Any recommended strategies of implementing an Action Listener that only listens when I call it.

[zinc ore]

Hello, I have to code a rock, paper scissors GUI program with Java Swing using window builder on Eclipse.

I'm currently trying to figure out how to get user input and respond accordingly. I have 4 buttons; next round, rock, paper, and scissors. I only want either rock, paper scissors to do something only once for every round. However, right now I have an action listener on each of the buttons; rock, paper scissors, and it's responding to the action even though the user has not clicked next round each round.

This is the way I implemented for each button

btnRock.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                //stuff
            }
        });

Anyone have any recommended way of handling user input on a conditional basis?

Thx in advance

[serene pollen]

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Formatted code

btnRock.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    //stuff
  }
}
);

<@&987246527741304832> please have a look, thanks.

[zinc ore]

Also if anyone knows a GUI builder alternative on vs code pls lmk

[left jetty]

share state between the listeners

[zinc ore]

how do i do that

?

[left jetty]

class SharedState {
    boolean buttonClickedThisRound = false;    
}

...

SharedState state = new SharedState();
btnRock.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                if (state.buttonClickedThisRound) {
                    // stuff
                    state.buttonClickedThisRound = true;
                }
            }
        });

// make more action listeners

[zinc ore]

o ok thx

.solved

[serene pollen]

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[zinc ore]

/solved