tray icon

[Domenic Horner]

hey, guys, my first thread here

okay i am tryign to make a tray Menu, and i have somethign like this:

 				aboutItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "-GaMeR X-'s Client  -  gxhs.info \n This Client is copyright -GaMeR X-, 2009 \n Copying is forbidden, unless strictly permitted.");
            }
        }); 

to listen for my actions
as we all know that created another class file called [classname$1.class,

is there any way to make anothher class to deal with the events and implement actionlistner there instead of creating sub-classes?

i tried this but faild

  			exitItem.addActionListener(
				new ActionListener() {
						Applet_Sub1.TrayExit(ActionEvent e);
			}
				);  

and then this in my other class (that implements actionlistner)

  	
	public void TrayExit(ActionEvent e) {
	//	tray.remove(trayIcon);
		System.exit(0);
	}
	
	
	  

thanks guys

[Rob Spoor]

Any class can implement ActionListener, as long as they implement the actionPerformed method. The following (ugly) way is too often used:

class MyFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    ...

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        Object source = e.getSource();
        if (source == myControl1)
        {
            ...
        }
        else if (source == myControl2)
        {
            ...
        }
        ...
    }
}

However, the ActionListener per, well, action is a lot better.

[Domenic Horner]

but is there any way of putting it so that the class does not create a sub-class (cuz its gets messy when you have 10+ listners)

[Rob Spoor]

My example code will work without any other classes. However, what do you prefer - 10 if-statements, or 10 classes that are each specialized to do only one single task?

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