All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AWTEvent, BeanContextEvent, CaretEvent, ChangeEvent, ConnectionEvent, DragGestureEvent, DragSourceEvent, DropTargetEvent, FlavorEvent, HandshakeCompletedEvent, HyperlinkEvent, LineEvent, ListDataEvent, ListSelectionEvent, MenuEvent, NamingEvent, NamingExceptionEvent, NodeChangeEvent, Notification, PopupMenuEvent, PreferenceChangeEvent, PrintEvent, PropertyChangeEvent, RowSetEvent, RowSorterEvent, SSLSessionBindingEvent, StatementEvent, TableColumnModelEvent, TableModelEvent, TreeExpansionEvent, TreeModelEvent, TreeSelectionEvent, UndoableEditEvent, UnsolicitedNotificationEvent

public class EventObject
extends Object
implements Serializable 

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  protected Object	source	The object on which the Event initially occurred.

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  EventObject (Object source)	Constructs a prototypical Event.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Object	getSource ()	The object on which the Event initially occurred.
  String	toString ()	Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Field Detail

  • source

    protected transient Object source

    The object on which the Event initially occurred.

• Constructor Detail

  • EventObject

    public EventObject(Object source)

    Constructs a prototypical Event.

    Parameters:

    source - The object on which the Event initially occurred.

    Throws:

    IllegalArgumentException - if source is null.

• Method Detail

  • getSource

    public Object getSource()

    The object on which the Event initially occurred.

    Returns:

    The object on which the Event initially occurred.

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    A a String representation of this EventObject.