Class ActionEvent

public class ActionEvent
extends Event

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field and Description
  static EventType<ActionEvent>	ACTION The only valid EventType for the ActionEvent.
  static EventType<ActionEvent>	ANY Common supertype for all action event types.

  • Fields inherited from class javafx.event.Event

    consumed, eventType, NULL_SOURCE_TARGET, target

  • Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

    source

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  ActionEvent() Creates a new ActionEvent with an event type of ACTION.
  ActionEvent(Object source, EventTarget target) Construct a new ActionEvent with the specified event source and target.

• Method Summary

  All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  ActionEvent	copyFor(Object newSource, EventTarget newTarget) Creates and returns a copy of this event with the specified event source and target.
  EventType<? extends ActionEvent>	getEventType() Gets the event type of this event.

  • Methods inherited from class javafx.event.Event

    clone, consume, fireEvent, getTarget, isConsumed

  • Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

    getSource, toString

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Field Detail

  • ACTION

    public static final EventType<ActionEvent> ACTION

    The only valid EventType for the ActionEvent.

  • ANY

    public static final EventType<ActionEvent> ANY

    Common supertype for all action event types.

    Since:

    JavaFX 8.0

• Constructor Detail

  • ActionEvent

    public ActionEvent()

    Creates a new ActionEvent with an event type of ACTION. The source and target of the event is set to NULL_SOURCE_TARGET.

  • ActionEvent

    public ActionEvent(Object source,
                       EventTarget target)

    Construct a new ActionEvent with the specified event source and target. If the source or target is set to null, it is replaced by the NULL_SOURCE_TARGET value. All ActionEvents have their type set to ACTION.

    Parameters:

    source - the event source which sent the event

• Method Detail

  • copyFor

    public ActionEvent copyFor(Object newSource,
                               EventTarget newTarget)

    Description copied from class: Event
    Creates and returns a copy of this event with the specified event source and target. If the source or target is set to null, it is replaced by the NULL_SOURCE_TARGET value.

    Overrides:

    copyFor in class Event

    Parameters:

    newSource - the new source of the copied event

    Returns:

    the event copy with the new source and target

  • getEventType

    public EventType<? extends ActionEvent> getEventType()

    Description copied from class: Event
    Gets the event type of this event. Objects of the same Event class can have different event types. These event types further specify what kind of event occurred.

    Overrides:

    getEventType in class Event

    Returns:

    the event type