java: activating a mouse click event

Question

I have a java method activated by a mouse click on a button

 private void backButtonMouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) { do stuff }

is there some way to virtually use this method from another method without clicking the mouse on the button?

Answer 1

Yes, MouseEvent has public constructors, so you simply create one, and call the function with it.

Answer 2

Or you can just use button.doClick();