How to I just test a specific key?

Question

I just want to test a certain key for instance:
in my code would read:
if(keytest(KEY_LEFT)){
     //move ship left
if(keytest(KEY_UP)){
     //move ship up
and both, neither or either one of these could occur at at any time.
I can't seem to figure out how to use the KeyPressed event, and the tutorial is confusing to me.
Thanks for any help, If you know VC++ I want something like GetAsyncKeyState

Answer 1

You use an event-handler:
class myKeyEventHandler extends KeyAdapter {
   public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
      if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UP) {
         // move up
      else if
      // etc, etc
}Then you attach an instance of this event-handler to your code:
JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();
myFrame.addKeyListener(new myKeyEventHandler());Michael Bishop