how do i use jframe button to send input selection

i am trying to send selection from jframe button and get the selection for the program. What am i doing wrong?

Public class Main {
private static enum Command {
F, // fight
R, // rest
B, // buy weapon
C, // status
Q, // quit
UNDEFINED;
}

public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {


// create the opponents
final Opponent goodman = new Opponent("Goodman", 50, false);
final Opponent monster = new Opponent("Monster", 50, true);

// initiate the fight
final Fight fight = new Fight(goodman, monster);

// input switch statement
// loop while both are alive
while (fight.isOngoing()) {


JFrame frame = new JFrame("Goodman Vs. Monster - Round 1");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS E);

frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,5));
frame.add(new JButton("Go out and fight"));
frame.add(new JButton("Buy Weapon"));
frame.add(new JButton("R: Rest"));
frame.add(new JButton("C: Check Stats"));
frame.add(new JButton("Q: Quit"));

frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);

switch (readCommand()) {
case F:
System.out.println("f: Continue the fight");
fight.fight();
if (!fight.isOngoing()) {
fight.end();
}
break;
case R:
fight.rest();

break;

case C:
System.out.println("c: Fight-Status:");
fight.getStats();
break;

case B:
System.out.println("b: Buy Weapon:");
System.out.println(Weapon.getBuyableWeapons());
Weapon weapon = readWeapon();
fight.buy(goodman, weapon);
break;

case Q:
System.out.println("q: You quit: Game over");
System.exit(0);
break;

default:
System.out.println("--> Invalid selection");
break;
}

I suggest you read up on how to use action listeners, especially for buttons. It's not too challenging. Something like this is the general form of adding with an anonymous inner class.

Code:

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public JButton button = new JButton("HI");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    System.out.println("Hello");
  }
});

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When this button is clicked it will print "Hello" to the terminal/console.

Here is a link to the sun tutorials
How to Write an Action Listener (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Writing Event Listeners)

i read this, but i am not seeing how you will pass the input to the rest of the script. i do not want to print, I want to send the selection as input. how do i do that?

While my example shows HOW to make a button do something, actually doing it the way you want is the challenge you will benefit from learning.

What do you mean by pass input? Do you want to use a text field and capture input? Or call a method?

if one click the R: Rest button, then the fighter rest; if the c button is clicked, then a check is made. This must be passed on to the switch statement for this to occur. How do i send the input / selection / button clicked to the switch statement

I think a better approach may be to have methods which do one thing and then when you click the correct button you will call the correct method based on the button called. Since you already have the methods defined you can just call the method when clicked. You can do this in two ways, using e.getSource() to figure out which button is clicked, or create an action listener for each button and attach them to the correct buttons.

Code:

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class XButton implements ActionListener{
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    System.out.println("X button pressed");
  }
}

class YButton implements ActionListener{
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    System.out.println("Y Button pressed");
  }
}

public class MyFrame implements JFrame{
  public MyFrame(){
    setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    JButton x = new JButton("X");
    x.addActionListener(new XButton());
    JButton y = new JButton("Y");
    y.addActionListener(new YButton());
    add(x, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    add(y, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    setVisible(true);
    pack();
  }
}

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