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Thread: non-static variable, addActionListener()

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    Default non-static variable, addActionListener()

    Hi all ive been having a bita trouble adding an action listener to one of my menu items, the compiler gives me the following error . .
    non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context
    exitItem.addActionListener(this);
    1 error


    heres a snippet of my code that should give some detail to the program . .

    public class Project implements GLEventListener, ActionListener {
     
        static JMenuItem exitItem;
        static private Animator animator;
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Learn TCP/ IP");
            GLCanvas canvas = new GLCanvas();
     
            canvas.addGLEventListener(new Project());
            frame.add(canvas);
            frame.setSize(640, 480);
            animator = new Animator(canvas);
            frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
     
                @Override
                public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                    // Run this on another thread than the AWT event queue to
                    // make sure the call to Animator.stop() completes before
                    // exiting
                    new Thread(new Runnable() {
     
                        public void run() {
                            animator.stop();
                            System.exit(0);
                        }
                    }).start();
                }
            });
     
            JMenuBar titleMenu = new JMenuBar();
            JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
     
     
            exitItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
            exitItem.addActionListener(this); // ERROR ON THIS LINE
            fileMenu.add(exitItem);
     
            titleMenu.add(fileMenu);
     
     
     
            frame.setJMenuBar(titleMenu);
     
            // Center frame
            frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
            frame.setVisible(true);
            animator.start();
        }

    Anyone got any ideas?? thanks in advance
    Last edited by copeg; October 31st, 2010 at 10:54 AM.


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    Default Re: non-static variable, addActionListener()

    'this' doesn't refer to anything in that context. You must create an instance of your class
    exitItem.addActionListener(new Project());
    See Common Java Mistakes, a few posts down.

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