All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Cursor
extends Object
implements Serializable 

See Also:

Component.setCursor(java.awt.Cursor), Serialized Form

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  static int	CROSSHAIR_CURSOR	The crosshair cursor type.
  static int	CUSTOM_CURSOR	The type associated with all custom cursors.
  static int	DEFAULT_CURSOR	The default cursor type (gets set if no cursor is defined).
  static int	E_RESIZE_CURSOR	The east-resize cursor type.
  static int	HAND_CURSOR	The hand cursor type.
  static int	MOVE_CURSOR	The move cursor type.
  static int	N_RESIZE_CURSOR	The north-resize cursor type.
  protected String	name	The user-visible name of the cursor.
  static int	NE_RESIZE_CURSOR	The north-east-resize cursor type.
  static int	NW_RESIZE_CURSOR	The north-west-resize cursor type.
  protected static Cursor[]	predefined	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.7, the getPredefinedCursor(int) method should be used instead.
  static int	S_RESIZE_CURSOR	The south-resize cursor type.
  static int	SE_RESIZE_CURSOR	The south-east-resize cursor type.
  static int	SW_RESIZE_CURSOR	The south-west-resize cursor type.
  static int	TEXT_CURSOR	The text cursor type.
  static int	W_RESIZE_CURSOR	The west-resize cursor type.
  static int	WAIT_CURSOR	The wait cursor type.

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor	Description
  	Cursor (int type)	Creates a new cursor object with the specified type.
  protected	Cursor (String name)	Creates a new custom cursor object with the specified name.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  static Cursor	getDefaultCursor ()	Return the system default cursor.
  String	getName ()	Returns the name of this cursor.
  static Cursor	getPredefinedCursor (int type)	Returns a cursor object with the specified predefined type.
  static Cursor	getSystemCustomCursor (String name)	Returns a system-specific custom cursor object matching the specified name.
  int	getType ()	Returns the type for this cursor.
  String	toString ()	Returns a string representation of this cursor.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

• Field Detail

  • DEFAULT_CURSOR

    public static final int DEFAULT_CURSOR

    The default cursor type (gets set if no cursor is defined).

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

    public static final int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

    The crosshair cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • TEXT_CURSOR

    public static final int TEXT_CURSOR

    The text cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • WAIT_CURSOR

    public static final int WAIT_CURSOR

    The wait cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The south-west-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The south-east-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The north-west-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The north-east-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • N_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int N_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The north-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • S_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int S_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The south-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • W_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int W_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The west-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • E_RESIZE_CURSOR

    public static final int E_RESIZE_CURSOR

    The east-resize cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • HAND_CURSOR

    public static final int HAND_CURSOR

    The hand cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • MOVE_CURSOR

    public static final int MOVE_CURSOR

    The move cursor type.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • predefined

    @Deprecated
    protected static Cursor[] predefined

    Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.7, the getPredefinedCursor(int) method should be used instead.

  • CUSTOM_CURSOR

    public static final int CUSTOM_CURSOR

    The type associated with all custom cursors.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • name

    protected String name

    The user-visible name of the cursor.

    See Also:

    getName()

• Constructor Detail

  • Cursor

    @ConstructorProperties(value="type")
    public Cursor(int type)

    Creates a new cursor object with the specified type.

    Parameters:

    type - the type of cursor

    Throws:

    IllegalArgumentException - if the specified cursor type is invalid

  • Cursor

    protected Cursor(String name)

    Creates a new custom cursor object with the specified name.

    Note: this constructor should only be used by AWT implementations as part of their support for custom cursors. Applications should use Toolkit.createCustomCursor().

    Parameters:

    name - the user-visible name of the cursor.

    See Also:

    Toolkit.createCustomCursor(java.awt.Image, java.awt.Point, java.lang.String)

• Method Detail

  • getPredefinedCursor

    public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor(int type)

    Returns a cursor object with the specified predefined type.

    Parameters:

    type - the type of predefined cursor

    Returns:

    the specified predefined cursor

    Throws:

    IllegalArgumentException - if the specified cursor type is invalid

  • getSystemCustomCursor

    public static Cursor getSystemCustomCursor(String name)
     throws AWTException,
     HeadlessException 

    Returns a system-specific custom cursor object matching the specified name. Cursor names are, for example: "Invalid.16x16"

    Parameters:

    name - a string describing the desired system-specific custom cursor

    Returns:

    the system specific custom cursor named

    Throws:

    HeadlessException - if GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless returns true

    AWTException

  • getDefaultCursor

    public static Cursor getDefaultCursor()

    Return the system default cursor.

  • getType

    public int getType()

    Returns the type for this cursor.

  • getName

    public String getName()

    Returns the name of this cursor.

    Returns:

    a localized description of this cursor.

    Since:

    1.2

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Returns a string representation of this cursor.

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    a string representation of this cursor.

    Since:

    1.2