How do I organize my Actions in Swing?

Question

I am currently replacing my anonymous ActionListeners

new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
                


        

Answer 1

You can keep your actions in a separate package to isolate them. Sometimes, it is useful to keep them in one class, especially if actions are related or have a common parent, for example:

public class SomeActions {
    static class SomeActionX extends AbstractAction {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        }
    }

    static class SomeActionY extends AbstractAction {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        }
    }

    static class SomeActionZ extends AbstractAction {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        }
    }
}

Then to access them:

JButton button = new JButton();
button.setAction(new SomeActions.SomeActionX());