How to determine object type.

[SoonAnn Lim]

Hi,
I am trying to determine the type of the object that generates an action event. In my case, my JMenuItem an JButton register with the same event listener. In actionPerformed method, i need to tell which object generates the event. ActionEvent.getSource() method gives me the object. How can i tell which class(JMenuItem,JButton) they belong to?
Thanks.

[Roy Ben Ami]

after you get the object you the getClass() method on it and then the getName() method on that class.
Object myObject=mouseEvent.getSource();
Class myClass=myObject.getClass();
System.out.println(myClass.getName());

[Jeff SmithX]

You could use instanceof:

 
if ( event.getSource() instanceof JButton ) {
    // do whatever if it's a button
} else if ( event.getSource() instanceof JMenuItem ) {
    // do whatever if it's a menu item
}
 

Jeff