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Thread: Can't use button.addActionListener(this); ?

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    Default Can't use button.addActionListener(this); ?

    So.. In a nutshell, I am working on a basic GUI project. I have attempted to break everything down in to small factored down methods inside my class.
    I am able to build my GUI this way, but now having issues when trying to create my ActionListener functionality. Here is the code I have below


    package jLottery;
    import java.awt.Color;
    import java.awt.Container;
    import java.awt.Event;
    import java.awt.Font;
    import java.awt.GridLayout;
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    import javax.swing.*;
     
    public class jLottery {
    	//create objects and vars
    	static JFrame frame = new JFrame("The National Lottery");
    	static Container con = frame.getContentPane();
    	Random RandomNum = new Random();
     
    	int matches = 0;
    	int[] WinningNums = winningNUM();
     
    	//Create Window
    	public void CreateFrame (){
    		frame.setSize(1200,800);
    		frame.setVisible(true);
    		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		frame.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
    		frame.setResizable(false);
    	}
     
    	//Set Up Content Container
    	public void CreateContainer(){
    		con.setBackground(new Color(56,48,44));
    		con.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,5));
    	}
     
    	//Add a Label
    	public void AddHead(String i) {
    	    JLabel label = new JLabel(i);
    	    label.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.BOLD, 20));
    	    label.setForeground(new Color(225,98,25));
    	    con.add(label);
    	}
     
    	public void AddSubHead(String i) {
    	    JLabel label = new JLabel(i);
    	    label.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.PLAIN, 20));
    	    label.setForeground(new Color(225,98,25));
    	    con.add(label);
    	}
     
     
    	//function to create check boxes and add them to frame ( complete with action listeners )
    	public void AddCheckButton(int i){
    		String ButtonNum = Integer.toString(i);
    		JCheckBox select = new JCheckBox(ButtonNum);
    		select.setBackground(new Color(56,48,44));
    		select.setForeground(new Color(225,255,255));
     
    		con.add(select);
    		select.addActionListener(this);		
    	}
     
    	public void AddButton(String i){
    		JButton button = new JButton(i);
    		button.setBackground(new Color(225, 98, 25));
    		button.setForeground(new Color(255, 255, 255));
    		button.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.BOLD, 20));
     
    		con.add(button);
    		button.addActionListener(this);
    	}

    Here is my implementation code:

    package jLottery;
     
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class jMain {
     
    	/**
    	 * @param args
    	 */
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    	jLottery lottery = new jLottery();
    		//create our main window and container	
    		lottery.CreateFrame();
    		lottery.CreateContainer();
     
    		//create our Header
    		lottery.AddHead("The Lottery: ");
    		//create our subHeader
    		lottery.AddSubHead("Pick Six ");
     
    		lottery.AddHead("");//spacer
    		lottery.AddHead("");//spacer
    		lottery.AddHead("");//spacer
     
    		//add our check-buttons
    		for (int i=0; i<35; i++){
    			lottery.AddCheckButton((i+1));
    		}
     
    		//add our submit button
    		lottery.AddButton("Play!");
    }



    The main issue I am having is that it is not letting me use:
    select.addActionListener(this);
    or
    button.addActionListener(this);

    On a side note, my layout is very inconsistent, and appears to often show partial amounts of components when ran.


    Is my breaking down/factoring approach all wrong? I am just trying to avoid a huge long class (as would be the case with all the formatting and options etc)

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    Default Re: Can't use button.addActionListener(this); ?

    To add an ActionListener to a JButton (or other component with an addActionListener method), the must add an object that implements the ActionListener interface. I recommend reading the following:
    How to Write an Action Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)
    Further, I recommend reading about code conventions
    Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language
    Methods should start with lowercase letters, classes with uppercase letters. One might consider this nit-picky, but not following conventions makes it that much harder to read code.

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    Default Re: Can't use button.addActionListener(this); ?

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    To add an ActionListener to a JButton (or other component with an addActionListener method), the must add an object that implements the ActionListener interface. I recommend reading the following:
    How to Write an Action Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)
    Further, I recommend reading about code conventions
    Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language
    Methods should start with lowercase letters, classes with uppercase letters. One might consider this nit-picky, but not following conventions makes it that much harder to read code.
    Thank you so much. I read through that documentation. Just simply had to add the "implements" to my class and I am now able to trigger action events
    As for the conventions, I am a little sloppy with that agreed, I am still a student though so still learning. Also, I was using a lot of C# last semester, that uses Camel Caps for method names, so I guess it is an issue of adjusting.

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