Thread: Create or fire automated ActionEvent

Hey all,

First off, I like to create my own algorithms, its good practice.

So I am making a simple Tic Tac Toe game and everything works perfectly except...

When it is the computers turn I want the computer to figure out which button Jpanel to click or perform an action on (which I have the searching algorithm figured out). I just need to know how to have the computer "automatically" fire the actionevent OR create my own actionevent and fire it.

Is there a method I should call?

Any wisdom, hints, tips, or help is appreciated.

thats what I am trying to do. My problem is that I do not know how to successfully create an actionevent object. Here is the calling code:

	public void begin()
	{
		while(true)
		{
			if(turn == false)
			{
				int toClaim = search();
 
				ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(MainGame.grid[1], 1, null);
				MainGame.grid[toClaim].actionPerformed(e);
			}
		}
	}

The last two lines of code (the creating object and calling method) are where the trouble is. I just randomly put arguments in for the constructor since I didn't really know what to put there.

Here is the method being called:

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
	{
		boolean turn = TTEngine.turn;
 
		if(turn == true)
			playerTurn();
		else
			cpuTurn();
 
		TTEngine.turn = !turn;
	}

Trouble = the entire ActionEvent for which this post originates.

I changed the call to this:

ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(this, 1001, null);
MainGame.grid[toClaim].actionPerformed(e);

Also, there may now be a logic error, Once fixed Ill let you know if this thread should be solved or not.