swing - Unable to make text areas uneditable in java -

i pretty new java, , i'm learning how make guis. test out making them, tried making 1 on own. in order find out how make text boxes uneditable, googled , found on oracle website , tried out. unfortunately when attempt execute this, given errors 'syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s)' , 'syntax error on token "false", delete token'. had far text area:

    jtextarea textarea = new jtextarea("testing text", 5, 10);     jscrollpane scrollpane = new jscrollpane(textarea);     textarea.seteditable(false); 

the error @ period between 'textarea' , 'seteditable' , (of course) 'false'. same kind of error when try settext.

if helps, imported was:

    import javax.swing.jbutton;     import javax.swing.jframe;     import javax.swing.jlabel;     import javax.swing.joptionpane;     import javax.swing.jpanel;     import javax.swing.jtextfield;     import javax.swing.jtextarea;     import javax.swing.jscrollpane;      import java.awt.event.actionevent;     import java.awt.event.actionlistener; 

i extended jframe , implemented actionlistener

any appreciated :)

so upon request, posting rest of code here. unfortunately haven't gotten far in program yet, post have far , try finish soon.

runtestgui.java file:

import javax.swing.jframe;  public class runtestgui {      public static void main(string[] args) {         // todo auto-generated method stub          testgui gui = new testgui();         gui.setdefaultcloseoperation(jframe.exit_on_close);      }  } 

testgui.java file:

/*import java.awt.event.actionevent; import java.awt.event.actionlistener;*/  //import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.jbutton; import javax.swing.jframe; import javax.swing.jlabel; import javax.swing.joptionpane; import javax.swing.jpanel; import javax.swing.jtextfield; import javax.swing.jtextarea; import javax.swing.jscrollpane;  //import java.awt.event.actionevent; //import java.awt.event.actionlistener;  public class testgui extends jframe /*implements actionlistener*/ { //global components jtextarea textarea = new jtextarea("testing text", 5, 10); jscrollpane scrollpane = new jscrollpane(textarea); textarea.seteditable(false);  jtextfield textbox;  //constructor testgui(string title){  super(title);  this.init(); this.pack(); this.setvisible(true); }//end constructor  public void init(){      jlabel ltextbox = new jlabel("textbox: ");      textbox = new jtextfield(10);      jpanel leftpanel = new jpanel();     leftpanel.add(ltextbox);     leftpanel.add(textbox);      jpanel rightpanel = new jpanel();     rightpanel.add(textarea);  }    } 

problem have put line textarea.seteditable(false); in method body, either can put in constructor or method:

public void init(){      jlabel ltextbox = new jlabel("textbox: ");      textbox = new jtextfield(10);      jpanel leftpanel = new jpanel();     leftpanel.add(ltextbox);     leftpanel.add(textbox);      jpanel rightpanel = new jpanel();     rightpanel.add(textarea);      textarea.seteditable(false); //<-- put here  }