Update jButton from ListSelectionHandler

Hi,

Just starting a Java conversion from .NET so I do understand programming principals, just from the Microsoft world...

I'm trying to update a button on a jPanel, so that it is enabled/disabled if a table row is selected. I have looked at all the examples from sun.com etc for information but unable to figure it out.

I have a ListSelectionListener registered with the jTable selectionModel, but how do I reference the button in the jForm, as every time I write btnEdit, it is highlighted as an unrecognised variable?!?!

Thanks for all assistance in advance.

Code:

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public class ReplicatorView extends FrameView implements WindowListener {

    public ReplicatorView(SingleFrameApplication app) {
        super(app);

        initComponents();
        ...
        ...
        // Now my extra setup component setup
        this.getFrame().addWindowListener(this);
        jTable1.setModel(_tableModel);
        ListSelectionModel listSelectionModel = jTable1.getSelectionModel();
        listSelectionModel.addListSelectionListener(new ReplicatorListSelectionHandler());
       
        // Now initialise App
        LoadConfig();

    }
}


public class ReplicatorListSelectionHandler implements  ListSelectionListener {
   
    public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
        ListSelectionModel lsm = (ListSelectionModel)e.getSource();
       
        // as we only have single row selection, this should be adequate
        if (!lsm.getValueIsAdjusting() && lsm.isSelectionEmpty())
        {
            btnEdit.setEnabled(false);
        }
       
       
    }
   
}

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Hi all,

Just realised that the class ReplicatorListSelectionHandler needs to be an internal class defined inside ReplicatorView.

I did not pick up on this before, now it works. Hope this may help someone else in the future starting out. This had been bugging me for a couple of days before I realised the simple solution.

Regards,

Dave

Quote:

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Originally Posted by daveyboy79

Just realised that the class ReplicatorListSelectionHandler needs to be an internal class defined inside ReplicatorView.

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Thanks for posting your solution. This is one way to solve this dilemma, but not the only way, and not necessarily the best way. If you want to keep your Listener class as a separate stand-alone class, you can do so by passing a reference of the object that holds the button to the listener either by way of the listener's constructor or a setter method. Then you can set the button's enabled status via a public method that's in the object that holds the button (the button variable itself should be private).