JButton problem

Question

hi, i am new to java and need a bit of help. I have 2 frames and when i click a button on one of them the other should get displayed. So far everything works.to do that i am using the following code
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
new BorderLayoutExample(this);
and then northButton.addActionListener(this); in a method which also draws my components. My class is also implementing ActionListener. The problem is when i create another jButton. I am unable to assing it to any action to perform. I tried something like button.addActionListener(this); and then wrote another actionPerformed method but the button does the same thing as the other button(due to "this" keyword). Can anyone tell me how to differentiate the 2 actionPerformed methods so the jButtons know which one to use??
Thanx

Answer 1

public class Homepage implements ActionListener
public Homepage()
assembleWindow();
private void assembleWindow()
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
// Make components for GUI
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JButton northButton = new JButton("North");
northButton.addActionListener(this);
JButton s = new JButton("S");
// Add the buttons to the Frame
frame.add(northButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(s, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setSize(350,350);
frame.setVisible(true);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
new BorderLayoutExample(this);
this is the code i am using for the first frame(where i want to have 2-3 buttons).So far i got one method (public void actionPerformed...)which displays my second frame(named BorderLayoutExample) and the first jButton uses(northButton.addActionListener(this);) that method. The other jButton for example should lets say close the frame. I have an idea of how to write the method but dont know how to make it work when the second jButton is clicked.I should probably have something like s.addActionListener(//something goes here); and that is where i am struggling..