// This is where all the action happens. If an action is performed (button press for example), it
// goes through this method
// that takes an ActionEvent, which is created at the time of the action.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// Try to cast the ActionEvent source as JToggleButton (if successful, the button is a ballot
// choice)
try {
JToggleButton theButton = (JToggleButton) e.getSource();
String buttonText = theButton.getText();
if (theButton.isSelected()) {
theButton.setForeground(Color.RED);
switchButton = true;
switchButtonText = buttonText;
updateButtons(
buttonText); // switches this button's respective vote position to 1 (true), meaning it
// is selected
} else if (!theButton.isSelected()) {
theButton.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
unvoteButton = true;
unvoteButtonText = buttonText;
}
// If the program can't cast the source to a JToggleButton, cast it as a JButton, which is
// 100% what the source will be at this point.
// This button will be one of two things: the login button or the cast vote button.
} catch (Exception exception) {
JButton theButton = (JButton) e.getSource();
String buttonText = theButton.getText();
// If the user hits the Login button, check if the ID is valid.
// If the ID is not valid, don't let them vote. However, if it is valid, disable login and
// enable everything else.
if (buttonText.equals("Login")) {
String voterID =
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(theButton, "Enter your voter ID: ", "Login", 3);
FileIO votersFile = new FileIO("voters.txt");
ArrayList<Voter> voters = votersFile.createVoters();
if (votersFile.checkValidID(voterID)) {
Voter theVoter = voters.get(votersFile.getVoterIndex(voterID));
if (theVoter.getVotedStatus().equals("false")) {
setVoterID(voterID);
} else {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
theButton, "You already voted " + theVoter.getVoterName() + "!");
}
} else {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(theButton, "Invalid ID!", "Error", 0);
}
// If the user hits the cast vote button, update the respective ballot files and disable
// every button except
// for the login button.
} else if (buttonText.equals("Cast vote")) {
int confirm = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(theButton, "Are you sure?");
FileIO votersFile = new FileIO("voters.txt");
ArrayList<Voter> voters = votersFile.createVoters();
Voter theVoter = voters.get(votersFile.getVoterIndex(voterID));
if (confirm == 0) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(theButton, "Thanks for voting!");
updateBallots();
votersFile.updateVoterFile(theVoter.getVoterID());
setVoterID("-1");
votersFile.initializeVoters();
}
}
}
}
