Action Usage Example : Action « Swing Event « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. Swing Event
3. Action

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
class PrintHelloAction extends AbstractAction {
  private static final Icon printIcon = new ImageIcon("Print.gif");
  PrintHelloAction() {
    super("Print", printIcon);
    putValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, "Hello, World");
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
    System.out.println("Hello, World");
  }
}
public class ActionTester {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Action Sample");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    final Action printAction = new PrintHelloAction();
    JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
    JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
    menuBar.add(menu);
    menu.add(new JMenuItem(printAction));
    JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar();
    toolbar.add(new JButton(printAction));
    JButton enableButton = new JButton("Enable");
    ActionListener enableActionListener = new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        printAction.setEnabled(true);
      }
    };
    enableButton.addActionListener(enableActionListener);
    JButton disableButton = new JButton("Disable");
    ActionListener disableActionListener = new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        printAction.setEnabled(false);
      }
    };
    disableButton.addActionListener(disableActionListener);
    JButton relabelButton = new JButton("Relabel");
    ActionListener relabelActionListener = new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        printAction.putValue(Action.NAME, "Changed Action Value");
      }
    };
    relabelButton.addActionListener(relabelActionListener);
    JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
    buttonPanel.add(enableButton);
    buttonPanel.add(disableButton);
    buttonPanel.add(relabelButton);
    frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
    frame.add(toolbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    frame.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    frame.setSize(300, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

15.3.Action
	15.3.1.	AbstractAction Lookup Property Keys
	15.3.2.	Creating an Action
	15.3.3.	Action Usage Example
	15.3.4.	extends AbstractAction
	15.3.5.	Disable an Action
	15.3.6.	Get and set Action Command
	15.3.7.	Register action
	15.3.8.	ActionMap javax.swing.JComponent.getActionMap()
	15.3.9.	Map actions with keystrokes
	15.3.10.	Enabling an Action
	15.3.11.	Listing the Actions in a Component