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user1626166
user1626166

Reputation: 37

Accessing the class in which my method is in java

I have a class called Game and a button in it with the following code

public Game(){
    (some code..)
    btn_start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                {
                               (some code..)
                    timer_task = new MyTask();
                               (some code..)
                }
            });
        }
}

My problem is that MyTask requires an object of type "Game" (for various reason). How can i send to MyTask() the class that my actionListener method is in? Is there such a thing in Java?

I tried using .this but it says that it refers to the ActionListener.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 48

Answers (2)

Yanick Rochon
Yanick Rochon

Reputation: 53531

You might want to consider having a private method in your class Game to create MyTask. Something like 

public void someMethod()
{
    ...
    btn_start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            handleStart();
        }
    });
    ...
}

private void handleStart()
{
    (some code..)
    timer_task = new MyTask(this);
    (some code..)
}

Upvotes: 1

MadProgrammer
MadProgrammer

Reputation: 347184

Try using Game.this instead

This basically tells Java to use the outter class reference of this instead

Upvotes: 4

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