Switch Case In ActionPerformed?

Ive gone through some stack overflow questions and found this similar question.

From what I understand using a switch statement in an actionPerformed method for this context will not work and an if-else statement is required.

Is there a more efficient way to do this without having repetitive code? I’ve heard I could use Abstract Action to give multiple buttons the same action but i haven’t figured out how to use it properly.

@Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if(e.getSource() == loginButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards, LOGIN_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == signUpButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards, SIGN_UP_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == transactionHistoryButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards,TABLE_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == depositButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards, DEPOSIT_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == withdrawButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards, WITHDRAW_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == checkBalanceButton){
            cardLayout.show(cards,BALANCE_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == logout){
            cardLayout.show(cards, OPTION_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP1){
            cardLayout.show(cards, OPTION_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP2){
            cardLayout.show(cards, OPTION_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP3){
            cardLayout.show(cards, UNLOCKED_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP4){
            cardLayout.show(cards, UNLOCKED_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP5){
            cardLayout.show(cards, UNLOCKED_PANEL);
        }
        else if(e.getSource() == backButtonP6){
            cardLayout.show(cards, UNLOCKED_PANEL);
        }
    }

Answer

From what I understand using a switch statement in an actionPerformed method for this context will not work and an if-else statement is required.

Don’t attempt to use a switch statement or nested if/else statements. This is an indication of poor design.

Is there a more efficient way to do this without having repetitive code?

If you want to share the same ActionListener for all your buttons then you would need to write a generic ActionListener.

Something like:

ActionListener al = new ActionListener()
{
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        String command = e.getActionCommand();
        cardLayout.show(cards, command)
    }
}

Then when you create your buttons you would use:

JButton loginButton = new JButton("Login");
loginButton.setActionCommand(LOGIN_PANEL);
loginButton.addActionListener( al );

Or you can use a Java lambda to easily create a unique ActionListener for each button. Something like:

loginButton.addActionListener((e) -> cardLayout.show(cards, LOGIN_PANEL));

I’ve heard I could use Abstract Action to give multiple buttons the same action

You would use an Action, to give provide unique functionality. The benefit of an Action is that it can be shared by different components, like JButton or a JMenuItem, to perform the same Action.

Read the section from the Swing tutorial on How to Use Action for the benefits of using an Action over an ActionListener.