adding a actionListener but not using inner class

[hariza]

Hi ,

I just wonder if I can add ActionListener to a JButton without having to implement it using an inner class. My Code is something like:

purchaseButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
			if (e.getActionCommand().equals("PURCHASE" )&& user!= null && stationFrom != null && 
					stationTo != null && startTime != null && endTime != null) 
			{
				text.setText("PURCHASE SELECTED");
								
				} else {
					text.setText("Some space are in blank PURCHASE SELECTED");
			}
		}
		});

and I really need to implement this not as a inner class because I need to invoke another methods on other classes and everytime when I do this using the inner class basically gives me an errors and ask to define any variable inside the inner class a final variable. I haven't been able to find a example of adding the actionListener without using inner class. Can this is be done. Thanks.....

[DarrylBurke]

Anything you can do with an anonymous inner class you can do with a named, top level / nested / inner class. In this case, all that you need to ensure is that the argument to addActionListener(...) is-a ActionListener: it is an instance of a class that implements ActionListener.

Do realize that you anyhow can't access variables declared inside a method except from inside that method.

I haven't been able to find a example of adding the actionListener without using inner class.

All I can say to that is you haven't looked very hard.
How to Write an Action Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)
How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

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[hariza]

thanks Darryl again. Maybe all the issue resides on my design. Basically what I want to do is invoke a method which is from a different class but I'll have a look to the URL's you send me and hopefully find the anwer. thanks again!!!.