Command buttons and action events. - Java Swing

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Description

Command buttons and action events.

Demo Code

import javax.swing.JFrame;

import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

class ButtonFrame extends JFrame 
{
   private final JButton plainJButton; // button with just text
   private final JButton fancyJButton; // button with icons

   // ButtonFrame adds JButtons to JFrame
   public ButtonFrame()
   {/*from   w  ww  . j  a  v a2  s.  com*/
      super("Testing Buttons");
      setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 

      plainJButton = new JButton("Plain Button"); // button with text
      add(plainJButton); // add plainJButton to JFrame

      Icon bug1 = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("bug1.gif"));
      Icon bug2 = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("bug2.gif"));
      fancyJButton = new JButton("Fancy Button", bug1); // set image
      fancyJButton.setRolloverIcon(bug2); // set rollover image
      add(fancyJButton); // add fancyJButton to JFrame

      // create new ButtonHandler for button event handling 
      ButtonHandler handler = new ButtonHandler();
      fancyJButton.addActionListener(handler);
      plainJButton.addActionListener(handler);
   }

   // inner class for button event handling
   private class ButtonHandler implements ActionListener 
   {
      // handle button event
      @Override
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
      {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(ButtonFrame.this, String.format(
            "You pressed: %s", event.getActionCommand()));
      }
   } 
}

public class Main 
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   { 
      ButtonFrame buttonFrame = new ButtonFrame(); 
      buttonFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      buttonFrame.setSize(275, 110); 
      buttonFrame.setVisible(true); 
   } 
}

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