public class ItemEvent extends AWTEvent
ItemListener object which
 registered to receive such events using the component's
 addItemListener method.
 
 The object that implements the ItemListener interface gets
 this ItemEvent when the event occurs. The listener is
 spared the details of processing individual mouse movements and mouse
 clicks, and can instead process a "meaningful" (semantic) event like
 "item selected" or "item deselected".
 
 An unspecified behavior will be caused if the id parameter
 of any particular ItemEvent instance is not
 in the range from ITEM_FIRST to ITEM_LAST.
 
 The stateChange of any ItemEvent instance takes one of the following
 values:
 
ItemEvent.SELECTED
 ItemEvent.DESELECTED
 ItemSelectable, 
ItemListener, 
Tutorial: Writing an Item Listener, 
Serialized Form | Modifier and Type | Field | Description | 
|---|---|---|
static int | 
DESELECTED  | 
 This state-change-value indicates that a selected item was deselected. 
 | 
static int | 
ITEM_FIRST  | 
 The first number in the range of ids used for item events. 
 | 
static int | 
ITEM_LAST  | 
 The last number in the range of ids used for item events. 
 | 
static int | 
ITEM_STATE_CHANGED  | 
 This event id indicates that an item's state changed. 
 | 
static int | 
SELECTED  | 
 This state-change value indicates that an item was selected. 
 | 
ACTION_EVENT_MASK, ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK, COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK, consumed, CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK, FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK, id, INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK, INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK, ITEM_EVENT_MASK, KEY_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK, PAINT_EVENT_MASK, RESERVED_ID_MAX, TEXT_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK source | Constructor | Description | 
|---|---|
ItemEvent (ItemSelectable source,
 int id,
 Object item,
 int stateChange) | 
 Constructs an  
ItemEvent object. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
Object  | 
getItem () | 
 Returns the item affected by the event. 
 | 
ItemSelectable  | 
getItemSelectable () | 
 Returns the originator of the event. 
 | 
int | 
getStateChange () | 
 Returns the type of state change (selected or deselected). 
 | 
String  | 
paramString () | 
 Returns a parameter string identifying this item event. 
 | 
getSource public static final int ITEM_FIRST
public static final int ITEM_LAST
public static final int ITEM_STATE_CHANGED
public static final int SELECTED
public static final int DESELECTED
public ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item, int stateChange)
ItemEvent object.
  This method throws an
 IllegalArgumentException if source
 is null.
source - The ItemSelectable object
 that originated the eventid - The integer that identifies the event type.
 For information on allowable values, see
 the class description for ItemEvent item - An object -- the item affected by the eventstateChange - An integer that indicates whether the item was
 selected or deselected.
 For information on allowable values, see
 the class description for ItemEvent IllegalArgumentException  - if source is nullgetItemSelectable(), 
AWTEvent.getID(), 
getStateChange() public ItemSelectable getItemSelectable()
public Object getItem()
public int getStateChange()
SELECTED, 
DESELECTED public String paramString()
paramString  in class AWTEvent  Submit a bug or feature 
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