jcontrol.ui.vole.event
Class ActionEvent

java.lang.Object
  jcontrol.ui.vole.event.ActionEvent

public class ActionEvent
extends Object

A semantic event which indicates that a component-defined action occured. This event is generated by a component (such as a Button) when the component-specific action occurs (such as being pressed). The event is passed to the parent container that itself may pass it to it's parent object.

(c) Copyright 2003-2005 DOMOLOGIC GmbH

Since:

JCVM8, V2.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Marcus Timmermann

See Also:

KeyEvent, Component, Container

Field Summary

static int	BUTTON_PRESSED A button was pressed
protected String	command
static int	ITEM_SELECTED A list or combo box item was selected
static int	MENU_ACTION A menu item was selected
protected Component	source
static int	STATE_CHANGED An component's state was changed
protected int	type
static int	VALUE_CHANGED A slider value was changed

Constructor Summary

ActionEvent(Component source, int type)
Constructs an ActionEvent.

ActionEvent(Component source, int type, String command)
Constructs an ActionEvent.

Method Summary

String	getActionCommand() Get event's action command (may be null)
Component	getSource() Get event's source.
int	getType() Get event's action type (may be undefined)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, notifyAll, wait

Field Detail

BUTTON_PRESSED

public static final int BUTTON_PRESSED

A button was pressed

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Constant Field Values

command

protected String command

ITEM_SELECTED

public static final int ITEM_SELECTED

A list or combo box item was selected

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Constant Field Values

MENU_ACTION

public static final int MENU_ACTION

A menu item was selected

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Constant Field Values

source

protected Component source

STATE_CHANGED

public static final int STATE_CHANGED

An component's state was changed

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Constant Field Values

type

protected int type

VALUE_CHANGED

public static final int VALUE_CHANGED

A slider value was changed

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ActionEvent

public ActionEvent(Component source,
                   int type)

Constructs an ActionEvent.

Parameters:

source - the source component that generated the event.

type - the event type, such as BUTTON_PRESSED.

ActionEvent

public ActionEvent(Component source,
                   int type,
                   String command)

Constructs an ActionEvent.

Parameters:

source - the source component that generated the event.

type - the event type, such as BUTTON_PRESSED.

command - a String representing the command of this event

Method Detail

getActionCommand

public String getActionCommand()

Get event's action command (may be null)

getSource

public Component getSource()

Get event's source.

getType

public int getType()

Get event's action type (may be undefined)