SWING - AWTEvent Class

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It is the root event class for all AWTEvent events. This class and its subclasses supercede the original java.awt.Event class. This class is defined in java.awt package. This class has a method named getID() that can be used to determine the type of event.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for java.awt.AWTEvent class:

public class AWTEvent
   extends EventObject

Field

Following are the fields for java.awt.AWTEvent class:

• static int ACTION_FIRST -- The first number in the range of ids used for action events.

• static long ACTION_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting action events.

• static long ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting adjustment events.

• static long COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting component events.

• protected boolean consumed -- Controls whether or not the event is sent back down to the peer once the source has processed it - false means it's sent to the peer; true means it's not.

• static long CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting container events.

• static long FOCUS_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting focus events.

• static long HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting hierarchy bounds events.

• static long HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting hierarchy events.

• protected int id -- The event's id.

• static long INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting input method events.

• static long INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting invocation events.

• static long ITEM_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting item events.

• static long KEY_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting key events.

• static long MOUSE_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting mouse events.

• static long MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting mouse motion events.

• static long MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting mouse wheel events.

• static long PAINT_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting paint events.

• static int RESERVED_ID_MAX -- The maximum value for reserved SWING event IDs.

• static long TEXT_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting text events.

• static long WINDOW_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting window events.

• static long WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting window focus events.

• static long WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK -- The event mask for selecting window state events.

Class constructors

S.N.	Constructor & Description
1	AWTEvent(Event event) Constructs an AWTEvent object from the parameters of a 1.0-style event.
2	AWTEvent(java.lang.Object source, int id) Constructs an AWTEvent object with the specified source object and type.

Class methods

S.N.	Method & Description
1	protected void consume() Consumes this event, if this event can be consumed.
2	int getID() Returns the event type.
3	protected boolean isConsumed() Returns whether this event has been consumed.
4	java.lang.String paramString() Returns a string representing the state of this Event.
5	void setSource(java.lang.Object newSource) Retargets an event to a new source.
6	java.lang.String toString() Returns a String representation of this object.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes:

• java.util.EventObject

• java.lang.Object

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