Package | Description |
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java.awt |
Contains all of the classes for creating user
interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
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java.awt.event |
Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different
types of events fired by AWT components.
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java.awt.im |
Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework.
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java.awt.im.spi |
Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods
that can be used with any Java runtime environment.
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javax.swing.event |
Provides for events fired by Swing components.
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javax.swing.plaf |
Provides one interface and many abstract classes that
Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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protected AWTEvent |
Component.coalesceEvents (AWTEvent existingEvent,
AWTEvent newEvent)
Potentially coalesce an event being posted with an existing
event.
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static AWTEvent |
EventQueue.getCurrentEvent ()
Returns the the event currently being dispatched by the
EventQueue associated with the calling thread. |
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AWTEvent |
EventQueue.getNextEvent ()
Removes an event from the
EventQueue and
returns it. |
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AWTEvent |
EventQueue.peekEvent ()
Returns the first event on the
EventQueue
without removing it. |
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AWTEvent |
EventQueue.peekEvent (int id)
Returns the first event with the specified id, if any.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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protected AWTEvent |
Component.coalesceEvents (AWTEvent existingEvent,
AWTEvent newEvent)
Potentially coalesce an event being posted with an existing
event.
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boolean |
DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e)
This method is called by the AWT event dispatcher requesting that the
current KeyboardFocusManager dispatch the specified event on its behalf.
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protected void |
EventQueue.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent event)
Dispatches an event.
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abstract boolean |
KeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e)
This method is called by the AWT event dispatcher requesting that the
current KeyboardFocusManager dispatch the specified event on its behalf.
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void |
MenuComponent.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e)
Delivers an event to this component or one of its sub components.
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void |
Component.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent e)
Dispatches an event to this component or one of its sub components.
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void |
EventQueue.postEvent (AWTEvent theEvent)
Posts a 1.1-style event to the
EventQueue . |
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protected void |
Choice.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this choice.
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protected void |
Scrollbar.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this scroll bar.
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protected void |
Checkbox.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this check box.
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protected void |
List.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this scrolling list.
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protected void |
TextComponent.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this text component.
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protected void |
TextField.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this text field.
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protected void |
Button.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this button.
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protected void |
CheckboxMenuItem.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this check box menu item.
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protected void |
Window.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this window.
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protected void |
MenuComponent.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events occurring on this menu component.
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protected void |
MenuItem.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this menu item.
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protected void |
Component.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events occurring on this component.
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protected void |
Container.processEvent (AWTEvent e)
Processes events on this container.
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void |
KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent (Component target,
AWTEvent e)
Redispatches an AWTEvent in such a way that the AWT event dispatcher
will not recursively request that the KeyboardFocusManager, or any
installed KeyEventDispatchers, dispatch the event again.
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Modifier and Type | Class | Description |
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class |
ActionEvent
A semantic event which indicates that a component-defined action occurred.
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class |
AdjustmentEvent
The adjustment event emitted by Adjustable objects like
Scrollbar and ScrollPane . |
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class |
ComponentEvent
A low-level event which indicates that a component moved, changed
size, or changed visibility (also, the root class for the other
component-level events).
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class |
ContainerEvent
A low-level event which indicates that a container's contents
changed because a component was added or removed.
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class |
FocusEvent
A low-level event which indicates that a Component has gained or lost the
input focus.
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class |
HierarchyEvent
An event which indicates a change to the
Component
hierarchy to which Component belongs. |
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class |
InputEvent
The root event class for all component-level input events.
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class |
InputMethodEvent
Input method events contain information about text that is being
composed using an input method.
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class |
InvocationEvent
An event which executes the
run() method on a Runnable
when dispatched by the AWT event dispatcher thread. |
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class |
ItemEvent
A semantic event which indicates that an item was selected or deselected.
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class |
KeyEvent
An event which indicates that a keystroke occurred in a component.
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class |
MouseEvent
An event which indicates that a mouse action occurred in a component.
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class |
MouseWheelEvent
An event which indicates that the mouse wheel was rotated in a component.
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class |
PaintEvent
The component-level paint event.
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class |
TextEvent
A semantic event which indicates that an object's text changed.
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class |
WindowEvent
A low-level event that indicates that a window has changed its status.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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void |
AWTEventListenerProxy.eventDispatched (AWTEvent event)
Forwards the AWT event to the listener delegate.
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void |
AWTEventListener.eventDispatched (AWTEvent event)
Invoked when an event is dispatched in the AWT.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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void |
InputContext.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent event)
Dispatches an event to the active input method.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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void |
InputMethod.dispatchEvent (AWTEvent event)
Dispatches the event to the input method.
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Modifier and Type | Class | Description |
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class |
AncestorEvent
An event reported to a child component that originated from an
ancestor in the component hierarchy.
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class |
InternalFrameEvent
An
AWTEvent that adds support for
JInternalFrame objects as the event source. |
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class |
MenuDragMouseEvent
MenuDragMouseEvent is used to notify interested parties that
the menu element has received a MouseEvent forwarded to it
under drag conditions.
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class |
MenuKeyEvent
MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that
the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it
in a menu tree.
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Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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void |
LayerUI.eventDispatched (AWTEvent e,
JLayer<? extends V> l)
Processes
AWTEvent s for JLayer
and all its descendants to this LayerUI instance. |
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