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Thread: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

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    how make action event with jButton, without using ActionListener??


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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    I think a good question would be why do you want to avoid the ActionListener?

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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    Programs can, but typically don't *make* events - they just happen. If you want to make them, you invoke their constructor, like any other class. This doesn't involve an event listener.

    If that doesn't answer what's on your mind, perhaps you could describe what it is you want to do by creating these events without using listeners.

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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    because i cant use the actionlistener ..... everytime i use it it says i need to final the int, and when i final the int, it says final int is cannot be changed ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbrockway2 View Post
    Programs can, but typically don't *make* events - they just happen. If you want to make them, you invoke their constructor, like any other class. This doesn't involve an event listener.

    If that doesn't answer what's on your mind, perhaps you could describe what it is you want to do by creating these events without using listeners.

    when i click a buton i want to add something ^^

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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    Post code. Not the whole thing but showing the button and how you're writing the listener.

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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    here sir....

    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    public class Example
    {
        public Example()
        {
          int x = 0;
          JButton button = new JButton("Add");
     
          button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
            {
              public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
              {
                  x = x + 1;
     
               }
            }
            );
        }
    }


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    please copy .... and try to run it

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbrockway2 View Post
    Post code. Not the whole thing but showing the button and how you're writing the listener.
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    public class Example
    {
    public Example()
    {
    int x = 0;
    JButton button = new JButton("Add");

    button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
    {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
    x = x + 1;

    }
    }
    );
    }
    }
    Last edited by pbrockway2; May 1st, 2013 at 12:48 AM. Reason: code tags added

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    Default Re: aCTION EVENT WITHOUT ACTIONLISTENER

    Declare x as an instance variable of the Example class not a local variable of the Example constructor.


    import javax.swing.*; 
    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*; 
     
    public class Example {
     
        private int x;
     
        public Example() {
            //etc

    Local variables have to be final. And final variables can't change their value. It's a Java thing... you simply can't declare a variable to have scope you mean the way you can in JavaScript.

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    The update looks good. Of course you have to add the button to a gui, and actually do something with the updated value of x. I'm going offline now, but post if you get stuck, someone is sure to help.

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