ActionPerformed problem with jmenu

Question

hi i am trying to get the action performed for 'exit' in a JMenu but
i cant seem to find the problem the program will run be nothing hapens when i click exit on the menu. any help would be greatly welcomed
markimport java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.io.*;
class MyFrame2 extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
     private JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();//create menubar
     private JMenu j1 = new JMenu();
     private JMenu j2 = new JMenu();
     private JMenu j3 = new JMenu();
     private JMenu j4 = new JMenu();
     private JMenu j5 = new JMenu();
     private JMenuItem jm1 = new JMenuItem();
     private JMenuItem jm2 = new JMenuItem();
     Container content;
public MyFrame2(String str)
{  super(str);
     content= this.getContentPane();
     content.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setSize(220,250);
     bar.add(j1);
     bar.add(j2);
     bar.add(j3);
     bar.add(j4);
     bar.add(j5);
     j1.setText("Register");
     j2.setText("Not Connected");
     j3.setText("New DB");
     j4.setText("Admin");
     j5.setText("Exit");
     j5.addActionListener(this);
     jm1.setText("Server Info");
     jm2.setText("User Admin");
     j4.add(jm1);
     j4.add(jm2);
     setJMenuBar(bar);
     setVisible(true); }
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
     Object target=e.getSource();
          if (target== j5){System.exit(0);}
     public class Db4
     public static void main(String args[]) {
MyFrame2 fr= new MyFrame2("Account Example");

Answer 1

The problem is that your "j5" is a JMenu not a JMenuItem. JMenu objects respond to mouseclicks by displaying a popup menu not by calling an actionlistener. I changed "j5" to be a JMenuItem and it worked fine, although I won't advice placing JMenuItems directly on a menubar.