Why can't I use this?

[fatabass]

Hi;

I have a small code that creates a frame, adds a button on it, and when the button is clicked, the text on button is changed.

package myPackage;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class SecondClass implements ActionListener {

	static JFrame	myFrame;
	static JButton	myButton;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		myFrame = new JFrame();
		myFrame.setVisible(true);
		myFrame.setSize(250, 250);
		myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

		myButton = new JButton();
		myButton.setText("This is a button!");
		myFrame.getContentPane().add(myButton);
		ActionListener myActionListener= new SecondClass();
		myButton.addActionListener(myActionListener);
	}//end main method

	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		myButton.setText("I have been clicked!");

	}//end actionPerformed method

}//end Class

My question is:

Instead of:
ActionListener myActionListener= new SecondClass();
myButton.addActionListener(myActionListener);

Why can't I just use:
myButton.addActionListener(this);

?

Thank you for your helps.

[pbrockway2]

Did you try that? The compiler will alert you any problems. If you can't understand what the compiler is grumbling about, post the entire message that it gives.

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You should not be putting so much into the static main() method. Apart from anything else the static context won't make easy (as you've found!). The frame and button should not be static, and main() should create an instance of SecondClass to access them and their actionPaerformed() method.

It would also be a good thing to follow the overall structure of Swing programs used, eg, in Oracle's Tutorial. I would highly reccommend that you read the examples and commentary the Tutorial contains.