import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import javax.swing.AbstractButton; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; class AbstractButtonPropertyChangeListener implements PropertyChangeListener { public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent e) { String propertyName = e.getPropertyName(); System.out.println("Property Name: "+propertyName); if (e.getPropertyName().equals(AbstractButton.TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY)) { String newText = (String) e.getNewValue(); String oldText = (String) e.getOldValue(); System.out.println(oldText + " changed to " + newText); } else if (e.getPropertyName().equals(AbstractButton.ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY)) { Icon icon = (Icon) e.getNewValue(); if (icon instanceof ImageIcon) { System.out.println("New icon is an image"); } } } } public class AbstractButtonPropertyChangeListenerDemo { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); AbstractButton bn = new JButton("asdf"); bn.addPropertyChangeListener(new AbstractButtonPropertyChangeListener()); bn.setText("fdsa"); frame.add(bn); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }