string to URL and URL to string

Hi All,

I am having a problem with assigning a URL to a string.
It accepts the idea of a URL from a string, does not accept
having the URL placed back into a string.
..
I have provided a sample program here as a demo. I have
tried to use the ".equals" and also the" =" but neither works.

TIA.

bH

import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

public class BookmarksC extends JFrame implements ActionListener{

  private JButton b1 = new JButton(" Hotmail ");
  private String bmklistURL[] = new String[1];

  public BookmarksC() {
    super("URL Button");
    bmklistURL[0]= "http://www.hotmail.msn.com/";
    JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel();
    b1.addActionListener(this);
    btnPanel.add(b1);
    Container contentPane= getContentPane();
    contentPane.add(btnPanel);
    contentPane.setSize(150,300);
    this.setResizable(false);
    setVisible(true);
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
    Object source = evt.getSource();
    String theURLX = new String();
    URL theURL = null;
    try{
      if (evt.getSource() == b1) {
        theURL = new URL(bmklistURL[0]);
      }
    }
    catch ( MalformedURLException e) {
      System.out.println("Bad URL: " + theURL);
    }
    System.out.println(" The URL is "+ theURL);
    theURLX.equals(theURL);
    // theURLX below comes up empty.
    System.out.println(" The string is "+ theURLX);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    BookmarksC app = new BookmarksC ();
    app.pack();
    app.setVisible(true);
  }
}