Using multiple JButtons with the same label in Java

Question

I have two buttons in my project that both have a \"+\" label. When the actionPerformed() method is called, it calls a specific method based on the label. How can I distigui

Answer 1

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Use ActionEvent#getSource

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Set the actionCommand property of each button to something unique and use ActionEvent#getActionCommand

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Use separate listeners, either anonymously or as inner or outer classes depending on your needs

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Make use of the Action API, which would allow you to define a common/abstract Action which defined the common properties (like the + text) and then extend this to make unique actions for each button

See How to Use Actions for more details

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Use JButton#putClientProperty to set some unique flag on each button and cast the ActionEvent to a JComponent and use getClientProperty to retrieve the flag ... but given the previous suggestions, I'm not sure why you'd bother