Thread: Need help with ActionListener Error

Here is my code. It's for a tic tac toe program and i'm trying to get my Listener to work so it knows what to display but it's throwing me an error.

Code first here it is:

 
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
 
public class TicTacToeGame3
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
    final int turn = 1;
    String Oplayer = "O";
    String Xplayer = "X";
    final JButton[] buttons;
 
      JFrame frame = new JFrame();
      final JLabel label = new JLabel("Click New Game to Begin");
      frame.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
      //JPanel orderPanel = new JPanel();
      final JButton button = new JButton("New Game");
      JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
      southPanel.add(button);
      frame.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
      buttons = new JButton[9];
      for (int i=0; i<9; i++)
      {
 
			buttons[i]=new JButton("");
      }
 
      JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
 
        buttonsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3));
      for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++) 
       {
            buttonsPanel.add(buttons[i]);
        }
 
      frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
      //Button Listener
 
     class ResetGame implements ActionListener
      {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
         {
            if (button.isSelected());
            label.setText("X Starts The Game");
 
 
 
           // buttons1.setText("");
           // buttons1.setEnabled(true);
 
         }
      }
 
      ResetGame reset = new ResetGame();
      button.addActionListener(reset);
 
      class ButtonListenerCenter implements ActionListener
         {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
              /* if (buttons1.isSelected());
               buttons1.setText("X");
               buttons1.setEnabled(false);
 
 
               if (buttons2.isSelected());
               buttons2.setText("O");
               buttons2.setEnabled(false);*/
 
 
 
 
               //even and odd for x's and o's 
               //Has to be some sort of user1 and user2 click events
            }
         }
      //ButtonListenerCenter buttonListener2 = new ButtonListenerCenter();
      //buttons.addActionListener(buttonListener2);
 
 
 
class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
     {
         Object source = event.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
           // buttonsClicked = true;
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
               //pnlPlayingField.requestFocus();
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }
 
      ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
      buttons.addActionListener(clickListener);
      }
      }
 
 
 
 
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setSize(200, 200);
      frame.setVisible(true);
 
   }
 
}

Here is my error that I'm getting I just don't know how to fix it and need to be pointed in the right direction

TicTacToeGame3.java:108: error: cannot find symbol
buttons.addActionListener(clickListener); This is the part I'm having trouble with if this is commented out the program will run.
^
symbol: method addActionListener(ActionListener)
location: variable buttons of type JButton[]
1 error


Working code that will compile if that part of code is commented out.

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
 
public class TicTacToeGame3
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
    final int turn = 1;
    String Oplayer = "O";
    String Xplayer = "X";
    final JButton[] buttons;
 
      JFrame frame = new JFrame();
      final JLabel label = new JLabel("Click New Game to Begin");
      frame.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
      //JPanel orderPanel = new JPanel();
      final JButton button = new JButton("New Game");
      JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
      southPanel.add(button);
      frame.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
      buttons = new JButton[9];
      for (int i=0; i<9; i++)
      {
 
			buttons[i]=new JButton("");
      }
 
      JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
 
        buttonsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3));
      for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++) 
       {
            buttonsPanel.add(buttons[i]);
        }
 
      frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
      //Button Listener
 
     class ResetGame implements ActionListener
      {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
         {
            if (button.isSelected());
            label.setText("X Starts The Game");
 
 
 
           // buttons1.setText("");
           // buttons1.setEnabled(true);
 
         }
      }
 
      ResetGame reset = new ResetGame();
      button.addActionListener(reset);
 
      class ButtonListenerCenter implements ActionListener
         {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
              /* if (buttons1.isSelected());
               buttons1.setText("X");
               buttons1.setEnabled(false);
 
 
               if (buttons2.isSelected());
               buttons2.setText("O");
               buttons2.setEnabled(false);*/
 
 
 
 
               //even and odd for x's and o's 
               //Has to be some sort of user1 and user2 click events
            }
         }
      //ButtonListenerCenter buttonListener2 = new ButtonListenerCenter();
      //buttons.addActionListener(buttonListener2);
 
 
 
class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
     {
         Object source = event.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
           // buttonsClicked = true;
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
               //pnlPlayingField.requestFocus();
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }
 
      ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
      //buttons.addActionListener(clickListener);
      }
      }
 
 
 
 
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setSize(200, 200);
      frame.setVisible(true);
 
   }
 
}

Any help is very much appreciated because I'm just not understanding and I should or need to. There is a lot of code that won't be there I'm just troubleshooting the ClickListener part at the moment. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the quick response, I thought that would be the case just wasn't sure. So loop through each JButton in the array and add the ActionListener to them. This is what I did and I'm getting compile errors. Here is my code now.

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
 
public class TicTacToeGame3 
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
    final int turn = 1;
 
    final JButton[] buttons;
 
      JFrame frame = new JFrame();
      final JLabel label = new JLabel("Click New Game to Begin");
      frame.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
      //JPanel orderPanel = new JPanel();
      final JButton button = new JButton("New Game");
      JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
      southPanel.add(button);
      frame.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
      buttons = new JButton[9];
      ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
      for (int i=0; i<9; i++)
      {
 
			buttons[i]=new JButton("");
         buttons[i].addActionListener(clickListener);
      }
 
      JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
 
        buttonsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3));
      for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++) 
       {
            buttonsPanel.add(buttons[i]);
        }
 
      frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
 
 
     class ResetGame implements ActionListener
      {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
         {
            if (button.isSelected());
            label.setText("X Starts The Game");
 
 
 
           // buttons1.setText("");
           // buttons1.setEnabled(true);
 
         }
      }
 
      ResetGame reset = new ResetGame();
      button.addActionListener(reset);
 
      class ButtonListenerCenter implements ActionListener
         {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
              /* if (buttons1.isSelected());
               buttons1.setText("X");
               buttons1.setEnabled(false);
 
 
               if (buttons2.isSelected());
               buttons2.setText("O");
               buttons2.setEnabled(false);*/
 
 
 
 
               //even and odd for x's and o's 
               //Has to be some sort of user1 and user2 click events
            }
         }
      //ButtonListenerCenter buttonListener2 = new ButtonListenerCenter();
      //buttons.addActionListener(buttonListener2);
 
 
 
class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
     {
         Object source = event.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
           // buttonsClicked = true;
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
               //pnlPlayingField.requestFocus();
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }
 
 
      //buttons.addActionListener(clickListener);
     }
     }
 
 
 
 
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setSize(200, 200);
      frame.setVisible(true);
 
   }
 
}

The new error is for the ClickListener Class here it is

TicTacToeGame3.java:26: error: cannot find symbol
ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
^
symbol: class ClickListener
location: class TicTacToeGame3
1 error

This is what I switch in my code

 buttons = new JButton[9];
      ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
      for (int i=0; i<9; i++)
      {
 
			buttons[i]=new JButton("");
         buttons[i].addActionListener(clickListener);
      }

Is this how to loop through each JButton in the array or am I totally lost and not understanding.

It's supposed to be an inner class within the main method here is the code for it

class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
     {
         Object source = event.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
 
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
 
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }

--- Update ---

Ok I put it into a new class and can get it to display a system.out.println. I guess now my question is how can I get my arguments into this new file for example how do I get this code into the new Click Listener file without errors I'm having troubles with this now and it shouldn't be to hard I thought it was just using
TicTacToeGame3 clickListener = new TicTacToeGame3 in the new files main method but I'm way off I think

 class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) 
     {
         Object source = event.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
 
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
 
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }

Here are the two files with no compile errors

import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
 
 
public class TicTacToeGame3
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {  
    final int turn = 1;
    final JButton[] buttons;
 
      JFrame frame = new JFrame();
      final JLabel label = new JLabel("Click New Game to Begin");
      frame.add(label, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
      //JPanel orderPanel = new JPanel();
      final JButton button = new JButton("New Game");
      JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
      southPanel.add(button);
      frame.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
      buttons = new JButton[9];
      ActionListener clickListener = new ClickListener();
      for (int i=0; i<9; i++)
      {
 
			buttons[i]=new JButton("");
         buttons[i].addActionListener(clickListener);
      }
 
      JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
 
        buttonsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 3));
      for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++) 
       {
            buttonsPanel.add(buttons[i]);
        }
 
      frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
      //Button Listener
 
     class ResetGame implements ActionListener
      {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
         {
            if (button.isSelected());
            label.setText("X Starts The Game");
 
 
 
           // buttons1.setText("");
           // buttons1.setEnabled(true);
 
         }
      }
 
      ResetGame reset = new ResetGame();
      button.addActionListener(reset);
 
      class ButtonListenerCenter implements ActionListener
         {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
              /* if (buttons1.isSelected());
               buttons1.setText("X");
               buttons1.setEnabled(false);
 
 
               if (buttons2.isSelected());
               buttons2.setText("O");
               buttons2.setEnabled(false);*/
 
 
 
 
               //even and odd for x's and o's 
               //Has to be some sort of user1 and user2 click events
            }
         }
      //ButtonListenerCenter buttonListener2 = new ButtonListenerCenter();
      //buttons.addActionListener(buttonListener2);
 
 
 
class ClickListener implements ActionListener
   {     
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent click) 
     {
         Object source = click.getSource();
         for(int i=1; i<=9; i++) {
            if(source == buttons[i] && turn < 10) {
           // buttonsClicked = true;
            if(!(turn % 2 == 0))
            buttons[i].setText("X");
               else
               buttons[i].setText("O");
               buttons[i].setEnabled(false);
               //pnlPlayingField.requestFocus();
               //turn++;
 
      }
    }
 
 
      //buttons.addActionListener(clickListener);
     }
     }
 
 
 
 
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setSize(200, 200);
      frame.setVisible(true);
 
   }
 
}

The new file for the ClickListener Class

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 
public class ClickListener implements ActionListener
{
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
   {
      System.out.println("Yeah, I was clicked!");
   }
}

Now when I click any button in my GUI on the center panel a message displays saying yeah I was clicked. What I want to do now is get X and O to displays based on odd and even users which I want to be the argument for the main method of the ClickListener file but I'm having trouble getting it to find the variables and arrays set in the TicTacToeGame3 file. Thanks again for working through this with me as I've only been programming for 2 months now.

Yeah I've read about 11 chapters in my Big Java book and Chapter 10 was all about this. I just don't understand what is going wrong when applying this class to the array and why it won't find that class if it's in my program as an inner class. I have no trouble with the new game button and using the ResetGame class as an inner class to get the ActionListener to work. For some reason it's just working with arrays that really messes stuff up for me.

I don't know, I will look into it more and see if I can figure it out with just the one file because I don't want to use a separate file, I just want inner classes with one file.