How to access the jpanel and other components on click of a button

Question

hi ,
need help,how to access the components of a frame onclick of a button ,if the actionPerformed() is written in a seperate class.
in my code
button.addActionListener(new Xyz());
Xyz is implementing the ActionListener.
in actionPerformed() i want to access the components in the frame.
thanks.

Answer 1

public class Xyz implements ActionListener{
  JFrame frame;
  Component[] comps;
  public Xyz(JFrame f){
    frame = f;
    comps = frame.getContentPane().getComponents();
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    // access elements in comps array
button.addActionListener(new Xyz(this)); // if 'this' is a JFrame in question