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ActionListener in a static context?

807607Dec 8 2006 — edited Dec 8 2006

I'm struggling with my first applet. I'm trying to make a group of buttons using a method named CreateAndShowGUI (guess what it does.)

If I make CreateAndShowGUI static, I get this error:

wishlist.java:103: non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context
                                actionButton[looper].addActionListener(this);
                                                                       ^

If I make CreateAndShowGUI nonstatic, I get this error:

wishlist.java:258: non-static method createAndShowGUI(int,int,boolean) cannot be referenced from a static context
                createAndShowGUI(wishCount, wishDisplay, (viewer.equals("Platonix                        ")));
                ^

Line 258, the "static context", is part of main(), which has to be static or God kills a kitten. So I suppose CreateAndShowGUI also has to be static, meaning I need to know how to set an ActionListener on a JButton in a static context where I'm not allowed to use the this keyword.

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