Java ActionEvent compare event source to component instance
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JFrame implements ActionListener { private JButton button1 = new JButton("Click Me!"); private int clickCount = 0; public Main() { this.setSize(200, 100); this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); this.setTitle("I'm Listening"); JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(); button1.addActionListener(this); panel1.add(button1);/*from w w w . j a va2 s .c o m*/ this.add(panel1); this.setVisible(true); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if (e.getSource() == button1) { clickCount++; if (clickCount == 1) button1.setText("I've been clicked!"); else button1.setText("I've been clicked" + clickCount + " times!"); } } public static void main(String[] args) { new Main(); } }