(b1);
   Container contentPane= getContentPane();
   contentPane.add(btnPanel);
   contentPane.setSize(150,300);
   this.setResizable(false);
   setVisible(true);
 }
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
   Object source = evt.getSource();
   String theURLX = new String();
   URL theURL = null;
   try{
     if (evt.getSource() == b1) {
       theURL = new URL(bmklistURL[0]);
     }
   }
   catch ( MalformedURLException e) {
     System.out.println("Bad URL: " + theURL);
   }
   System.out.println(" The URL is "+ theURL);
   theURLX.equals(theURL);
   // theURLX below comes up empty.
   System.out.println(" The string is "+ theURLX);
 }

 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
   BookmarksC app = new BookmarksC ();
   app.pack();
   app.setVisible(true);
 }
}