Question

I would really appreciate an answer:
I have a few JButtons generated with this:

for(int i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++){
        buttons[ i] = new JButton(blank);
        if(i == 3 || i == 6){
            newLine++;
            lineCount = 0;
        }
        buttons[ i].setBounds(lineCount*150,newLine*150,150,150);
        cont.add(buttons[ i]);
        buttons[ i].addActionListener(this);
        lineCount++;
    }

so of course they don’t have global names…

Because of this, I need to know how to take the image “out” of the JButton so I know what kind of button it is or be able to identify buttons by name(?).
So how can I do this? Thanks!

by the way, cont is a java.awt.Container

Answer 1

use setIcon() and getIcon() methods to set and get image-icons on JButton

Edit in question, demands edit in answer:

Identification of button is best done with either:

1. Component.getName() and Component.setName() or
2. using different strings with getText() and setText().