How to get the location of the JMenuItem on the screen in actionPerformed

Question

How can I get the location of the JMenuItem on the screen in actionPerformed.
When I use the function getLocationOnScreen() on JMenuItem or the object retruned by getComponent() I get IllegalComponentStateException.
I have figured out that inside actionPerformed the parent of the JMenuItem which is JPopupMenu (that contains the JMenuItem) is not visible anymore (its isVisble() function returns false).
Then how can I get the location on the screen of the JMenuItem or it�s popup menu such that I can use it in subsequent call to SwingUtilities.convertPoint(JMenuItem, int x, int y,frame), as I need to display a modal dialog box relative to the position of the popup menu in it�s frame.
Regards,
Janusz

Answer 1

Thanks for reply.
Unfortunately I have to figure out the location of the menu from within actionPerformed handler. At that point of time it is too late to overwrite JMenuItem. I probably could do some severe surgery in the code to implement my own JMenuItem derived class & overwrite processMouseEvent and pass the location attribute somehow to actionPerformed handler � but I am looking for some solution that would not require changes to the code outside actionPerformed handler.