Java Swing EventListenerList create
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import java.awt.event.KeyListener; import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.awt.event.MouseListener; import java.util.EventListener; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.event.EventListenerList; class KeyTextComponent extends JComponent { private EventListenerList actionListenerList = new EventListenerList(); public KeyTextComponent() { KeyListener internalKeyListener = new KeyAdapter() { public void keyPressed(KeyEvent keyEvent) { System.out.println("keyPressed"); if (actionListenerList != null) { int keyCode = keyEvent.getKeyCode(); String keyText = KeyEvent.getKeyText(keyCode); ActionEvent actionEvent = new ActionEvent(this, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, keyText); fireActionPerformed(actionEvent); }//from w ww. j a v a 2s. c o m } }; MouseListener internalMouseListener = new MouseAdapter() { public void mousePressed(MouseEvent mouseEvent) { requestFocusInWindow(); } }; addKeyListener(internalKeyListener); addMouseListener(internalMouseListener); } public void addActionListener(ActionListener actionListener) { actionListenerList.add(ActionListener.class, actionListener); } public void removeActionListener(ActionListener actionListener) { actionListenerList.remove(ActionListener.class, actionListener); } protected void fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { EventListener listenerList[] = actionListenerList.getListeners(ActionListener.class); for (int i = 0, n = listenerList.length; i < n; i++) { ((ActionListener) listenerList[i]).actionPerformed(actionEvent); } } public boolean isFocusable() { return true; } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame aWindow = new JFrame(); aWindow.setBounds(30, 30, 300, 300); // Size aWindow.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); KeyTextComponent com = new KeyTextComponent(); aWindow.add(com, "Center"); com.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { System.out.println("action"); } }); aWindow.add(new JTextField(), "South"); aWindow.setVisible(true); // Display the window } }