Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.ButtonModel; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class ButtonModelTesting { static class MessageActionListener implements ActionListener { String message; public MessageActionListener(String msg) { message = msg; } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println(message); } } public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame f = new JFrame("Button Model Tester"); JButton jb1 = new JButton("Hello"); ButtonModel bm = jb1.getModel(); JButton jb2 = new JButton("World"); jb2.setModel(bm); Container c = f.getContentPane(); c.add(jb1, BorderLayout.NORTH); c.add(jb2, BorderLayout.SOUTH); jb1.addActionListener(new MessageActionListener("Selected One")); jb2.addActionListener(new MessageActionListener("Selected Two")); f.pack(); f.show(); } }