Separate menu in a class of its own

Hi All,
i am fairly new to Java and i'm currently working on a small project / first project. Now... as the application i'm developing has a lot of menus.. (as most application does) i was wondering if it was good practice to have your menu in a separate class so as to ease the addition of new menu items without really touching your main class.. i have tried this but the my problem is that i'm not sure how to send action commands from the menu class to the main class...
has anyone tried this and knows how to do it? please help if u can..
here is what i tried..
//** Main class
public call MyMainClass extends JFrame {
JMenuBar myMenuBar = new MyApplicationMenu();
//* MyApplicationMenu class
public class MyApplicationMenu extends JMenuBar {
/// here i've defined my menu and its actions.. but action listeners won't send actions to my main class
Once again i'd really appreciate your help.. thank you

Hi MaxxDmg,
thanks for your reply.. I However came up with a solution but i think first of all i should explain what i wanted to do..
OK.. lets say my main class is MyMainClass and it extends JFrame.. When i initialise MyMainClass i create an instance of MyMainMenu (extending JMenuBar) which is a class outside of MyMainClass which creates the menu for MyMainClass..
The reason for doing the above is because i figure that if my application menu extends its better to have it in a separate class to ease addition of new menu items..
So here is how i did it..
// Definition of MyMainClass
public class MyMainClass extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
MyMainClass() {
super();
// Here i initialise the menu
JMenuBar myMenu = new MyMainMenu(this);
private void actionPerformed(ActionEvents e) {
....tananinana
} .... etc
// Definition of MyMainMenu
public class MyMainMenu extends JMenuBar {
MyMainClass instanceOfMainClass = null;
MyMainMenu(MyMainClass thisCaller) {
super();
instanceOfMainClass = thisCaller; // And from there i can do menuItem.addActionListener(instanceOfMainClass);
// Here i initialise the menu
JMenuBar myMenu = new MyMainMenu(this);
} .... etc
this is working fine...
As to your question "What does the actions do"..
The actions are just to execute certain tasks upon clicking on a menu item..
I dunno if i can explain it much clearer.. i do hope this is helpfull though..
thanx

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Disconnect all third-party peripherals. Quit all active applications. Do the following:
Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

How do I stop the cursor from having a mind of its own?

I just received this computer T400. A mac user wswitching over to pc - not famliar with the land. I am using a notebook and the cursor clicks on its own when I let it rest and then transports me to whatever information/page that it happens to rest upon. needles to say this is very tiring. I have tried to go to the help section and there is not informaiton about how to stop this from happening. There is informaiton for mouse control. The information I found on the cursor only spoke to the rate of blinking.
also, I would like to incluse word in my start up programs and can't figure out how to do that.
the cursor information would be most useful to me at the moment. Thank you.

onlinebabe, welcome to the forum,
you probably need to turn off or adjust the sensitivity of tapping in the UltraNav Touchpad properties. Go to Control Panel > Mouse and select the UltraNav tab and adjust the settings.
Do you mean that you want word to start automatically when windows starts? Right click in an empty area of the task bar and choose properties > Start Menu > Customise and add Word to your Autostarts folder.
Hope this helps
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MacBook Pro 15" Late 2008 will not sleep on its own

My MacBook Pro will sleep just fine if I close the lid or select sleep from the Apple menu. It won't, however, ever fall asleep on its own. I've tried resetting the SMC to no avail. Any suggestions as to what I should look for?

Certain settings, e.g. printer sharing, can prevent timed sleep. If it's a brand new Mac and you migrated a fair amount of data from a previous computer, Spotlight may still be indexing. There are other possibilities as well. See this kbase article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776

My macbook pro is running very slow with some strange mouse and window movements. The trackpad is very unresponsive and when responding the cursor moves on its own and/or very erratically. When on safari the window suddenly zooms in or highlights words.

My macbook pro is running very slow with some strange mouse and window movements. The trackpad is very unresponsive and when responding the cursor moves on its own and/or very erratically. When on safari the window suddenly zooms in or highlights words and looks them up via dictionary. I currently have a wireless mouse connected and I am still having the same problems.
I fee like I may have a virus or my laptop is perhaps being accessed remotely. All of the sharing options are unchecked.
HELP PLEASE
Very worried!!

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
     Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and
     after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears.
     Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
     Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).

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