[ezra]

So I have this code:

    static ArrayList<String> firstname = new ArrayList();
    static ArrayList<String> lastname = new ArrayList();
    static ArrayList<String> address = new ArrayList();
    static ArrayList<String> city = new ArrayList();
    static ArrayList<String> state = new ArrayList();
    static ArrayList<String> zipcode = new ArrayList();

    public static void mainstuff(){
            JTextField field1 = new JTextField(2), 
                          field2 = new JTextField(2), 
                          field3 = new JTextField(2);
            JTextField field4 = new JTextField(2), 
                          field5 = new JTextField(2), 
                          field6 = new JTextField(2);
         
            JPanel pane1 = new JPanel();

            pane1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane1, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
            
            pane1.add(new JLabel("First name: "));
            pane1.add(field1);
            
            pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
            pane1.add(new JLabel ("Last name: "));
            pane1.add(field2);

            pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
            pane1.add(new JLabel("Street Address: "));
            pane1.add(field3);

            pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
            pane1.add(new JLabel("City: "));
            pane1.add(field4);

            pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
            pane1.add(new JLabel("State: "));
            pane1.add(field5);

            pane1.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10));
            pane1.add(new JLabel("ZIP code: "));
            pane1.add(field6);

            int personinput = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, pane1, "Please enter your:", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
            System.out.println(personinput);
            if (personinput == JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION)
            {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You must enter your information to vote.");
                mainstuff();
            }
            for(int x = personinput; x==JOptionPane.OK_OPTION; x++)
            {
                firstname.add(field1.getText());
                lastname.add(field2.getText());
                address.add(field3.getText());
                city.add(field4.getText());
                state.add(field5.getText());
                zipcode.add(field6.getText());
            }

Right now, if I run just that, the input that the user puts in to the text fields is not added to the array. As in, if I do System.out.print(firstname);, nothing will appear.
How do you input the text entered to a JField to an ArrayList?

Probably an easy question, sorry, I'm new to java. thanks