Using 1.3 Action Framework, JButton firing strangely...

Question

I have a bunch of AbstractActions in an array, like so:
     AbstractAction posHousingActions[] = new AbstractAction[] {
         new AbstractAction("", UP_ARROW_ICON) {
              public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
               System.out.println("Building House");
               buildHousing(HOUSE);
         new AbstractAction("", UP_ARROW_ICON) {
              public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
               System.out.println("Building Large House");
               buildHousing(LARGE_HOUSE);
          },...Then (in the same method), a for loop that uses this array to generate custom arrow buttons:
for(int i = 0; i < NUM_OF_HOUSING_TYPES; i++) {
         JButton newTopArrow = new JButton();
         newTopArrow.setMargin(buttonI);
         topButtons.add(newTopArrow);
         newTopArrow.setAction(posHousingActions);
*topButtons is a JToolBar.
When I click on one of these buttons, it flickers extremely briefly, then does nothing. The System.out in my ActionPerformed does not go off, and the button does not stay 'pressed' if I hold the mouse button down.
I was sure I wasn't spelling 'actionPerformed' right, or something like that, but after going over and over it, I'm stumped. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you,
Bret

Answer 1

To anyone who may also have this problem, I've solved it; I had another component that was constantly requesting the focus. Apparently, the button was retaining the focus just long enough to blink in response to the click, but not long enough to fire the event, or stay 'clicked'.