try this,
Move your inner class inside Browse.java and add ActionListener
for each and every button created
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Browse extends JPanel {
private JButton [] play_lists_btn=new JButton[5];//define an array of JButtons
public Browse() {
int increment = 0;
while (increment < 5) {
add(createButton(increment));
increment++;
}
}
private JButton createButton(final int i) {
play_lists_btn[i] = new JButton();
play_lists_btn[i].setText(" This is " + i);
return play_lists_btn[i];
}
public void addPlayListener(ActionListener play) {
for(JButton b : play_lists_btn)
b.addActionListener(play);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
client.Browse b = new client.Browse();
BrowseController bc = new BrowseController(b);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(b);
frame.setSize(1100, 830);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setResizable(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
BrowseController.java
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class BrowseController {
private Browse b;
public BrowseController(Browse b) {
this.b = b;
b.addPlayListener(new PlayListener());
}
private class PlayListener implements ActionListener {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String text = (String) e.getActionCommand();
System.out.println(text);
}
}
}