Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Color TRUE_COLOR = new Color(180, 200, 255); Color FALSE_COLOR = new Color(255, 100, 100); final MyBean panel = new MyBean(); panel.setTitle(true); panel.setBackground(TRUE_COLOR); panel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { @Override public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { panel.setTitle(!panel.getTitle()); } }); panel.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() { @Override public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) { if (evt.getPropertyName().equals(MyBean.TITLE_PROP_NAME)) { panel.setBackground(panel.getTitle() ? TRUE_COLOR : FALSE_COLOR); } } }); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.getContentPane().add(panel); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setSize(400, 300); frame.setVisible(true); } } class MyBean extends JPanel { public final static String TITLE_PROP_NAME = "title"; static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; boolean title; PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this); public boolean getTitle() { return this.title; } public void setTitle(boolean title) { boolean old = this.title; this.title = title; this.pcs.firePropertyChange(TITLE_PROP_NAME, old, title); } @Override public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) { this.pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener); } @Override public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) { this.pcs.removePropertyChangeListener(listener); } }