activate actionlistener of jradiobutton after a jbutton is click

Question

so i have jradiobuttons and their listeners contains like this:

if(VotePresidentPanel.rbPres1.isSelected()){
                int[] incrementVote={1};
                for (int v : incrementVote){
                    resultP1 = (pvotes[v - 1]+=1);
                }
                ResultPresidentPanel.lblResPres1.setText(Integer.toString(resultP1));
            }

but i want the listeners of my jradiobuttons to only function AFTER i clicked a certain jbutton. i tried putting the listeners of jradiobutton inside the listener of jbutton but it still doesn't work. here's the code of what i mentioned that i tried doing:

if(e.getSource().equals(VoteButtonsPanel.btnVote)){
            if(VotePresidentPanel.rbPres1.isSelected()){
                int[] incrementVote={1};
                for (int v : incrementVote){
                    resultP1 = (pvotes[v - 1]+=1);
                }
                ResultPresidentPanel.lblResPres1.setText(Integer.toString(resultP1));
            }
            //...and other listeners for the other jradiobuttons
} 

please help thank you so much :)

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i have these jradiobuttons

() Pres1
() Pres2
() Pres3
() Pres4

i want them to be still clickable as it is a voting system, but my problem is every time i click on the radio buttons, the votes will increment even tho i still haven't clicked the VOTE button. i want the votes to increment only if after i clicked the VOTE button.

the listeners of jradiobuttons are like this/the functions of increment:

if(VotePresidentPanel.rbPres1.isSelected()){
                    int[] incrementVote={1};
                    for (int v : incrementVote){
                        resultP1 = (pvotes[v - 1]+=1);
                    }
                    ResultPresidentPanel.lblResPres1.setText(Integer.toString(resultP1));
                }

and i tried putting them inside the block of my VOTE listener, but still doesn't work. thank you for any help :)

EDIT 2 this is what i tried base from the reply of copeg

        boolean enableJRadioButton = false;
        if(e.getSource().equals(VoteButtonsPanel.btnVote)){
            enableJRadioButton=true;
        }
        if(VotePresidentPanel.rbPres1.isSelected()){
            if(enableJRadioButton==true){
                int[] incrementVote={1};
                for (int v : incrementVote){
                    resultP1 = (pvotes[v - 1]+=1);
                }
                ResultPresidentPanel.lblResPres1.setText(Integer.toString(resultP1));
            }
        }

Answer 1

but i want the listeners of my jradiobuttons to only function AFTER i clicked a certain jbutton.

If you wish to have the JRadioButton still enabled, but not have it's ActionListener fire you can use a boolean flag that is evaluated in the JRadioButton ActionListener, initialize it to false and set to true in the JButton ActionListener

boolean enableJRadioButton = false;
...
final JRadioButton myRadioButton = new JRadioButton("Do Something");
myRadioButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        if ( enableJRadioButton ){
            //do something
        }
    }
});

myButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        enableJRadioButton = true;
        //do something else if necessary
    }
});

If you don't mind if the JRadioButton is enabled, consider enabling/disabling the JRadioButton s only after the JButton is clicked - eg in an ActionListener added to the JButton .