public class BankDatabaseSQL {
private Connection connection;
private ResultSet resultSet;

private static final String URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/banktesting";
private static final String USERNAME = "root";

Account account;

public final Object monitor = new Object();

private PreparedStatement setBalance;
private PreparedStatement getAccount;
int numberOfRows;

/** code omitted **/

/**
   method in question
*/
public synchronized boolean authenticatePrint(){

    try{
        MainForm mainForm = new MainForm();
        do{
        ExecutorService threadExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
        mainForm.accNo = account.getAccountNumber();
        threadExecutor.execute(mainForm);
        wait();
        }while(mainForm.verified = false); // while the verified variable of the mainForm object is set to false,
                                           // the thread should keep waiting. The process has not gotten into this
                                           // if statement.
        if(mainForm.verified = true){

            System.out.println("time to notify");
            notify();
        }

public class MainForm extends JFrame implements Runnable
{
 public void run() {
        new MainForm();

}
public synchronized void onVerify() {
    VerificationForm form = new VerificationForm(this);
    form.setVisible(true);
            System.out.println("nTime to onVerify");
            if(form.verificationStatus = true){
                verified = true; // variable for the mainForm object to aid in notifying the thread
                System.out.println("nVerified = true has been set!");

            }

    }
}