Package javax.swing.event

Provides for events fired by Swing components.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
AncestorListener	AncestorListener Interface to support notification when changes occur to a JComponent or one of its ancestors.
CaretListener	Listener for changes in the caret position of a text component.
CellEditorListener	CellEditorListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a CellEditor
ChangeListener	Defines an object which listens for ChangeEvents.
DocumentEvent	Interface for document change notifications.
DocumentEvent.ElementChange	Describes changes made to a specific element.
DocumentListener	Interface for an observer to register to receive notifications of changes to a text document.
HyperlinkListener	HyperlinkListener
InternalFrameListener	The listener interface for receiving internal frame events.
ListDataListener	ListDataListener
ListSelectionListener	The listener that's notified when a lists selection value changes.
MenuDragMouseListener	Defines a menu mouse-drag listener.
MenuKeyListener	MenuKeyListener
MenuListener	Defines a listener for menu events.
MouseInputListener	A listener implementing all the methods in both the MouseListener and MouseMotionListener interfaces.
PopupMenuListener	A popup menu listener
RowSorterListener	RowSorterListeners are notified of changes to a RowSorter.
TableColumnModelListener	TableColumnModelListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TableColumnModel.
TableModelListener	TableModelListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TableModel.
TreeExpansionListener	The listener that's notified when a tree expands or collapses a node.
TreeModelListener	Defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TreeModel.
TreeSelectionListener	The listener that's notified when the selection in a TreeSelectionModel changes.
TreeWillExpandListener	The listener that's notified when a tree expands or collapses a node.
UndoableEditListener	Interface implemented by a class interested in hearing about undoable operations.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AncestorEvent	An event reported to a child component that originated from an ancestor in the component hierarchy.
CaretEvent	CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that the text caret has changed in the event source.
ChangeEvent	ChangeEvent is used to notify interested parties that state has changed in the event source.
DocumentEvent.EventType	Enumeration for document event types
EventListenerList	A class that holds a list of EventListeners.
HyperlinkEvent	HyperlinkEvent is used to notify interested parties that something has happened with respect to a hypertext link.
HyperlinkEvent.EventType	Defines the ENTERED, EXITED, and ACTIVATED event types, along with their string representations, returned by toString().
InternalFrameAdapter	An abstract adapter class for receiving internal frame events.
InternalFrameEvent	An AWTEvent that adds support for JInternalFrame objects as the event source.
ListDataEvent	Defines an event that encapsulates changes to a list.
ListSelectionEvent	An event that characterizes a change in selection.
MenuDragMouseEvent	MenuDragMouseEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a MouseEvent forwarded to it under drag conditions.
MenuEvent	MenuEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu which is the event source has been posted, selected, or canceled.
MenuKeyEvent	MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it in a menu tree.
MouseInputAdapter	An empty implementation of the MouseInputListener interface, provided as a convenience to simplify the task of creating listeners, by extending and implementing only the methods of interest.
PopupMenuEvent	PopupMenuEvent only contains the source of the event which is the JPoupMenu sending the event
RowSorterEvent	RowSorterEvent provides notification of changes to a RowSorter.
SwingPropertyChangeSupport	This subclass of java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport is almost identical in functionality.
TableColumnModelEvent	TableColumnModelEvent is used to notify listeners that a table column model has changed, such as a column was added, removed, or moved.
TableModelEvent	TableModelEvent is used to notify listeners that a table model has changed.
TreeExpansionEvent	An event used to identify a single path in a tree.
TreeModelEvent	Encapsulates information describing changes to a tree model, and used to notify tree model listeners of the change.
TreeSelectionEvent	An event that characterizes a change in the current selection.
UndoableEditEvent	An event indicating that an operation which can be undone has occurred.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
RowSorterEvent.Type	Enumeration of the types of RowSorterEvents.

Package javax.swing.event Description

Provides for events fired by Swing components. It contains event classes and corresponding event listener interfaces for events fired by Swing components in addition to those events in the java.awt.event package.

Note: Most of the Swing API is not thread safe. For details, see Threads and Swing, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Related Documentation

For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see:

• Writing Event Listeners, a section in The Java Tutorial

Since:

1.2