Thread: How do you add two actionListeners (in a GUI)?

Like, I have one button: submit.

When I click this button, I take in the data and stuff.

Then I have a second button: done.

When I click this button, I close everything down.


I don't know how to have each button do it's own thing.

More specifically, here's the issue:

 JPanel p = new JPanel();
                p.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,5));  
 
 
                // add ActionListener for this submit button
                JButton submit = new JButton("Submit");
                p.add(submit);
                submit.addActionListener(this);
 
                // add ActionListener for this done button
                JButton done = new JButton("Done");
                p.add(submit);
                done.addActionListener(this);

Which all looks good but.....

the action listener definition is the same for both!!!!

 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
          // do submit stuff
        }
 
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
           // do done stuff
         }

This works with just the submit button but now I want to add the done button and I don't know what to do!!!

Ok so I want to go off your third option!!

I played around with it in my head for a while and I'm a little confused?

So I'm thinking it ought to look something like this?

                JPanel p = new JPanel();
                p.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,5));  
 
 
                SubmitButton sb = new SubmitButton();
                p.add(sb.submit);
 
                DoneButton db = new DoneButton();
                p.add(db.done)

And then, way down, the classes themselves:

          private class SubmitButton extends ActionListener
          {
                   JButton submit = new JButton("Submit"); // submit button as the data member
 
                  public SubmitButton()
                  {
                       submit.addActionListener(this);
                  }
 
                  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) // action event that its implementing
                  {
                        // do submit stuff
                  }
 
         private class DoneButton extends ActionListener
         {
                JButton done = new JButton("Done"); // done button as the data member
 
                 public DoneButton()
                 {
                      done.addActionListener(this);
                 }
 
                 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) // action event that its implementing
                 {
                        // do done stuff
                 }
          }

Is that even close to right?? I never did anything like this before and I have no idea lol. It makes sense to me but I'm sure there's something wrong

Ah, so, among the other problems, I have to IMPLEMENT the ActionListener -- not extend it, correct?

--- Update ---

Ooohhhh I got it working!!

What you said was really helpful!!! thanks a lot!