Add the action listener to a JLabel

Hi,
I created a custom JLabel. This should work like a JButton.
So how i can add a method like
MyLabel.addActionListener(ActionListener aListener);The action listener can simulated through the mouseClicked method to get a simillar effect but
the action listener method is more oop.
So any ideas?
regards,
Olek

Olek wrote:
I created a custom JLabel. This should work like a JButton.You may be better off creating a JButton that looks like a JLabel. That's my recommendation for implementing this.
Edit: I remember seeing this at JavaRanch a while back. Perhaps it will be useful to you:
[actionListener for JLabel|http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=017064]
Edited by: Encephalopathic on Jul 12, 2008 6:13 PM

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
<display-name>pagerWEB</display-name>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<jsp-config>
    <taglib>
      <taglib-uri>http://jsfcustomcomponent/</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/jsfcustomcomponent.tld</taglib-location>
    </taglib>
</jsp-config>
<servlet>
    <description>Added by JBuilder to compile JSPs with debug info</description>
    <servlet-name>debugjsp</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>classdebuginfo</param-name>
      <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>debugjsp</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

got it working....
The changes were:
in "SpecialBtnRenderer"...
--new--
                    mb.invoke(context, new Object[1]);
--old--
                    mb.invoke(context, new Object[0]);
in "SpecialBtnTag"...
--new--
import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
--new--
                MethodBinding mb = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createMethodBinding(specialBtnListener, new Class[]{ActionEvent.class});
--old--
                MethodBinding mb = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createMethodBinding(specialBtnListener, null);
-Below is the entire application, again -- for those (like myself) who need concrete examples...
I hope this helps someone else! --f
jsp1.jsp
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<%@page contentType="text/html"%>
<%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h"%>
<%@taglib uri="http://jsfcustomcomponent/" prefix="j"%>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./stylesheet.css" title="Style">
</head>
<body>
<f:view>
    <h:messages/>
<h:form id="form01">
    <h:outputText value="test special button with action listener"/>
    <j:specialBtnTag value="#{specialBtnBacking.specialBtnValue}" specialBtnListener="#{specialBtnBacking.specialBtnActionListener}"/>
    <h:outputText value="#{specialBtnBacking.outcome}"/>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</body>
</html>
SpecialBtnBacking
package specialbtn;
import javax.faces.context.*;
import javax.faces.event.*;
public class SpecialBtnBacking
    private FacesContext context;
    public SpecialBtnBacking()
        this.setSpecialBtnValue("Special Button with action listener");
    private String specialBtnValue;
    public String getSpecialBtnValue()
        return this.specialBtnValue;
    public void setSpecialBtnValue(String specialBtnValue)
        this.specialBtnValue = specialBtnValue;
    private String outcome = "actionlistener NOT invoked: click specialBtn above to test";
    public String getOutcome()
        return outcome;
    public void setOutcome(String outcome)
        this.outcome = outcome;
    public void specialBtnActionListener(ActionEvent evt)
        System.out.println("\n\n");
        System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jsp1Backing/specialBtnActionListener()!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
        System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jsp1Backing/specialBtnActionListener()!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
        System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jsp1Backing/specialBtnActionListener()!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
        System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jsp1Backing/specialBtnActionListener()!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
        System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jsp1Backing/specialBtnActionListener()!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n");
        this.outcome = "***action listener invoked!!!***";
jsfcustomcomponent.tld
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE taglib PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JSP Tag Library 1.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-jsptaglibrary_1_2.dtd">
<taglib>
<tlib-version>0.01</tlib-version>
<jsp-version>1.2</jsp-version>
<short-name>jsfcustomcomponent</short-name>
<uri>http://jsfcustomcomponent/</uri>
<description><![CDATA[jsf custom component tags]]> </description>
<tag>
    <name>specialBtnTag</name>
    <tag-class>jsfcustomcomponent.SpecialBtnTag</tag-class>
    <attribute>
      <name>value</name>
      <required>true</required>
      <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
      <description><![CDATA[button value]]></description>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>specialBtnListener</name>
      <required>true</required>
      <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
      <description><![CDATA[action listener]]> </description>
    </attribute>
</tag>
</taglib>
faces-config.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd">
<faces-config>
<managed-bean>
    <managed-bean-name>specialBtnBacking</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-class>specialbtn.SpecialBtnBacking</managed-bean-class>
    <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
<component>
    <component-type>SpecialBtnComponent</component-type>
    <component-class>jsfcustomcomponent.SpecialBtnComponent</component-class>
    <component-extension>
      <renderer-type>SpecialBtnRenderer</renderer-type>
    </component-extension>
</component>
<render-kit>
    <renderer>
      <component-family>SpecialBtnComponent</component-family>
      <renderer-type>SpecialBtnRenderer</renderer-type>
      <renderer-class>jsfcustomcomponent.SpecialBtnRenderer</renderer-class>
    </renderer>
</render-kit>
</faces-config>
SpecialBtnComponent.java
package jsfcustomcomponent;
import javax.faces.component.*;
import javax.faces.context.*;
import javax.faces.el.*;
import javax.faces.event.*;
public class SpecialBtnComponent
    extends UIComponentBase implements ActionSource
    public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE = "SpecialBtnComponent";
    public static final String RENDERER_TYPE = "SpecialBtnRenderer";
    public String getFamily()
        return COMPONENT_TYPE;
    public SpecialBtnComponent()
        super();
        setRendererType(SpecialBtnComponent.RENDERER_TYPE);
    private String value;
    public void setValue(String value, FacesContext facesContext)
        this.value = value;
    public String getValue()
        if (null != this.value)
            return this.value;
        ValueBinding _vb = getValueBinding("value");
        if (_vb != null)
            return (String) _vb.getValue(getFacesContext());
        else
            return null;
    private MethodBinding specialBtnListener = null;
    public MethodBinding getActionListener()
        return (this.specialBtnListener);
    public void setActionListener(MethodBinding actionListener)
        this.specialBtnListener = actionListener;
    public Object saveState(FacesContext context)
        Object values[] = new Object[3];
        values[0] = super.saveState(context);
        values[1] = saveAttachedState(context, this.specialBtnListener);
        values[2] = this.value;
        return (values);
    public void restoreState(FacesContext context, Object state)
        Object values[] = (Object[]) state;
        super.restoreState(context, values[0]);
        this.specialBtnListener = (MethodBinding) restoreAttachedState(context, values[1]);
        this.value = (String) restoreAttachedState(context, values[2]);
    public void broadcast(FacesEvent event) throws AbortProcessingException
        super.broadcast(event);
        if (event instanceof ActionEvent)
            FacesContext context = getFacesContext();
            MethodBinding mb = this.getActionListener();
            if (mb != null)
                try
                    mb.invoke(context, new Object[]
                              {event});
                catch (EvaluationException ex)
                    System.out.println("SpecialBtnComponent/broadcast(FacesEvent event)...EvaluationException encountered - ex.getMessage()=" + ex.getMessage());
                    ex.printStackTrace();
            ActionListener actionListener = context.getApplication().getActionListener();
            if (actionListener != null)
                actionListener.processAction( (ActionEvent) event);
    public void queueEvent(FacesEvent e)
        if (e instanceof ActionEvent)
            e.setPhaseId(PhaseId.INVOKE_APPLICATION);
        super.queueEvent(e);
    public MethodBinding getAction()
        return null;
    public void setAction(MethodBinding methodBinding)
    public boolean isImmediate()
        return false;
    public void setImmediate(boolean _boolean)
    public void addActionListener(ActionListener actionListener)
        addFacesListener(actionListener);
    public ActionListener[] getActionListeners()
        return (ActionListener[]) getFacesListeners(ActionListener.class);
    public void removeActionListener(ActionListener actionListener)
        removeFacesListener(actionListener);
SpecialBtnTag.java
package jsfcustomcomponent;
import javax.faces.component.*;
import javax.faces.el.*;
import javax.faces.webapp.*;
import com.sun.faces.util.*;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
public class SpecialBtnTag
    extends UIComponentTag
    public String value = null;
    public String specialBtnListener = null;
    private SpecialBtnComponent specialBtnComponent;
    public SpecialBtnTag()
        super();
    public String getComponentType()
        return SpecialBtnComponent.COMPONENT_TYPE;
    public String getRendererType()
        return SpecialBtnComponent.RENDERER_TYPE;
    protected void setProperties(UIComponent component)
        super.setProperties(component);
        if (! (component instanceof SpecialBtnComponent))
            throw new IllegalStateException("Component " + component.toString() +
                                            " not expected type. Expected: jsfcustomcomponent.SpecialBtnComponent. Perhaps you�re missing a tag?");
        specialBtnComponent = (SpecialBtnComponent) component;
        if (value != null)
            if (isValueReference(value))
                ValueBinding vb = Util.getValueBinding(value);
                specialBtnComponent.setValueBinding("value", vb);
            else
                throw new IllegalStateException("The value for �value� must be a ValueBinding.");
        if (specialBtnListener != null)
            if (isValueReference(specialBtnListener))
                MethodBinding mb = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createMethodBinding(specialBtnListener, new Class[]{ActionEvent.class});
                ( (SpecialBtnComponent) component).setActionListener(mb);
            else
                MethodBinding mb = Util.createConstantMethodBinding(specialBtnListener);
                ( (SpecialBtnComponent) component).setActionListener(mb);
    public void release()
        super.release();
        value = null;
        specialBtnListener = null;
    public void setValue(String value)
        this.value = value;
    public String getValue()
        return this.value;
    public void setSpecialBtnListener(String specialBtnListener)
        this.specialBtnListener = specialBtnListener;
    public String getSpecialBtnListener()
        return this.specialBtnListener;
SpecialBtnRenderer
package jsfcustomcomponent;
import java.util.*;
import javax.faces.component.*;
import javax.faces.context.*;
import javax.faces.event.*;
import javax.faces.render.*;
import javax.faces.el.MethodBinding;
import javax.faces.el.*;
public class SpecialBtnRenderer
    extends Renderer
    String value;
    public SpecialBtnRenderer()
        super();
    public void decode(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
        try
            Map requestMap = context.getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap();
            String clientId = component.getClientId(context);
            SpecialBtnComponent specialBtnComponent = (SpecialBtnComponent) component;
            String value = (String) requestMap.get(clientId);
            if (null != value)
                specialBtnComponent.setValue(value, context);
                MethodBinding mb = specialBtnComponent.getActionListener();
                if (mb != null)
                    System.out.println("SpecialBtnRenderer/decode...mb.getExpressionString()=" + mb.getExpressionString());
                    //mb.invoke(context, new Object[0]);
                    mb.invoke(context, new Object[1]);
                ActionEvent actionEvent = new ActionEvent(specialBtnComponent);
                specialBtnComponent.queueEvent(actionEvent);
        catch (EvaluationException ex)
            ex.printStackTrace();
    public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws java.io.IOException
        SpecialBtnComponent specialBtnComponent = (SpecialBtnComponent) component;
        ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
        String clientId = component.getClientId(context);
        value = (String) component.getAttributes().get("value");
        if (value == null)
            value = "defaultValue";
        buildSpecialBtn(writer, value, clientId, specialBtnComponent);
    private void buildSpecialBtn(ResponseWriter writer, String value, String clientId, SpecialBtnComponent component) throws java.io.IOException
        writer.startElement("table", component);
        writer.startElement("tbody", component);
        writer.startElement("tr", component);
        writer.startElement("td", component);
        value = String.valueOf(value);
        writer.startElement("input", component);
        writer.writeAttribute("type", "submit", null);
        writer.writeAttribute("name", clientId, "clientId");
        writer.writeAttribute("value", value, null);
        writer.endElement("input");
        writer.endElement("td");
        writer.endElement("tr");
        writer.endElement("tbody");
        writer.endElement("table");
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
<display-name>pagerWEB</display-name>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<jsp-config>
    <taglib>
      <taglib-uri>http://jsfcustomcomponent/</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/jsfcustomcomponent.tld</taglib-location>
    </taglib>
</jsp-config>
</web-app>

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