title: how to add counter to GUI
body: <p>I wish to add counters to my buttons I also want to learn how to set each counter so as I may have it open a file on my computer once it reaches the set number of counts I set in the </p>
  
  <pre><code>package layout;
  
  import java.awt.Component;
  import java.awt.Container;
  import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
  import javax.swing.JButton;
  import javax.swing.JFrame;
  
  public class BoxLayoutDemo {
      public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) {
          pane.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
      addAButton("Section 1", pane);
      addAButton("Section 2", pane);
      addAButton("Section 3", pane);
      addAButton("Section 4", pane);
      addAButton("Section 5", pane);
      addAButton("Section 6", pane);
      addAButton("Section 7", pane);
      addAButton("Section 8", pane);
      addAButton("Section 9", pane);
  }
  
  private static void addAButton(String text, Container container) {
      JButton button = new JButton(text);
      button.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
      container.add(button);
  }
  
  
  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
  
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("Counter");
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  
  
      addComponentsToPane(frame.getContentPane());
  
      frame.pack();
      frame.setVisible(true);
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
          public void run() {
              createAndShowGUI();
          }
      });
  }
  }
  `
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help I am a noob and it has taken me weeks to find how to do this much.</p>