JButton Array & ActionListener: HELP?

[mrchaos]

I have a 6 X 6 grid of JButtons, layed out with this code:

btnGrid = new JButton[6][6];
      for (int i=0; i<6; i++) {
         for (int j=0; j<6; j++) {
            btnGrid[i][j] = new JButton();
            btnGrid[i][j].addActionListener(this);         
            pCentre.add(btnGrid[i][j]);
         }
      } 

I want to know if the ActionListener can pickup when any button in the array is clicked rather then just a specific button

Thanks....

[CornedBee]

The ActionEvent argument to your handler function contains a sender member which is the button that fired the event. This is how you can distinguish.

[mrchaos]

Yes I understand that...

however I need something like this...

if (event.getSource() == btnGrid) { 
         if (event.getSource() == btnGrid[iRand1][iRand2]) {
            iHits++;
            lblHits.setText("Hits = " + Integer.toString(iHits));
            passfail();
            btnGrid[iRand1][iRand2].setEnabled(false); 
         }                     
         else {
            iMisses++;
            lblMisses.setText("Misses = " + Integer.toString(iMisses));
         }
      } 

Thanks

[CornedBee]

Loop through the grid and compare to each.

[mrchaos]

Originally posted by CornedBee
Loop through the grid and compare to each.

code snippet please??

if (event.getSource() == btnGrid)

that code won't pick up any events....

[CornedBee]

It's the slow way...

Object snd = e.getSender();
for(int i = 0; i < btnGrid.length; ++i) {
  for(int j = 0; j < btnGrid[i].length; ++j) {
    if(snd == btnGrid[i][j]) {
      // found a match, you can break the loop
    }
  }
}

But I believe components have some user data field that you can set. It would be far easier to simply write a tiny class Coord with just two public int members which tell you the coordinates in the btnArray. When creating the buttons, you create such a struct for each and set it as user data. This is much faster because you don't have to loop through each control.

[mrchaos]

i understand all that....but i need to do commands if any other button is pressed as well

if any buttonpress
if specific button
do this
else //other button
do this


thanks

[CornedBee]

Assign a different handler. Nested anonymous classes are your friend there.

[mrchaos]

thanks for the help...i did exactly that