Can the same button be used for different things

Question

hi, i want to be able to change what area the player goes to when they press the journey button. but the code i made can only display one message, and that is, "you journey on..."
i want to be able , for each button press, to move the player forward to a new area, is that possible? here is the code so far.
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Button;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class Buttondemo extends Applet implements ActionListener{
String msg = "";
String zone = "forest";
String message = "Current zone is" + zone;
Button attack,run, inventory, search, journey ;
public void init(){
attack = new Button("attack");
run = new Button("run");
inventory = new Button("inventory");
search = new Button("search");
journey = new Button("journey");
add(attack);
add(run);
add(inventory);
add(search);
add(journey);
attack.addActionListener(this);
run.addActionListener(this);
inventory.addActionListener(this);
search.addActionListener(this);
journey.addActionListener(this);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
String str = ae.getActionCommand();
if(str.equals("attack")){
msg = "You attack!";
else if(str.equals("run")){
msg = "You run!";
else if(str.equals("inventory")){
msg = "Here is your inventory";
else if(str.equals("search")){
     msg = "You start searching...";
else 
     msg = "You journey on...";
repaint();
public void paint(Graphics g){
g.drawString(msg, 6, 100);

Answer 1

Ofcourse its possible. Maybe you wanna consider using an specific actionlistener for the journey button instead of using the common actionlistener.
Like this:
journey.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
          //Move forward...
});