Anonymous inner class
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class SimpleEvent { public static void main(String[] args) { JButton close = new JButton("Close"); close.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { System.exit(0); } }); JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.add(close); f.setSize(300, 200); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.setVisible(true); } }