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Declare multiplie swing elements at once

I am working on a little game, a Java project for IT-classes.

To add/declare(???) Java swing elements I've used this type of writing: 

JLabel A = new JLabel();
JLabel B = new JLabel();
//More JLabels...


JButton A = new JButton();
JButton B = new JButton();
//More JButtons...

That the code does not become longer and (more) confusing, I continued with this type of writing:

JLabel A = new JLabel(), B = new JLabel()/*More JLabels...*/;

JButton A = new JButton(), B = new JButton()/*More JButton...*/;

/*Generaly more comments everywhere over the code for my teacher (and me)
 *and more for a better overview.
 */

My question is:

Is there a shorter way to add/declare(???) multiple Java swing elements at once?

//like this
JLabel A, B, C, D, E, F = new JLabel();
//or
new JLabel[A, B, C, D, E, F];//PLS don't ask what I'm doing in this line xD

or may is there already a semilar question in Stackoverflow that I've not found?

Edit

This question may already have an answer here: Initializing multiple variables to the same value in Java 6 answers

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Not worked with Jbuttons and JLabels.

Solution

  • If you are using Java 8 you can use :

    List<String> labels = ....;
Stream<Button> stream = labels.stream().map(Button::new);
List<Button> buttons = stream.collect(Collectors.toList());

    From the book Java se 8 for the really impatient

    Then you can use :

    JPanel p = new JPanel();
buttons.forEach((t) -> p.add(t));//add your buttons to your panel