The method showMessageDialog(Component, Object) in the type JOptionPane is not applicable for the arguments (new ActionListener(){}, String)

Question

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;


public class GUIClass extends JFrame {


    public static void main (String[] args){
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        JFrame fm = new JFrame();
        final JTextField tf = new JTextField();
        JButton butn = new JButton("Click ME");      
        tf.setBounds(50, 20, 130, 40);
        butn.setBounds(50, 80, 120, 30);
        butn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, tf.getText());
        }
        });
        fm.add(tf);
        fm.add(butn);
        fm.setLayout(null);
        fm.setVisible(true);
        fm.setSize(400, 300);

    }

}

Answer 1

So the problem lies within...

butn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, tf.getText());
    }
});

this, in this context, refers to the anonymous instance of the ActionListener, not the parent class.

A simple solution might be to use JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(tf, tf.getText());