Howto: Listening to both JComboBox and JButton actionPerformed ?

[achana chan]

Hi all, hope someone's there over weekend.
I've an applet which uses both a JComboBox and some JButtons. I need to listen to events on *both* components. I prefer *not* to use an inner class because the compiler forces me to declare the combobox as final, like this:

    gbc.gridy=3;
      String[] BuyOrSellString = {"BUY", "SELL"};
      final JComboBox BuySellList = new JComboBox(BuyOrSellString);
      BuySellList.setSelectedIndex(0); // "BUY" selected by default
      BuyOrSell = "BUY"; // default value
      BuySellList.addActionListener(new actionListener()
      { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        { BuyOrSell = (String) BuySellList.getSelectedItem();
          //...processing
        }
      });

Since BuySellList is declared final, changing buy to sell will not take effect, as tests have shown.
So the question is: how can I force the it to listen to *both* JComboBox and JButtons programmatically, without using inner class ???
Something along this line would be nice, if possible:

 /** Listens to the combo box. */
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent aevt)
  { 
    JComboBox cbx = (JComboBox)aevt.getSource();
    String BuyOrSell = (String)cbx.getSelectedItem();
    updateBuySell(BuyOrSell);
  }
  protected void updateBuySell(String buysell)
  {
    if (buysell.equals("BUY")) {System.out.println("buysell(0): " + buysell);}
    else if (buysell.equals("SELL")){System.out.println("buysell(1): " + buysell);} ;}
  }
  // ==============================
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent aevt)
  {
    if(aevt.getSource() == Recalculate)
    { System.out.println("Recalculate: "+ out_qty);
    } else if (aevt.getSource() == Review)
    { System.out.println("Review"); 
    } else if (aevt.getSource() == Cancel) 
    { System.out.println("Cancelled");
      f.dispose();
    }
  }// end of method actionPerformed

TIA :-)

[achana chan]

Thanks.
The problem has been resolved.