Style for ActionListener

[Garandi Garandi]

Dear Reader,
Which style is better

public class MyGuiClass implements ActionListener{
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
  // lots of switch statement
 }
}

OR

  
public class MyGuiClass{
JButton button = new JButton("ok");
runButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
}
});
}

In First case you have lots of if statements and in second case you have lots of inner class.
So which style is better and why?
Thank you
Garandi

[Nathan Pruett]

I prefer the second because it is more readable, the result of the button press appears close in the code to the button. The only drawback is that there is a small bit of overhead because more classes have to be loaded. This is really pretty negligible amount, though.

[Garandi Garandi]

Nate,
I have been enjoing your comments in Javaranch.
Thank you
Garandi