Thread: ActionListener help

Greetings,

This is my first post on a Java help forum, so forgive me (and tell me what to do better next time) for any mistakes. Anyway, I've been assigned *this project* over the weekend, and I am having some difficulty with the ActionListener needed to complete it. I took a read of *JavaPF's post on the topic*, but I'm still unable to make it work.

I am building two different classes, as described in the assignment link. I'll post them below, House first and MyRealEstateOffice second.

public class House {
	private int nBeds;
	private double nBaths;
	private double sqFeet;
	private double askingPrice;
	private String ownerName;
	private String ownerPhoneNumber;
	private String address;
	private boolean fence;
	private double lotSize;
	public House(int nBeds,
			double nBaths,
			double sqFeet,
			double askingPrice,
			String ownerName,
			String ownerPhoneNumber,
			String address,
			boolean fence,
			double lotSize){
		this.nBeds = nBeds;
		this.nBaths = nBaths;
		this.sqFeet = sqFeet;
		this.askingPrice = askingPrice;
		this.ownerName = ownerName;
		this.ownerPhoneNumber = ownerPhoneNumber;
		this.setAddress(address);
		this.setFence(fence);
		this.setLotSize(lotSize);
	}
	public void setNBeds(int nBeds) {
		this.nBeds = nBeds;
	}
	public int getNBeds() {
		return nBeds;
	}
	public void setNBaths(double nBaths) {
		this.nBaths = nBaths;
	}
	public double getNBaths() {
		return nBaths;
	}
	public void setSqFeet(double sqFeet) {
		this.sqFeet = sqFeet;
	}
	public double getSqFeet() {
		return sqFeet;
	}
	public void setAskingPrice(double askingPrice) {
		this.askingPrice = askingPrice;
	}
	public double getAskingPrice() {
		return askingPrice;
	}
	public void setOwnerName(String ownerName) {
		this.ownerName = ownerName;
	}
	public String getOwnerName() {
		return ownerName;
	}
	public void setOwnerPhoneNumber(String ownerPhoneNumber) {
		this.ownerPhoneNumber = ownerPhoneNumber;
	}
	public String getOwnerPhoneNumber() {
		return ownerPhoneNumber;
	}
	public void setAddress(String address) {
		this.address = address;
	}
	public String getAddress() {
		return address;
	}
	public void setFence(boolean fence) {
		this.fence = fence;
	}
	public boolean isFence() {
		return fence;
	}
	public void setLotSize(double lotSize) {
		this.lotSize = lotSize;
	}
	public double getLotSize() {
		return lotSize;
	}
	public String toString(){
		String r="";
		r += ownerName +" ";
		r += ownerPhoneNumber +" ";
		r += address +" ";
		r += nBeds +" ";
		r += nBaths +" ";
		r += sqFeet +" ";
		r += lotSize +" ";
		r += fence +" ";
		r += askingPrice +" ";
		return r;
	}
}

import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 
public class MyRealEstateOffice extends JFrame {
	ArrayList<House> listings = new ArrayList<House>();
	JPanel panel = new JPanel();
	JLabel lblBeds = new JLabel("# Beds: ");
	JLabel lblBaths = new JLabel("# Baths: ");
	JLabel lblSqFeet = new JLabel("Square Feet: ");
	JLabel lblPrice = new JLabel ("Asking Price: ");
	JLabel lblOwner = new JLabel("Owner's Name: ");
	JLabel lblPhone = new JLabel("Owner's Phone: ");
	JLabel lblLot = new JLabel("Lot size: ");
	JLabel lblAddress = new JLabel("Address: ");
 
	JCheckBox checkFence = new JCheckBox("Fence:");
 
	JTextField txtBeds = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtBaths = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtSqFeet = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtPrice = new JTextField (20);
	JTextField txtOwner = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtPhone = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtLot = new JTextField(20);
	JTextField txtAddress = new JTextField(20);
 
	JButton addListings = new JButton("Add to listings");
	addListings.addActionListener(new Listener1());
	JButton showListings = new JButton("Show listings");
	JButton saveListings = new JButton("Save listings");
 
	public MyRealEstateOffice() {
		setTitle("Steve's Real Estate Office");
		setSize(500,400);
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		build();
		add(panel);
		setVisible(true);
	}
	public void build() {
		panel.setLayout(null);
		int x = 12, y = 0, yh=18, ys=24,w=120;
		lblBeds.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblBaths.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblSqFeet.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblPrice.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblOwner.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblPhone.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblLot.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		lblAddress.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		x = 140;
		y = 0;
		w = 240;
		txtBeds.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtBaths.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtSqFeet.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtPrice.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtOwner.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtPhone.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtLot.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		txtAddress.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		x=400;
		y=70;
		checkFence.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		x=10;
		y=220;
		w=150;
		addListings.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		x=170;
		y=220;
		w=150;
		showListings.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
		x=330;
		y=220;
		w=150;
		saveListings.setBounds(x,y += ys,w,yh);
 
		panel.add(txtBeds);
		panel.add(txtBaths);
		panel.add(txtSqFeet);
		panel.add(txtPrice);
		panel.add(txtOwner);
		panel.add(txtPhone);
		panel.add(txtLot);
		panel.add(txtAddress);
 
		panel.add(lblBeds);
		panel.add(lblBaths);
		panel.add(lblSqFeet);
		panel.add(lblPrice);
		panel.add(lblOwner);
		panel.add(lblPhone);
		panel.add(lblLot);
		panel.add(lblAddress);
 
		panel.add(checkFence);
 
		panel.add(addListings);
		panel.add(showListings);
		panel.add(saveListings);
 
	}
 
	private class Listener1 implements ActionListener {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
			String t = "";
		}
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		MyRealEstateOffice mre = new MyRealEstateOffice();
	}
}

Obviously, the project is far from complete. The portion I'm specifically having trouble with is line 30 of the MyRealEstateOffice class.

addListings.addActionListener(new Listener1());

That line is giving me a constant error alert of "Syntax error on token "addActionListener", = expected after this token," and I have no idea what to do to fix it. Any help anyone can offer is extremely appreciated.

Hey,

You must put this code inside a method, a constructor!
Outside methods you can only declare attributes, for example a button.

I guess it will be solved with that... See you!