Help with Listener design please

Question

i have an JFrame with a bunch of components...i guess i want all the interactive parts (buttons, jtextfields) to use the same actionlistener...
but i dont want the jframe class to implement it an actionlistener but to use its own listener obj
the one good thing about a class implementing a listener is that the listener has access to all the classes variables (buttons etc), how do i separate the listener into its own class while having access to the implementing class' variables?
this is the way im doing it now
public class IssuePoolListener implements ActionListener{
    private IssuePoolGUI2 owner;
    private JTextField symbolField;
    private JTextField descField;
    private JTextField searchField;
    public IssuePoolListener(IssuePoolGUI2 owner){
        this.owner = owner;       
        symbolField = owner.getSymbolField();
        descField = owner.getDescriptionField();
        searchField = owner.getSearchField();
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    //have access to owners variables
}its ugly.
if i where just to have
public class myJFrame imlements ActionListener{
//all myJFrame code [maybe lots of lines]
    public void actionListener{
    //maybe lots of lines
       if(command.equals(blah)
          blah();
       else if(command.equals(blah2)
           blah2();
       etc
blah(){...have access to all variables...};
blah2(){....have access to all variables...};this way i dont need all those getters, but the myJFrame class is way bigger...
is there a better way? thanks

Answer 1

If the task is small, most any approach will eventually succeed. But you should get in the habit of
writing cohesive classes. And when it comes to making ActionListeners, I like using Action.
As far as the division between your frame (or GUI class) and the ActionListener, if your Listener
knows about IssuePoolGUI2 , methods getDescriptionField and so on, it is then so closely tied to
your GUI class it might as well be part of it -- say an inner class.