Set icon of component in an array

Question

Hello,
i seem to have a slight problem. I hope there is someone who can help me.
I wrote an applet with all kinds of components in it. If you click a button, the icon of the button changed. All of this worked fine until i wanted all of my components stored in an array and create my components dynamically. So, not the usual way by creating a button with:
JButton nameofbutton = new JButton(imageicon),
but in a function with:
addbutton(new JButton(),"LichtVoorButton", lichtvoor,320,78,149,19, contentPane)
This way i can't reach the button the ordinary way in the actionlistener (nameofbutton.setIcon(icon)).....
Is there an other way?
I've included the important parts of my source code.
I hope there is someone who can help me.
Thanks in advance.
public class test extends JApplet{
public test(){ 
     comps = new Component[0];
     contentPane = getContentPane();
     contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     addbuttons();
public void addComponent(Component component){
//function to add a component to the array (works fine)
public void addbuttons(){
addbutton(new JButton(),"LichtVoorButton", lichtvoor,320,78,149,19, contentPane);
public void addbutton(JButton button, String buttonnaam, ImageIcon licht, int x, int y, int width, int height, Container pane){
     button.setName(buttonnaam);
     button.setBorder(BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder());
     button.setIcon(licht);
     button.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
     button.addActionListener(new ButtonEvent());
     addComponent(button);
class ButtonEvent implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
     Object source = e.getSource();
     for( int i=0; i<comps.length; i++ ) {
          if(comps[ i].equals(source)){
          if(comps[ i].getName().equals("LichtVoorButton")){
/******* the line that doesn't work ********/
comps[ i].setIcon(icon.gif);//doesn't work!
comps[ i].revalidate();
}

Answer 1

Thanks, but i can't set the icon of the button directly like
(JButton)e.getSource().setIcon(lichtvoor); or
(JButton)comps.setIcon(lichtvoor).. I get the error 'not a statement'.
is this the only way?:
JButton tempbutton = (JButton)e.getSource();
tempbutton.setIcon(lichtvoor);
comps[i]=tempbutton