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Bouncing balls won't pause

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What I'm trying to do is to create a bouncing balls java program. Which I did. Each time the user presses start balls will populate the screen. the only problem I'm having is that I don't know how to pause it. Any help would be appreciated. I tried adding something similar to how I did the addball function but don't know how to apply that to pause the ball. I have tried to do the puase function by adding the button pause but don't know how to get it working
BounceFrame:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class BounceFrame extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private BallComponent ballComponent;
public BounceFrame() {
setTitle("Bounce");
ballComponent = new BallComponent();
add(ballComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
// Adds more balls.
addButton(buttonPanel, "Start", new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
addBall();
}
});
addButton(buttonPanel, "Pause", new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
}
});
// Closes the panel.
addButton(buttonPanel, "Close", new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
pack();
}
public void addButton(Container c, String title, ActionListener listener) {
JButton b = new JButton(title);
c.add(b);
b.addActionListener(listener);
}
public void addBall() {
Ball b = new Ball(ballComponent.getBounds());
RunnableBall rB = new RunnableBall(b, ballComponent);
Thread t = new Thread(rB);
t.start();
}
}
RunnableBall:
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class RunnableBall implements Runnable {
private Ball b;
private BallComponent comp;
private static final int DELAY = 3; //Controls speed of the balls.
public RunnableBall(Ball b, BallComponent comp)
{
this.b = b;
this.comp = comp;
}
#Override
public void run() {
comp.add(b);
while (true)
{
b.move(comp.getBounds());
comp.repaint();
try
{
Thread.sleep(DELAY);
}
catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(RunnableBall.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
}

When you add the ball you need to store the RunnableBall object you are creating in some collection variable, such as a variable of type ArrayList<RunnableBall>, for example. Then in your Pause button's ActionListener you can loop through the ArrayList and call a pause method on each of your RunnableBalls.
So you'll need to then define a pause method inside RunnableBall, which sets a boolean variable "isPaused" to true. So then you'll need to create that variable, isPaused, inside the RunnableBall class, and make it change the behaviour of the run method. You should be able to figure that bit out.
One thing you'll need to take care with is the fact that because you're using multiple threads, you'll need the communication between those threads (i.e. the process of setting the isPaused variable to true or false) to be thread-safe. I think you could achieve that by declaring the isPaused variable to be volatile, but there are other ways to do it.

keylistener wait for input

I want to write a live search using Swing components. I am using a keyListener to keep track of the input. Basically i dont want the keyListener to take action every time a button is pressed but instead wait (for some period of time) for more incoming input. This period of time is refreshed every time a button is pressed and the input gets evaluated when it eventually times out (e.g. no button is being pressed within the period meaning that the input is complete). How do I implement that into my keyListener?
Code snippet of main method:
static JTextField nameTextField = new JTextField();
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(nameTextField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
nameTextField.addKeyListener(new KeyListener() {
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent keyEvent) {
//
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
//
}
#Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
if(waitForMoreInput(50)) {
doSomething(nameTextField.getText());
}
}
}
}
}
);
frame.setSize(250, 100);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
Thanks in advance

Much better is for you to use a DocumentListener or DocumentFilter, depending on if you want to listen before or after text has been fully registered with the text component.
The DocumentListener will register any time the text has changed, be it via a key press, via a copy and paste, via a deletion of text. The Timer will then wait however long you wish to do whatever action is required on the text. For example:
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
public class DocListenerFoo extends JPanel {
private JTextField nameTextField = new JTextField(20);
public DocListenerFoo() {
add(new JLabel("Add Text:"));
add(nameTextField);
int timerDelay = 1000; // one second
nameTextField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new MyDocListener(timerDelay));
}
private class MyDocListener implements DocumentListener {
private Timer docTimer;
private int timerDelay;
public MyDocListener(int timerDelay) {
this.timerDelay = timerDelay;
}
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
textChangedAction(e);
}
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
textChangedAction(e);
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
textChangedAction(e);
}
private void textChangedAction(DocumentEvent e) {
Document doc = e.getDocument();
try {
String text = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength());
if (docTimer != null && docTimer.isRunning()) {
docTimer.stop();
}
docTimer = new Timer(timerDelay, new TimerListener(text));
docTimer.setRepeats(false);
docTimer.start();
} catch (BadLocationException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
private class TimerListener implements ActionListener {
private String text;
public TimerListener(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO do check on text here
System.out.println("Checking text here: " + text);
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
DocListenerFoo mainPanel = new DocListenerFoo();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("DocListenerFoo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}

Don't wait inside the key or document event, it just blocks the program from being processed further. Instead save the current time or (re)start a timer in the event and execute your action later somewhere else.

I'm guessing that you're trying to use a KeyListener with a Swing text component such as a JTextField (I have to guess since you don't tell or show us). If so, then the best solution is don't. Using a KeyListener with these components can mess up the functionality of the components. Much better is for you to use a DocumentListener or DocumentFilter, depending on if you want to listen before or after text has been fully registered with the text component.
For a better more complete answer, post a better more complete question, including your minimal code example and details about your problem.

Java basic GUI program errors

In my online Java class, I need to write a program that counts the number of mouse clicks on a button within a frame. Here is my code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class option1 extends Frame {
option1() {
setTitle("Final Project Option 1");
setSize(300,300);
show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
option1 test = new option1();
int a = 0;
String s1 = "" + a;
Frame objFrame;
Button objButton1;
Label objLabel1;
objFrame = new option1();
objButton1 = new Button("Button");
objLabel1 = new Label();
objLabel1.setBounds(150,220,50,30);
objButton1.setBounds(40,35,50,50);
objLabel1.setText(s1);
objButton1.addMouseListener(new MyMouseListener()); //line 29
objFrame.add(objLabel1);
objFrame.add(objButton1);
}
public class MyMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
a++; //line 36
}
}
}
When compiling, I get two errors. One error is on line 29, which is "non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context", and the other is on line 36, which is "cannot find symbol".
So, what exactly am I doing wrong? I would appreciate responders telling exactly what I need to do to fix the problem, and avoiding using technical terms since I'm rather new to programming.

I see two issues, namely your inner class should be static (to use it without an instance of option1 which should probably be Option1 to fit with Java naming conventions) and you need to define and initialize a. Something like
public static class MyMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
int a = 0; //<-- add this.
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
a++;
}
}
Also, I suggest you consider using the more modern JFrame instead of the older Frame.
Edit
You'll need to save a reference to your MouseListener like
MyMouseListener mml = new MyMouseListener();
objButton1.addMouseListener(mml);
Then you can get it the a like
System.out.println(mml.a);
Finally, your original approach of "" + a would be "0".

Generally, as soon as you possibly can, get out of the main method into a non-static context...
public class option1 extends Frame {
private int a = 0;
private Label objLabel1;
option1() {
setTitle("Final Project Option 1");
setSize(300,300);
Button objButton1;
objButton1 = new Button("Button");
objLabel1 = new Label();
objLabel1.setBounds(150,220,50,30);
objButton1.setBounds(40,35,50,50);
objLabel1.setText(Integer.toString(a));
objButton1.addMouseListener(new MyMouseListener()); //line 29
add(objLabel1);
add(objButton1);
show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
option1 test = new option1();
}
public class MyMouseListener extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
a++; //line 36
objLabel1.setText(Integer.toString(a));
}
}
}
Generally speaking, AWT is out-of-date (by some 15 years) and you really should be trying to use Swing or JavaFX instead.
Buttons should use ActionListener, as a mouse is not the only way a button might be triggered
You might like to have a read through Code Conventions for the Java TM Programming Language, it will make it easier for people to read your code and for you to read others

I just tried to make your code working. But there is some issues regarding the standard Java coding. But you should consider previous answers concerning the coding style.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Frame mainFrame = new OptionOne();
Button button = new Button("Button");
final Label label = new Label();
label.setBounds(150, 220, 50, 30);
label.setText("0");
button.setBounds(40, 35, 50, 50);
label.addPropertyChangeListener(label.getText(), new PropertyChangeListener() {
#Override
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
mainFrame.addNotify();
}
});
button.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
int value = Integer.parseInt(label.getText());
label.setText(String.valueOf(value + 1));
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
}
});
mainFrame.add(label);
mainFrame.add(button);
}
}
class OptionOne extends Frame {
OptionOne() {
setTitle("Final Project Option 1");
setSize(300, 300);
show();
}
}

caretPositionChanged() method not reacting

Hi take a look on this fragment of code. My aim is to make my app reacting when i will type in a textarea one of words listed in slowa[]. As u can see i created inputMethodListner however when i type whatever word it is working at all. i tryied to put a debug prints to see what is going on and i see that neither method inputMethodTextChanged() nor inputMethodTextChanged() is called even once:( what im doing wrong?
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.InputMethodEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputMethodListener;
import javax.swing.*;
public class BrzydkieSlowa extends JFrame {
static String[] slowa = {"shit", "fuck"};
private BrzydkieSlowa(){
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Brzydkie slowa");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
final JTextArea textArea1 = new JTextArea(10,10);
textArea1.addInputMethodListener(new InputMethodListener() {
#Override
public void caretPositionChanged(InputMethodEvent arg0) {
int brzydkie = 0;
int i = 0;
while(brzydkie == 1 || i > 1){
if(textArea1.getText().compareTo(slowa[i])== 0)
brzydkie = 0;
i++;
}
if(brzydkie == 1)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "brzydkie slowo");
}
#Override
public void inputMethodTextChanged(InputMethodEvent event) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
frame.getContentPane().add(textArea1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
//Display the window.
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new BrzydkieSlowa();
}
}

You should use DocumentListener instead.
Try
textArea1.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {
#Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
String text = textArea1.getText();
int firstOccurence = StringUtils.indexOfAny(text, slowa);
if (firstOccurence > -1) {
/* do something */
}
}
#Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {/* do nothing */ }
#Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) { /* do nothing */ }
});
Please notify that How to "Write a Document Listener" warns against modifying text:
Document listeners should not modify the contents of the document; The change is already complete by the time the listener is notified of the change. Instead, write a custom document that overrides the insertString() or remove() methods, or both.
There are some examples for a Document model which might help you. They included approaches for filter and undo changes.

JButton stays pressed when focus stolen by JOptionPane

I am new to Swing and I have a situation. I am designing an application that renders the GUI components dynamically based on an xml file input(meta-data) . Now most of my JTextFields have InputVerifier set to them, for validation purpose. The input verifier pops up JOptionPane whenever there is an invalid input.
Now, if a user enter an invalid data and moves ahead and clicks a button on the Panel, then a dialog pops up and the user have to respond to it. but after that also the button does not paint to release state. It still looked like it is pressed but actually it is not. As the whole code is pretty messy, I am putting the problem scenario in the code below:-
What should I do so that the JButton looks unpressed? I would appreciate if the logic is also explained.
Thanks in advance.
package test;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class VerifierTest extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public VerifierTest() {
JTextField tf;
tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
b.setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.EAST);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (b.hasFocus())
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
});
addWindowListener(new MyWAdapter());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame frame = new VerifierTest();
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
//frame.pack();
}
class MyWAdapter extends WindowAdapter {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
if (pass.equals("Manish"))
return true;
else {
String message = "illegal value: " + tf.getText();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(tf.getParent(), message,
"Illegal Value", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
return false;
}
}
}
}

The method verify is actually not a good place to open a JOptionPane.
There are several approaches you could consider to solve your problem:
You want this JOptionPane to appear everytime the textfield looses the focus and the input is incorrect: use a FocusListener on the JTextField and act upon appropriate events
You want this JOptionPane to appear everytime the buttons is pressed: use your ActionListener to do it if the input is incorrect.
Here is a small snippet of the latter option:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class VerifierTest extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public VerifierTest() {
final JTextField tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
b.setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.EAST);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (!tf.getInputVerifier().verify(tf)) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(tf.getParent(), "illegal value: " + tf.getText(), "Illegal Value",
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
if (b.hasFocus()) {
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
}
});
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame frame = new VerifierTest();
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
#Override
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
final JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
return pass.equals("Manish");
}
}
}
Also consider setting the default close operation of the JFrame instead of adding a window listener (but it is a good approach to use a WindowListener if you want to pop up a dialog asking the user if he is sure he wants to exit your application).

I added a call to SwingUtilities to ensure that the GUI is on the event thread, and I removed your reference to Frame.
The GUI works for me on Windows XP.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class VerifierTest implements Runnable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public VerifierTest() {
}
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(400, 200);
JTextField tf;
tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
frame.getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
b.setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
frame.getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.EAST);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (b.hasFocus())
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
});
frame.addWindowListener(new MyWAdapter());
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new VerifierTest());
}
class MyWAdapter extends WindowAdapter {
#Override
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
#Override
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
if (pass.equals("Manish"))
return true;
else {
String message = "illegal value: " + tf.getText();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(tf.getParent(), message,
"Illegal Value", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
return false;
}
}
}
}

I have added a new mouse listener to the button as below and its seems to be working fine for me now, but I am not sure if it is a good way of rectifying the buttons selection state.
package test;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener;
public class VerifierTest extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public VerifierTest() {
JTextField tf;
tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
getContentPane().add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
b.setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget(true);
getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.EAST);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (b.hasFocus())
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
});
b.addMouseListener(new BasicButtonListener(b) {
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
((JButton)e.getSource()).getModel().setArmed(false);
((JButton)e.getSource()).getModel().setPressed(false);
}
});
addWindowListener(new MyWAdapter());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame frame = new VerifierTest();
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
// frame.pack();
}
class MyWAdapter extends WindowAdapter {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent event) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
if (pass.equals("Manish"))
return true;
else {
final String message = "illegal value: " + tf.getText();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message,
"Illegal Value", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
return false;
}
}
}
}

First: all implementations of InputVerifier which open the dialog in verify() are invalid. They violated their contract, API doc:
This method should have no side effects.
with the "should" really meaning "must not". The correct place for side-effects is shouldYieldFocus.
Second: moving the side-effect (showing the message dialog) correctly into the shouldYieldFocus doesn't work as well ... due to a bug (THEY call it feature request ;-), that's older than a decade and in the top 10 RFEs
Being a hack-around a bug, #dareurdrem's mouseListener is as good as any workable hack can get :-)
Update
After playing a bit with different options to hack around the bug, here's another hack - it's as brittle as all hacks are (and doesn't survive a LAF toggle, has to be re-installed if dynamic toggling is required)
For hacking the mouse behaviour the basic approach is to hook into the listener installed by the ui:
find the original
implement a custom listener which delegates most events directly to the original
for pressed events request focus first: if yielded delegate to original, if not do nothing
The last bullet is slightly more involved because focus events can be asynchronous, so we have to invoke the check for being focused. Invoking, in turn, requires to send a release in case nobody objected.
Another quirk is the rootPane's pressed action (for its defaultButton): it's done without respecting any inputVerifiers by unconditionally calling doClick. That can be hacked by hooking into the action, following the same pattern as hooking into the mouseListener:
find the rootPane's pressed action
implement a custom action which checks for a potentially vetoing inputVerifier: delegate to the original if not, do nothing otherwise
The example modified along those lines:
public class VerifierTest implements Runnable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Override
public void run() {
InteractiveTestCase.setLAF("Win");
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400, 200);
JTextField tf = new JTextField("TextField1");
tf.setInputVerifier(new PassVerifier());
frame.add(tf, BorderLayout.NORTH);
final JButton b = new JButton("Button");
frame.add(b);
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("Button clicked");
}
});
// hook into the mouse listener
replaceBasicButtonListener(b);
frame.add(new JTextField("not validating, something else to focus"),
BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(b);
// hook into the default button action
Action pressDefault = frame.getRootPane().getActionMap().get("press");
frame.getRootPane().getActionMap().put("press", new DefaultButtonAction(pressDefault));
frame.setVisible(true);
}
protected void replaceBasicButtonListener(AbstractButton b) {
final BasicButtonListener original = getButtonListener(b);
if (original == null) return;
Hacker l = new Hacker(original);
b.removeMouseListener(original);
b.addMouseListener(l);
}
public static class Hacker implements MouseListener {
private BasicButtonListener original;
/**
* #param original the listener to delegate to.
*/
public Hacker(BasicButtonListener original) {
this.original = original;
}
/**
* Hook into the mousePressed: first request focus and
* check its success before handling it.
*/
#Override
public void mousePressed(final MouseEvent e) {
if (SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(e)) {
if(e.getComponent().contains(e.getX(), e.getY())) {
// check if we can get the focus
e.getComponent().requestFocus();
invokeHandleEvent(e);
return;
}
}
original.mousePressed(e);
}
/**
* Handle the pressed only if we are focusOwner.
*/
protected void handlePressed(final MouseEvent e) {
if (!e.getComponent().hasFocus()) {
// something vetoed the focus transfer
// do nothing
return;
} else {
original.mousePressed(e);
// need a fake released now: the one from the
// original cycle might never has reached us
MouseEvent released = new MouseEvent(e.getComponent(), MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED,
e.getWhen(), e.getModifiers(),
e.getX(), e.getY(), e.getClickCount(), e.isPopupTrigger()
);
original.mouseReleased(released);
}
}
/**
* focus requests might be handled
* asynchronously. So wrap the check
* wrap the block into an invokeLater.
*/
protected void invokeHandleEvent(final MouseEvent e) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
handlePressed(e);
}
});
}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
original.mouseClicked(e);
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
original.mouseReleased(e);
}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
original.mouseEntered(e);
}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
original.mouseExited(e);
}
}
public static class DefaultButtonAction extends AbstractAction {
private Action original;
/**
* #param original
*/
public DefaultButtonAction(Action original) {
this.original = original;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JRootPane root = (JRootPane) e.getSource();
JButton owner = root.getDefaultButton();
if (owner != null && owner.getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget()) {
Component c = KeyboardFocusManager
.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager()
.getFocusOwner();
if (c instanceof JComponent && ((JComponent) c).getInputVerifier() != null) {
if (!((JComponent) c).getInputVerifier().shouldYieldFocus((JComponent) c)) return;
}
}
original.actionPerformed(e);
}
}
/**
* Returns the ButtonListener for the passed in Button, or null if one
* could not be found.
*/
private BasicButtonListener getButtonListener(AbstractButton b) {
MouseMotionListener[] listeners = b.getMouseMotionListeners();
if (listeners != null) {
for (MouseMotionListener listener : listeners) {
if (listener instanceof BasicButtonListener) {
return (BasicButtonListener) listener;
}
}
}
return null;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new VerifierTest());
}
public static class PassVerifier extends InputVerifier {
/**
* Decide whether or not the input is valid without
* side-effects.
*/
#Override
public boolean verify(JComponent input) {
final JTextField tf = (JTextField) input;
String pass = tf.getText();
if (pass.equals("Manish"))
return true;
return false;
}
/**
* Implemented to ask the user what to do if the input isn't valid.
* Note: not necessarily the best usability, it's mainly to
* demonstrate the different effects on not/agreeing with
* yielding focus transfer.
*/
#Override
public boolean shouldYieldFocus(final JComponent input) {
boolean valid = super.shouldYieldFocus(input);
if (!valid) {
String message = "illegal value: " + ((JTextField) input).getText();
int goAnyWay = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(input, "invalid value: " +
message + " - go ahead anyway?");
valid = goAnyWay == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION;
}
return valid;
}
}
}

Actually the real problem is in how the focus system and awt listeners interact. There are a few bugs declared in Java that the developers are going back and forth on who is responsible.
The mouse listener does : processMouseEvent and within that logic, the current FocusOwner is asked to yield Focus. it fails. But because half the event is processed already, the button becomes armed and the focus remains with the field.
I finally saw one developer comment: Don't let the listener proceed if the field is not allowed to lose focus.
For example:
Define a JTextfield with edits to only allow values < 100.
A message pops up when you lose focus.
I overrode my base JButton classes' processMouseEvent(MouseEvent e)
with code:
protected void processMouseEvent(MouseEvent e) {
if ( e.getComponent() != null && e.getComponent().isEnabled() ) { //should not be processing mouse events if it's disabled.
if (e.getID() == MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED && e.getClickCount() == 1) {
// The mouse button is being released as per normal, and it's the first click. Process it as per normal.
super.processMouseEvent(e);
// If the release occured within the bounds of this component, we want to simulate a click as well
if (this.contains(e.getX(), e.getY())) {
super.processMouseEvent(new MouseEvent(e.getComponent(),
MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED,
e.getWhen(),
e.getModifiers(),
e.getX(),
e.getY(),
e.getClickCount(),
e.isPopupTrigger(),
e.getButton()));
}
}
else if (e.getID() == MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED && e.getClickCount() == 1) {
// Normal clicks are ignored to prevent duplicate events from normal, non-moved events
}
else if (e.getID() == MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED && e.getComponent() != null && (e.getComponent().isFocusOwner() || e.getComponent().requestFocusInWindow())) {// if already focus owner process mouse event
super.processMouseEvent(e);
}
else {
// Otherwise, just process as per normal.
if (e.getID() != MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED) {
super.processMouseEvent(e);
}
}
}
}
in the guts of this logic is the simple questions.
Button: Are you already focus owner.
if not: can you(Button) possibly GAIN focus ( remember - shouldYieldFocus() is called on the current focus holder inside the requestFocusInWindow() call and will return false ALWAYS if not valid )
This Also has the side affect of popping up your error dialog!
This logic Stops the Java libraries processMouseEvent logic from processing half an event while the Focus System stops it from completing.
Obviously you'll need this type of logic on all your different JComponents that perform an action on a click.