Get array index on MouseEvent

From: Jay (jay_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:30:04 -0800

Hi,

Is it possible to get the index of an item stored in an array via a
MouseEvent? E.g., if a GUI uses a JLabel array to create a grid of JLabels,
and a MouseListener is used on each JLabel, can the index of a given JLabel
be retrieved when a user clicks on it? The following code will hopefully
clarify what I'm asking:
===================================================
private JLabel[] lblArray = new JLabel[8];

public void addArray() {
   for (int i = 0; i < lblArray.length; i++) {
      lblArray[i] = new JLabel("" + i);
      lblArray[i].addMouseListener(this);
      add(lblArray[i]);
   }
}

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
   JLabel tempLabel = (JLabel)e.getSource(); // Creates reference to orig
object... is this necessary to get index?

   // Imaginary use of "getIndex()". There're a lot of "getIndex()" methods
in the API, but none seem to apply here... not sure what to do.
   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, tempLabel.getIndex());
}
===================================================

Thanks.

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