java - Add an actionListener to a JButton from another class

Question

so I have two classes testPanel and testFrame. All the buttons are in the testPanel class. I want to add ActionListeners to the Jbuttons in the testFrame class. How do I go about doing this?

testPanel:

public class testPanel extends JPanel{

JLabel codeLbl = new JLabel("Code");
JLabel titleLbl = new JLabel("Title");
JLabel priceLbl = new JLabel("Price");

JTextField codeTxt = new JTextField(20);
JTextField titleTxt = new JTextField(20);
JTextField priceTxt = new JTextField(20);

JButton addBtn = new JButton("Add");
JButton updateBtn = new JButton("Update");
JButton delBtn = new JButton("Delete");
JButton exitBtn = new JButton("Exit");
JButton firstBtn = new JButton("First");
JButton prevBtn = new JButton("Previous");
JButton nextBtn = new JButton("Next");
JButton lastBtn = new JButton("Last");

JPanel info = new JPanel();
JPanel buttons = new JPanel();

public testPanel(){
    info.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2));

    info.add(codeLbl);
    info.add(codeTxt);
    info.add(titleLbl);
    info.add(titleTxt);
    info.add(priceLbl);
    info.add(priceTxt);

    buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,4));

    buttons.add(addBtn);
    buttons.add(updateBtn);
    buttons.add(delBtn);
    buttons.add(exitBtn);
    buttons.add(firstBtn);
    buttons.add(prevBtn);
    buttons.add(nextBtn);
    buttons.add(lastBtn);

    JPanel container = new JPanel();
    container.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

    container.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, info);
    container.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, buttons);

    add(container);
}
}

testFrame:

 public class testFrame extends JFrame{
JPanel p = new testPanel();

public testFrame(){
    super("BLAH");        

    this.getContentPane().add(p);setVisible(true);
    pack();
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}

public static void main(String[] args){
    new testFrame();
}

}

Answer 1

First of all, I would be opposed to simply providing public access to the button in the panel, this leads to too many issues with management and scope of responsibility ... IMHO

You need some kind of reference to the testPane, which would then provide functionality to attach a ActionListener. Then it's up to testPane to manage how that gets done.