I haven't touched Java in a few years and now I'm back, trying to make a GUI to test out JFrame. I am attempting to create a JButton that will close the program when clicked. With the current code I am receiving the error "The method addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener) in the type javax.swing.AbstractButton is not applicable for the arguments (new ActionListener(){})"
. The other questions I have found deal with multiple classes or other issues that don't help with my problem. Any solution or alternative would be appreciated.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class testFrame
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
long base = System.currentTimeMillis();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test Window");
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
frame.setVisible(true);
JLabel label = new JLabel();
JLabel label2 = new JLabel("How Long Have I Been Running?");
JButton button = new JButton("EXIT");
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e) {
JFrame.dispose();
}
});
Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
box.add(label2);
box.add(label);
box.add(button);
label2.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
label.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
button.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
frame.getContentPane().add(box, BorderLayout.CENTER);
while(true)
{
long input = System.currentTimeMillis();
label.setText(Long.toString(input - base));
}
}
}
I changed some things to get your program going.
Always build Swing programs on the event dispatch thread.
Use a Swing Timer
to make something happen every once in a while; running a loop flat out just makes the room hotter.
Use JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE
for the default close operation, and send a WINDOW_CLOSING
event from your EXIT button.
Call setVisible()
after you add components and pack()
the frame.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class TestFrame {
public static void main(String args[]) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test Window");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//frame.setUndecorated(true);
//frame.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
Box box = Box.createVerticalBox();
JLabel time = new JLabel("0");
time.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
JLabel label = new JLabel("How Long Have I Been Running?");
label.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
JButton button = new JButton("EXIT");
button.setAlignmentX(Component.CENTER_ALIGNMENT);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
frame.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(
frame, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
}
});
box.add(label);
box.add(time);
box.add(button);
frame.add(box, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
long base = System.currentTimeMillis();
Timer timer = new Timer(100, new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
long input = System.currentTimeMillis();
time.setText(Long.toString(input - base));
}
});
timer.start();
}
});
}
}