Anyone care to help me out?

Hi well I been trying to get this working for about 1 hour now. It is a login system, and you create an account and stuff, but I haven't programmed in a long time so I am getting use to java again and I know this isnt anything good but its for me to get warmed back up. Well here is my code.

Code:

  }
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    	Object source = e.getSource();
    	if (source == logOn) {
    		try {
    			BufferedReader readUsername = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("username.txt"));
    			String userName = readUsername.readLine();
    			readUsername.close();
    			try {
    				BufferedReader readPassword = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("password.txt"));
    				String passWord = readPassword.readLine();
    				readPassword.close();
    				if (userName.equals(username) && passWord.equals(password)) {
    					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Log in Success!", "Success!", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
    				} else {
    					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Invalid Username/Passowrd!", "Invalid!", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
    				}
    			} catch (IOException ioe) {
    			}
    		} catch (IOException ioe) {
    		}
    		return;
    	}

My problem is everytime I try to logon I get invalid username and password no matter what I do. Even though in the username.txt and password.txt it is correct. Anyone care to help me fix this problem?

Thanks.

Fate

EDIT: This is only part of the code.. not the whole thing!

 

try closing the files after you check them? most likly won't work but its worth a shot. :/


and equalsIgnoreCase is another good thing to try and see if that makes it work instead of just equals... :/

 

Ah yeah! I totally forgot about equalsIgnoreCase, I'll go try it out right.

EDIT: I tried it out, apparently it wont even compile with equalsIgnoreCase..

EDIT2: I figured it out, had to add getText to username and password.