SWING: ActionListener Interface Cheat Sheet

Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.ActionListener interface

public interface ActionListener
   extends EventListener

# Methods

void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

Invoked when an action occurs.

# Methods Inherited

java.awt.EventListener

# ActionListener Example

SwingListenerDemo.java

package com.simplecheatsheett.gui;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SwingListenerDemo {
   private JFrame mainFrame;
   private JLabel headerLabel;
   private JLabel statusLabel;
   private JPanel controlPanel;
   public SwingListenerDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }
   public static void main(String[] args){
      SwingListenerDemo  swingListenerDemo = new SwingListenerDemo();  
      swingListenerDemo.showActionListenerDemo();
   }
   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new JFrame("Java SWING Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      headerLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER );
      statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);        
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }        
      });    
      controlPanel = new JPanel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
   private void showActionListenerDemo(){
      headerLabel.setText("Listener in action: ActionListener");      
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();      
      panel.setBackground(Color.magenta);            
      JButton okButton = new JButton("OK");
      okButton.addActionListener(new CustomActionListener());        
      panel.add(okButton);
      controlPanel.add(panel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true); 
   }
   class CustomActionListener implements ActionListener{
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         statusLabel.setText("Ok Button Clicked.");
      }
   }	
}