Question

When I compile the following code I get the error:

The method addMouseListener(Player) is undefined for the type Player

Code:

import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;

public class Player extends Obj implements MouseListener {

    public Player() {
        super();
        addMouseListener(this);
    }

    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {}
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {}
}

Here is the code for Obj class:

import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Obj {

    protected int x, y, width, height, dx, dy, depth;
    protected double speed, direction;
    protected Rectangle bound;
    protected ArrayList<Obj> collideList;

    public Obj() {
        bound = new Rectangle(x, y, width, height);
        collideList = new ArrayList<>();
    }

    public boolean checkCollision(Obj obj1, Obj obj2) {
        boolean collide = false;

        // Temporarily move bound to where it will be next step, 
            //to anticipate a collision
        // (this is important to make sure objects don't "stick" 
            // to each other)
        obj1.getBound().translate(obj1.getDx(), obj1.getDy());
        // If their bounds intersect, they have collided
        if (obj1!=obj2 && obj1.getBound().intersects(obj2.getBound())) {
            collide = true;
        } else {
            // Move the bound back
            bound.translate(-obj1.getDx(), -obj1.getDy());
        }

        return collide;
    }

    public void step() {
        bound.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
    }

    public Rectangle getBound() {
        return bound;
    }

    public int getX() {
        return x;
    }

    public int getY() {
        return y;
    }

    public int getDy() {
        return dy;
    }

    public int getDx() {
        return dx;
    }

    public void setX(int x) {
        this.x = x;
    }

    public void setY(int y) {
        this.y = y;
    }

    public int getWidth() {
        return width;
    }

    public int getHeight() {
        return height;
    }
}

Answer 1

You cannot add a mouse listener to just any object type. Obj must extend java.awt.Component in order to do that.