Adds an action listener to the button to invoke help when the button is pressed. - Java Swing

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Description

Adds an action listener to the button to invoke help when the button is pressed.

Demo Code

/*//from   w w w  .jav  a 2s. co  m
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Jeff Tassin
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Adds an action listener to the button to invoke help when the button is
     * pressed.
     */
    public static void enableHelpOnButton(javax.swing.AbstractButton btn,
            String id) {
        try {
            /**
             * from CSH source
             * 
             * @see CSH.setHelpIDString( btn, id ); We don't call CSH here
             *      because we don't want to load the classes until the user
             *      actually presses the help button
             */

            setHelpIDString(btn, id);
            btn.addActionListener(new HelpListener());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    public static void setHelpIDString(javax.swing.AbstractButton btn,
            String id) {
        btn.putClientProperty("HelpID", id);
    }
}

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