Newbie simple question

[Dev_Prog]

Hello all,
I started to write the code of the actionPerformed() function as part
of implementing the ActionListener for menu and component events.
- In the case of GUI components, I refer to the component name to
detect the event source.
- In the case of menu-items, I refer to the menu item displayed string
to detect the source.
As an old fashion coder, I wish there was some sort of unique-id
mechanism to detect the event source, and more preferably if that
unique-id is numeric.
My feeling is that such unique-id would be one of the Object class
variables as Object is the abstract of the inheritance tree.
Can anybody throw some ideas of how to receive a unique value inside
the actionPerformed() function from the virtual machine or the OS?
Thanks gurus.

 

[Christophe Vanfleteren]

Hello all,
I started to write the code of the actionPerformed() function as part
of implementing the ActionListener for menu and component events.
- In the case of GUI components, I refer to the component name to
detect the event source.
- In the case of menu-items, I refer to the menu item displayed string
to detect the source.
As an old fashion coder, I wish there was some sort of unique-id
mechanism to detect the event source, and more preferably if that
unique-id is numeric.
My feeling is that such unique-id would be one of the Object class
variables as Object is the abstract of the inheritance tree.
Can anybody throw some ideas of how to receive a unique value inside
the actionPerformed() function from the virtual machine or the OS?
Thanks gurus.

Use actions to solve these kinds of problems elegantly:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/action.html

No need to muck about with unique id's, as with actions, you don't really
care where the action came from, just what you have to do when it is
performed.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Hello all,
I started to write the code of the actionPerformed() function as part
of implementing the ActionListener for menu and component events.
- In the case of GUI components, I refer to the component name to
detect the event source.
- In the case of menu-items, I refer to the menu item displayed string
to detect the source.
As an old fashion coder, I wish there was some sort of unique-id
mechanism to detect the event source,

You can get the component that fired
the action. How much more unique do
you need it?

 

[nos]

When you create the object just
put in your own unique identifier.