MenuBar & Listener Compile errors

[capp luckett]

Hi:
Could anyone give me a had with 4 compile errors, please.
I think 144 has to do with "{" being out of place but could
not find it. I think that 123 errors because I am not extending
JFrame but I might be able to do a MyFrame.setJMenuBar..., ?
Thanks
Capp
======= errors ===
MyBar.java:144: ';' expected
Class MenuListenerClass implements ActionListener
^
MyBar.java:123: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method setJMenuBar (javax.swing.JMenuBar)
location: class MyBar
setJMenuBar(menuBar); //set the meubar for the JFrame
^
MyBar.java:125: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MenuListenerClass location: class MyBar
MenuListenerClass themenus = new MenuListenerClass(this);
^
MyBar.java:125: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MenuListenerClass
location: class MyBar
MenuListenerClass themenus = new MenuListenerClass(this);
^
==== errors end ===

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.lang.System;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.*;
/*
 * This class exists solely to show you what menus look like.
 * It has no menu-related event handling.
 */
public class MyBar extends JMenuBar
               
{
    JMenuBarmenuBar;             // create the Member
    JTextAreaoutput;
    JScrollPanescrollPane;
Clipboardclipboard;
JMenuItemopenItem, 
exitItem,
editItem,
copyItem, 
        pasteItem, 
deleteItem, 
hexItem, 
decItem,
octItem, 
aboutItem;
JMenufileMenu, 
editMenu, 
optionsMenu, 
helpMenu;

JPanelthePanel; 

JScrollBar  theScroll;
    public MyBar()
{
  
thePanel = new JPanel();
menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        
clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
        

        
        // crate the File menu and Exit menu items
        fileMenu = new JMenu ( "File");
fileMenu.setMnemonic ( 'F' );
openItem = new JMenuItem ( "open" );
openItem.setMnemonic ( 'O' );
fileMenu.add(openItem);

    exitItem = new JMenuItem ( "Exit" );
exitItem.setMnemonic ( 'x' );

fileMenu.add(exitItem);
fileMenu.addSeparator();
        // create Edit Menu and sub menus
    editMenu = new JMenu ( "Edit");
editMenu.setMnemonic ( 'E' );
editItem = new JMenuItem ( "cut" );
editItem.setMnemonic ( 'k' );
editMenu.add(editItem);

        // create copy sub menu

copyItem = new JMenuItem ( "Copy" );
copyItem.setMnemonic  ( 'c' );
editMenu.add(copyItem);

         // create paste sub menu

pasteItem = new JMenuItem ( "Paste" );
pasteItem.setMnemonic  ( 'v' );
editMenu.add(pasteItem);

        // create delete sub menu

deleteItem = new JMenuItem ( "Delete" );
deleteItem.setMnemonic ( 'd' );
editMenu.add(deleteItem);

        // create Options Menu and sub menus
    optionsMenu = new JMenu ( "Options");
optionsMenu.setMnemonic ( 'O' );
hexItem = new JMenuItem ( "Hex" );
hexItem.setMnemonic  ( 'h' );
optionsMenu.add(hexItem);

        // create Decimal (Dec) sub menu
        decItem = new JMenuItem ( "Dec" );
decItem.setMnemonic  ( 'd' );
optionsMenu.add(decItem);
        // create Octal sub menu
        octItem = new JMenuItem ( "Oct" );
octItem.setMnemonic  ( 'o' );
optionsMenu.add(octItem);
        // create Bin sub menu
        JMenuItem binItem = new JMenuItem ( "Bin" );
binItem.setMnemonic ( 'b' );
optionsMenu.add(binItem);
       // create Help menu and sub menus
        helpMenu = new JMenu ( "Help");
helpMenu.setMnemonic ( 'H' );
aboutItem = new JMenuItem ( "about" );
aboutItem.setMnemonic  ( 'a' );

helpMenu.add(aboutItem);

menuBar.add(fileMenu);
menuBar.add(editMenu);
menuBar.add(optionsMenu);
menuBar.add(helpMenu);
        setJMenuBar(menuBar);  //set the meubar for the JFrame

MenuListenerClass themenus = new MenuListenerClass(this);

fileMenu.addActionListener(themenus);
editMenu.addActionListener(themenus);
optionsMenu.addActionListener(themenus);
helpMenu.addActionListener(themenus);
openItem.addActionListener(themenus);
exitItem.addActionListener(themenus);
    editItem.addActionListener(themenus);
copyItem.addActionListener(themenus);
pasteItem.addActionListener(themenus);
deleteItem.addActionListener(themenus);
hexItem.addActionListener(themenus);
decItem.addActionListener(themenus);
octItem.addActionListener(themenus);
aboutItem.addActionListener(themenus);

}

    Class MenuListenerClass implements ActionListener
    {
MyBar thebar;

MenuListenerClass(MyBar thebar)
{
this.thebar = thebar;
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
thebar.MyBar();
    }
}

 publicstatic void main (String[] args)
{
JFrame myframe;
myframe.setSize(400,250);
myframe.setVisible(true);
myframe.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Hi Capp,
I don't really know what you are trying to do but it looks terrible. The first error is easy to fix because "Class" is not a reserved word in java but "class" is. If you are coming from a Windows background keep in mind that Java is case sensitive just like UNIX is.
You seem to be creating a customized MenuBar. If that is the case then you can't use setJMenuBar from inside of it. That method is to be used by the JFrame that wants to use your customized MenuBar. That means that in your code the call should be moved to your main method:
myframe.setJMenuBar( new MyBar() );
Another error you have is that you are trying to call your constructor from within an actionPerformed method. In java you can't directly call any constructor you must use the new operator.
This is where I get lost because why would a MenuListener want to keep creating new MenuBars everytime any menu item is chosen?
Regards,
Manfred.

[capp luckett]

Thanks.
It helps a lot!!
I see my problems.