I'm having a problem with adding the name, dob month, dob day, and dob year to a binary search tree from the information from the GUI. This has to happen after the "Add Person" button is clicked. I should add it inside the brackets of the
"if(e.getSource() == addPersonButton)" statement, after the "try/catch" statements.
I have a Node.java and Person.java, but I'm not adding them for know. I'll add them later if need to.

My GUI source code:

import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class AddPersonPanel {
	//instance variables
	private JLabel nameLabel;
	private JLabel dobMonthLabel;
	private JLabel dobDayLabel;
	private JLabel dobYearLabel;
	private JComboBox monthsBox;
	private JComboBox daysBox;
	private JTextField nameField;
	private JTextField yearField;
	private JButton addPersonButton;
	private JButton showTreeButton;
	private String[] months = {"January", "February", "March", "April",
			"May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", 
			"November", "December"};
	
	private String[] nums = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", 
			"11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21",
			"22", "23", "24", "25", "26", "27", "28", "29", "30", "31"};
	private GridLayout grid;
	private JFrame frame;
	
	//constructor
	public AddPersonPanel(){
		
		makeComponents();
		layoutComponents();
	}
	private void layoutComponents(){
		
		Container container = frame.getContentPane();
		grid = new GridLayout(3, 1);
		container.setLayout(grid);
		container.add(namePanel());
		container.add(dobPanel());
		container.add(buttonPanel());
		frame.setSize(500, 200);
		frame.setLocation(400, 300);
	}
	private JPanel namePanel(){
		
		JPanel container = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
		container.add(nameLabel);
		container.add(nameField);
		return container;
	}
	private JPanel dobPanel(){
		
		JPanel container = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
		container.add(dobMonthLabel);
		container.add(monthsBox);
		container.add(dobDayLabel);
		container.add(daysBox);
		container.add(dobYearLabel);
		container.add(yearField);
		return container;
	}
	private JPanel buttonPanel() {
		JPanel container = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
		container.add(addPersonButton);
		container.add(showTreeButton);
		return container;
	}
	public void setVisible(boolean vis){
		frame.setVisible(vis);
	}
	private void makeComponents(){
		frame = new JFrame("Add Person");
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
		nameLabel = new JLabel("Name: ");
		dobMonthLabel = new JLabel("DOB Month: ");
		dobDayLabel = new JLabel("DOB Day: ");
		dobYearLabel = new JLabel("DOB Year: ");
		monthsBox = new JComboBox(months);
		daysBox = new JComboBox(nums);
		nameField = new JTextField(15);
		yearField = new JTextField(8);
		addPersonButton = new JButton("Add Person");
		addPersonButton.addActionListener(new Handler());
		showTreeButton = new JButton("Show Tree");
		showTreeButton.addActionListener(new Tree());
	}
	public static void main(String[] args){
		AddPersonPanel e = new AddPersonPanel();
		e.setVisible(true);
	}
	public class Handler implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
			if(e.getSource() == addPersonButton)
			{
				try {
					String n = nameField.getText();
					if(n.equals(""))
						throw new NamingException();
					}
				catch (NamingException ae) {
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Name may not be blank", "Name error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				} 
				try {
				    int y = Integer.parseInt(yearField.getText());
					if((y < 0) && (y > 9999))
						throw new NumberFormatException();
				}
				catch (NumberFormatException ea) {
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( frame, "The year must be > 0 and < 9999", "Year Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				}
				try 
				{
					if(monthsBox.getSelectedItem() == null)
						throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
				}
				catch(IndexOutOfBoundsException ae) {
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( frame, "DOB Day", "Day must be > 0 and < 31", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
				} 
		}
	}
	}
	public class Tree implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
			
		}
	}
}

This is my binary search tree code (I can't modify it):

import java.util.ArrayList;

//You MAY NOT MODIFY this class
public class BinarySearchTree
{  
	private Node root;

	/**
      Constructs an empty tree.
	 */
	public BinarySearchTree()
	{  
		root = null;
	}

	/**
      Returns the smallest object in this tree
      @return the smallest object or null if the tree is empty
	 */
	public Comparable smallest()
	{ 
		if (root == null) return null;
		else return root.smallest();
	}

	/**
      Inserts a new node into the tree.
      @param obj the object to insert
	 */
	public void add(Comparable obj) 
	{  
		Node newNode = new Node();
		newNode.data = obj;
		newNode.left = null;
		newNode.right = null;
		if (root == null) root = newNode;
		else root.addNode(newNode);
	}

	/**
      Tries to find an object in the tree.
      @param obj the object to find
      @return true if the object is contained in the tree
	 */
	public boolean find(Comparable obj)
	{
		Node current = root;
		while (current != null)
		{
			int d = current.data.compareTo(obj);
			if (d == 0) return true;
			else if (d > 0) current = current.left;
			else current = current.right;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
      Tries to remove an object from the tree. Does nothing
      if the object is not contained in the tree.
      @param obj the object to remove
	 */
	public void remove(Comparable obj)
	{
		// Find node to be removed

		Node toBeRemoved = root;
		Node parent = null;
		boolean found = false;
		while (!found && toBeRemoved != null)
		{
			int d = toBeRemoved.data.compareTo(obj);
			if (d == 0) found = true;
			else 
			{
				parent = toBeRemoved;
				if (d > 0) toBeRemoved = toBeRemoved.left;
				else toBeRemoved = toBeRemoved.right;
			}
		}

		if (!found) return;

		// toBeRemoved contains obj

		// If one of the children is empty, use the other

		if (toBeRemoved.left == null || toBeRemoved.right == null)
		{
			Node newChild;
			if (toBeRemoved.left == null) 
				newChild = toBeRemoved.right;
			else 
				newChild = toBeRemoved.left;

			if (parent == null) // Found in root
				root = newChild;
			else if (parent.left == toBeRemoved)
				parent.left = newChild;
			else 
				parent.right = newChild;
			return;
		}

		// Neither subtree is empty

		// Find smallest element of the right subtree

		Node smallestParent = toBeRemoved;
		Node smallest = toBeRemoved.right;
		while (smallest.left != null)
		{
			smallestParent = smallest;
			smallest = smallest.left;
		}

		// smallest contains smallest child in right subtree

		// Move contents, unlink child

		toBeRemoved.data = smallest.data;
		smallestParent.left = smallest.right;
	}

	/**
      Prints the contents of the tree in sorted order.
	 */
	public void print()
	{  
		ArrayList<Boolean> lines = new ArrayList<Boolean>();
		if (root != null)
			root.printNodes(lines);

	}
   /**
    *  Prints the contents of the tree in sorted order.
	**/
	public String printInOrder()
	{
		String t = "";
		if (root != null)
			t = root.printNodesInOrder(t);		
		System.out.println();
		return t;
	}

	/**
	 * @return the root
	 */
	public Node getRoot()
	{
		return root;
	}

	/**
	 * @param root the root to set
	 */
	public void setRoot(Node root)
	{
		this.root = root;
	}
}

You don't add all those individual items to the tree, you add a single person object that contains all those values.
ie: You've got a name a dob, so you can create a new Person object with those values, and add the new Person object to the tree.

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