Constructing actionPerformed method without using if statements

Question

Hi,
I'm currently writing a basic swing program, and have used 'if' statements within the actionPerformed methods. I wondered if there was a better, neater way of doing this without using the 'if' statements.
My code so far is as follows,
method 1:
static private class IncrementDecrementAction implements ActionListener {
        boolean oddNumberClick = true;
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            if (oddNumberClick= !oddNumberClick)
                SimpleSwing.label.setText(labelPrefix + "Decrement");
            else
                SimpleSwing.label.setText(labelPrefix + "Increment");
    }method 2:
static private class ClickAction implements ActionListener {
        public int numClicks = 0;
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            if (SimpleSwing.label.getText().equals(labelPrefix + "Increment"))
                numClicks++;
            else
                numClicks--;
            SimpleSwing.label2.setText(labelPrefix2 + numClicks);
    }Any ideas or advice appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

I think there's a way, but it is very similar to your code:
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     numClicks = SimpleSwing.label.getText().equals(labelPrefix + "Increment")?numClicks + 1: numClicks - 1;
     SimpleSwing.label2.setText(labelPrefix2 + numClicks);
}But keep in mind this: each time a button is pressed it will always call actionPerformed of all its listeners, so there is no way to call different methods (unless you use different listeners like Mouse listeners...).