[Xyronerva]

I am typically the type of person to find my own mistakes as i feel that if it takes me hours to do so i will learn the lesson more thoroughly, so i typically spend time thumbing the tabs of Notepad++ holding the applications i have written, but i am at a total loss with Swing. I am in school trying to learn the language . I usually make sense of the matter in time, but the JavaDocs are so ambiguous, and that lack of specificity leaves me at a loss with swing. In my example here i use an array of objects that as far as the code here is concerned is irrelevant. When i attempt to add button functions to my application it returns with an error stating that it is not an abstract and does not overwrite the default. I have a vague understanding what this means but when i researched deeper into the abstract keyword i found that was not where my problem lied either, and if it were my problems are even larger than i had previously assumed. My assumption is that my problem lies in that i have not specified a subclass of the class that extends Jframe to implement ActionListener and yet further specify mehtods to do so however i have seen applications that work without the need for implementation. This is for a final project. I am not asking for the answer but if anyone can point me toward it I would much appreciate it. While i udnerstand the basics of the language syntax, structure, etc but when implementing code into my own (from APIs) i find that with out seeing what i am working with i do not know exactly how to use it as the API documentation is very vague. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
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[Xyronerva]

import java.util.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.Locale;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;


public class InventoryGUI  extends JFrame 

{
    static int myPrintersIndex = 0;
    
    public static JTextArea display (Printer printers, JTextArea myTextArea)
    {
        NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);

        myTextArea.setText("");


       
        myTextArea.append(printers.toString());

        return myTextArea;
    
       /* class EventHandeling implements ActionListener
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event);
            {
                
            }
        }    */
    }
    
    public static void main (String args [])
    {
        Printer printer1 = new Printer ("St. No. 1", "Hp Laser Jet 2000", 3, 49.85); 
        Printer printer2 = new Printer ("St. No. 2", "Hp Ink Jet 85", 5, 29.99);        
        
        Supplier supplier1 = new Supplier ("St. No. 4", "Lexmark Ink Jet S2300", 2, 29.49, "Lexmark Direct Buy" );
        Supplier supplier2 = new Supplier ("St. No. 5", "Lexmark Laser Jet P4300", 7, 65.99, "Lexmark Direct Buy");
        Supplier supplier3 = new Supplier ("St. No. 3", "Hp Scanner Printer Combo 65L", 1, 87.65,"HPMegaDeals.com");
        
        Printer myUnsortedPrinters [] = {supplier1, supplier2, supplier3, printer1, printer2};
        
        myUnsortedPrinters = sortArray(myUnsortedPrinters);
        
        final Printer [] myPrinters = new Printer [5];


        myPrinters [0] = myUnsortedPrinters[0];
        myPrinters [1] = myUnsortedPrinters[1];
        myPrinters [2] = myUnsortedPrinters[2];
        myPrinters [3] = myUnsortedPrinters[3];
        myPrinters [4] = myUnsortedPrinters[4];
        

        NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);

    /*    double totalValue = calculateTotalInventory(myPrinters);
        String totalValueString = Double.toString(totalValue); */
        
        final JTextArea textBox = new JTextArea(10,20);
        textBox.setText("");
        textBox.setEditable(false);
        
        JPanel buttons = new JPanel();
        buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout (1,3));
        
        JButton first = new JButton ("First");
        buttons.add(first);
        first.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
                myPrintersIndex = 0;
                display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
            }
        
        });
        
        JButton next = new JButton ("Next");
        buttons.add(next);
        next.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
            if (myPrintersIndex > 3)
                myPrintersIndex = 0;
            else
                {
                myPrintersIndex ++;
                display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                }
            }
        
        });
        
        JButton Pervious = new JButton ("Pervious");
        buttons.add(Pervious);
        Pervious.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
            if (myPrintersIndex < 1)
                myPrintersIndex = 4;
            else
                {
                myPrintersIndex --;
                display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
                }
            }
        
        });
        
        JButton last = new JButton ("Last");
        buttons.add(last);
        last.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
            {
                myPrintersIndex = 4;
                display(myPrinters[myPrintersIndex],textBox);
            }
        
        });
        
        JLabel companyLogo = new JLabel (new ImageIcon("DigitalNhilism.jpeg"));
        JPanel logoPanel = new JPanel();
        logoPanel.add(companyLogo);
        
        JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();
        centerPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(centerPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        centerPanel.add(display(myPrinters [myPrintersIndex],textBox));
        
        
           
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); 
        frame.add(companyLogo, BorderLayout.NORTH); 
        frame.add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH); 
        frame.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER); 
        frame.setDefaultCloseOPeration(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        
        
        
    }    
    public static Printer[] sortArray (Printer myPrinters[])
    {

    
    String names [] = new String [5];
    Printer mySortedPrinters [] = new Printer [5];
    
    for (int a = 0; a < 5; a++)
        {
            String pName = myPrinters[a].getProductName();
            names [a] = pName;
        
        }
        Arrays.sort(names);
        
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
            {
             
            for (int j = 0; j<5; j++)    
                {
                    String printerName = myPrinters[j].getProductName();
                    String nameName = names[i];
                    
                    if (nameName.equals(printerName))    
                    {
                        mySortedPrinters[i] = myPrinters[j];
                    }
                }
            }
        return mySortedPrinters;
    }  
    
        public static double calculateTotalInventory (Printer myPrinters [])
    {//method to calculate total stock value begins
        
        double totalValue = 0;//variable to hold sum of array values 
        
        double stockValues [] = new double [5];//array to hold the combind values for each individual items
    
        for ( int c = 0; c < 5; c++) 
        {//for loop is iterating through stock and copying the combind value to an array of doubles to facilitate a calculation for grand total of all stock
            double stockValue = myPrinters[c].findStockValue();
            stockValues [c] = stockValue;
        } 
        
        for (int d = 0; d < 5; d++)
        {//grand total for stock value is being calculated
            totalValue += stockValues [d];
        }
        
        
    return totalValue;
        
    
    }

[Xyronerva]

there is obviously more than one class needed for this code to compile but my problem is in my action listener/actionPerformed areas i hope i have tried to follow all the specifications made in the post about asking questions.