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    Default Creating a Listeners class

    So I've broken out my JFrame controls into their own class called Controls that extends the main class.

    Now I'm trying to break out the Action Listeners into a Listeners class.

    This code runs in
    public static void main(String[] arguments) throws IOException {}:

    Controls.btnClear.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
    {
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    	{
    		Controls.panel.remove(Controls.label);
    		Controls.panel.repaint();
    	}
    });

    I have the Listeners class as:
    public class Listeners extends Controls implements ActionListener {}

    The question is, how do I get that btnClear (it clears an image in a panel) to work when I move it to the Listeners class?

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    Default Re: Creating a Listeners class

    get that btnClear (it clears an image in a panel) to work
    Please explain what "to work" means.

    Note: btnClear and panel should not be coded as static.

    Why does Listeners extend Controls?
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    I have a panel that an image is displayed in via a label. Clicking btnClear clears the image from the panel by removing the label. So the action listener code for btnClear works when it's in main. So how do I get that code to work inside of a Listeners class?

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    Default Re: Creating a Listeners class

    I got it figued out. In the Controls class where I am creating the button I create the ActionListener:

    btnClear.addActionListener(new Listeners().new btnClearListener());

    And then in my Listeners class I create the individual control listeners:

    public class btnClearListener implements ActionListener {
     
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                Controls.panel.remove(Controls.label);
                Controls.panel.repaint();
            }
     
    }

    I suppose I could use a single Listener and test for whatever control is being used but that doesn't seem very simple or efficient.

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    Default Re: Creating a Listeners class

    Using static methods is a poor way to write OOP code. Use references to an instances of the class and have getter methods that return the field to be worked on.

    Classnames should start with an Uppercase letter.


    Try writing the code without any static methods.
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