How do I programmatically send ActionEvent to JButton?

Question

How do I programmatically send an ActionEvent (eg button pressed/ACTION_PERFORMED) to a JButton?

I know of:

button.doClick(         


        

Answer 1

Only if you inherit and expose the fireActionPerformed method, which is protected:

class MockButton extends JButton { 
   // bunch of constructors here 
   @Override 
   public void fireActionPerformed( ActionEvent e ) { 
       super.fireActionPerformed( e );
   }
}

Then you will be able, but of course, you have to use a reference like this:

MockButton b = .... 

b.fireActionPerformed( new Action... etc. etc

Why would you like to do that? I don't know, but I would suggest you to follow Mark's advice