Event handling in java

Question

First, have a look at the code:

package javaapplication1;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

 class Elem implements ActionListener{

    void perform(){
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JButton button;
        button = new JButton("Button");
        frame.getContentPane().add(button) ;
        frame.setSize(30,300);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        button.addActionListener(this);
     }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev){
        button.setText("Clicked");
    }
}

 public class JavaApplication1 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
   Elem obj = new Elem();
   obj.perform();
  }  
}

I just finished my first event-based java GUI, but I'm not sure where I went wrong. When there was no event handling, the code functioned perfectly.