How do I find the parent JFrame of a JMenuItem?

When an ActionEvent occurs from a JMenuItem selection, how can
I get a reference to the JFrame the JMenuItem is on?
Thanks

Good afternoon...
it's a pretty good / standard idea to make your event-thread a subclass of the JFrame. i.e.:
public class MySwingApp extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
    public MySwingApp() [
        super("My App Title");
        // ...build your GUI...
        // ...register this as your action listener for the menu items...
    /* this is in the class that is the JFrame of the application */
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
        System.out.println(ae.getCommand());
}hope that helps
Schultz

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