if (e.getSource()==this.saveButton){
            String temptext = (nameField.getText());
            appointments.setName(temptext);
            nameField.setText(appointments.getName());
}

    public void setName(String appt){
        setName(appt);
    }
    public String getName(){
        return appt;
    }

public void setName(String appt){
        setName(appt);
    }

public void setName(String appt){
        name = appt;
    }

package AppointmentBook;
 
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
/**
 *
 * @author Jim
 */
public class AppointmentBook {
 
    private int hour[];
    private int time, position = 0;
    private int max;
    private String[] text;
    private String result;
    private String appt;
    private String temptext;
 
    public AppointmentBook(int start, int end) {
        int j = start;
        int[] timeArray;                //Array for appointment times
        String[] stringArray;           //Array for appointments
 
        int temp = end - start;         //Specified time period
        temp = temp/100;                
        temp++;
 
        timeArray = new int[temp];      //Space for arrays
        stringArray = new String[temp];
 
        for (int i=0;i<temp;i++) {      //Default values assigned
            stringArray[i] = "none";    
            timeArray[i] = j;
            j += 100;
        }
 
        time = 0;                       //Update state variables
        max = temp - 1;                 //All these are defined globally
        hour = timeArray;  
        text = stringArray;  
 
 
    }
    public String getTime(){
        time = hour[position];             //time at that spot in the array
        String result = "";                //the time we're on
        result = Integer.toString(time);   //change Int to String
        return result;                     //return value
    }
    public void advPosition(boolean b){    //Instead of void next() and void prev()
                                           //I used one function to do both
        if (b)
        {
            position++;                    //cycle through the array
            if (position > max)            //If 1500 is the time then...
            {
                position=max;              //Time stops cycling forward through the hours
            }
 
        }
        else
        {
            position--;
            if (position < 0)               //If 800 is the time then...
            {
                position=0;                 //Time stops cycling backward through the hours
            }
        }
 
 
    }
 
    public void setName(String appt){
        temptext = appt;
    }
    public String getName(){
        return appt;
    }
 
}

 
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 
 
        if (e.getSource()==this.nextButton){
            appointments.advPosition(true);
            timeField.setText(appointments.getTime());
        }
        if (e.getSource()==this.prevButton){
            appointments.advPosition(false);
            timeField.setText(appointments.getTime());
        }
        if (e.getSource()==this.saveButton){
            String temptext = (nameField.getText());
            appointments.setName(temptext);
            //nameField.setText(appointments.getName());
        }
 
 
    }

    public void setName(String appt){
        temptext = appt;
    }
    public String getName(){
        return appt;
    }

   private Strign appt = null;
 
    public void setName(String appt){ // appt exists only inside this method
// it overrides the global
       temptext = appt;
    }

// SINGLE CLASS WITH JUST PROPERTIES
 
public class Appointment {
  private int time = 0;
  private String name = "";
 
  public Appointment() {
 
  }
 
// add get,set methods
 
}

public class AppointmentBook {
  private int position = 0;
  private int max = 0;
  private Appointment [] appointments = null;
 
  public Appointment(int max) {
     // this.max is the global
    // max is the local from the argument
     this.max = max;
 
    //appointments is the global
    appointments = new Appointment[max];
  }
 
   // create methods that add and get appointments to the array by increasing the position variable
  // also check the value of position in case you have too much appointment
  // add whatever functionality you want
}

Appointment ap = new Appointment();
ap.setName("Name");
ap.setTime(200);
 
Appointment [] appointS = new Appointment[5];
appointS[0] = ap;
 
// OR
 
appointS[1] = new Appointment();
appointS[1].setName("Name 2");
appointS[1].setTime(300);