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Thread: How do I access this value?

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    Question How do I access this value?

    I need to write a program which has a JFrame with a number of JButtons on it. Each of the JButtons has an ActionListener. When any JButton is clicked, I need to somehow be able to use the text of the button that was clicked.

    I wrote a short and simple sample to illustrate my issue, although perhaps I'm approaching the problem with a poor solution in general. Perhaps there's a better way to set it up than my array of JButtons? Or something?

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import javax.swing.event.*;
    import javax.swing.text.*;
    import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
    import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
     
    class SampleProblem implements ActionListener {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Sample Program");
            frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,5));
     
            JButton[] buttonArray = new JButton[25];
            for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
                buttonArray[i] = new JButton("foo");
                buttonArray[i].addActionListener(new SampleProblem());
                frame.add(buttonArray[i]);
            }
     
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            frame.pack();
            frame.setVisible(true);
     
        }
     
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     
            //THIS IS THE ISSUE:
            //System.out.print(e.getSource().getText());
        }
    }

    I tried "System.out.print(e.getSource().getText());" but that doesn't work. I seem to have misunderstood what "getSource" does...

    Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
    Last edited by austin.rose94; December 28th, 2011 at 12:44 AM.


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    Default Re: How do I access this value?

    You nearly have it.

    e.getSource() returns an object. Cast it into a JButton like so:

            JButton source = (JButton) e.getSource();
            System.out.println(source.getText());

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    Default Re: How do I access this value?

    Also, you do not to create a.new instance of your class every time, you can reuse a class, including this. Ev
    button.addActionListener(this);

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