Refreshing a J-Frame

[Ramzi Hajaj]

Hey

Atm i have:

1. a class consisting of j-frame that is constructed by feeding in parameters.

2,These parameters change throughout the program.

3.This change occurs after a user response (comes through button click).

4. The GUI layout is always the same.

How do i refresh the object with new parameters without destroying it and creating a new one?

public Game(int theirscore, int yourscore, final int userid, final int sessionid, final int n, final Selection session) {
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
		contentPane = new JPanel();
		contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
		setContentPane(contentPane);
		contentPane.setLayout(null);
		
		JLabel lblNewLabel = new JLabel(Integer.toString(theirscore));
		lblNewLabel.setBounds(157, 65, 117, 97);
		contentPane.add(lblNewLabel);
		
		JLabel lblNewLabel_1 = new JLabel(Integer.toString(yourscore));
		lblNewLabel_1.setBounds(346, 44, 70, 52);
		contentPane.add(lblNewLabel_1);
		
		JButton btnNewButton = new JButton("NO");
		btnNewButton.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
			public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
				Store.storeresponse(false, userid, sessionid);
				dispose();
			}
		});
		btnNewButton.setBounds(285, 188, 95, 52);
		contentPane.add(btnNewButton);
		
		JButton btnNewButton_1 = new JButton("YES");
		btnNewButton_1.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
			public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
				Store.storeresponse(true, userid, sessionid);
				dispose();
			}
		});
		btnNewButton_1.setBounds(71, 188, 95, 52);
		contentPane.add(btnNewButton_1);
		
		JLabel lblNewLabel_2 = new JLabel("Their Necklace");
		lblNewLabel_2.setBounds(133, 23, 117, 30);
		contentPane.add(lblNewLabel_2);
		
		JLabel lblNewLabel_3 = new JLabel("Your Necklace");
		lblNewLabel_3.setBounds(303, 23, 129, 15);
		contentPane.add(lblNewLabel_3);
	}

}

Basically the problem is that i need to refresh from the button click but this GUI class has no information?

[Kemal Sokolovic]

Why are you adding MouseListeners to JButton controls?
Shouldn't you use ActionListener instead?

[Michael Dunn]

> How do i refresh the object with new parameters without destroying it and creating a new one?

create a refresh() method to update the components.
this may mean moving the scope of some components from the constructor to a class field.

if the new parameters are just changes in text or icons etc, the update will occur immediately,
some other changes may require you to revalidate()/repaint() the parent container 'contentPane'