Class ItemEvent

java.awt.event.ItemEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

public class ItemEvent extends AWTEvent

A semantic event which indicates that an item was selected or deselected. This high-level event is generated by an ItemSelectable object (such as a List) when an item is selected or deselected by the user. The event is passed to every 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

Assigning the value different from listed above will cause an unspecified behavior.

Since:

1.1

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final int`	`DESELECTED`	This state-change-value indicates that a selected item was deselected.
`static final int`	`ITEM_FIRST`	The first number in the range of ids used for item events.
`static final int`	`ITEM_LAST`	The last number in the range of ids used for item events.
`static final int`	`ITEM_STATE_CHANGED`	This event id indicates that an item's state changed.
`static final int`	`SELECTED`	This state-change value indicates that an item was selected.

Fields declared in class AWTEvent

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

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final long`	`ACTION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting action events.
`static final long`	`ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting adjustment events.
`static final long`	`COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting component events.
`protected boolean`	`consumed`	Controls whether or not the event is sent back down to the peer once the source has processed it - false means it's sent to the peer; true means it's not.
`static final long`	`CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting container events.
`static final long`	`FOCUS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting focus events.
`static final long`	`HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting hierarchy bounds events.
`static final long`	`HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting hierarchy events.
`protected int`	`id`	The event's id.
`static final long`	`INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting input method events.
`static final long`	`INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting invocation events.
`static final long`	`ITEM_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting item events.
`static final long`	`KEY_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting key events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse motion events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse wheel events.
`static final long`	`PAINT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting paint events.
`static final int`	`RESERVED_ID_MAX`	The maximum value for reserved AWT event IDs.
`static final long`	`TEXT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting text events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window focus events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window state events.

Fields declared in class EventObject

source

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

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item, int stateChange)`	Constructs an `ItemEvent` object.

Method Summary

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.

Methods declared in class AWTEvent

consume, getID, isConsumed, setSource, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`consume()`	Consumes this event, if this event can be consumed.
`int`	`getID()`	Returns the event type.
`protected boolean`	`isConsumed()`	Returns whether this event has been consumed.
`void`	`setSource(Object newSource)`	Retargets an event to a new source.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a String representation of this object.

Methods declared in class EventObject

getSource

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getSource()`	The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Field Details

ITEM_FIRST

public static final int ITEM_FIRST

The first number in the range of ids used for item events.

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ITEM_LAST

public static final int ITEM_LAST

The last number in the range of ids used for item events.

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ITEM_STATE_CHANGED

public static final int ITEM_STATE_CHANGED

This event id indicates that an item's state changed.

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SELECTED

public static final int SELECTED

This state-change value indicates that an item was selected.

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DESELECTED

public static final int DESELECTED

This state-change-value indicates that a selected item was deselected.

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Constructor Details

ItemEvent

public ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item, int stateChange)

Constructs an ItemEvent object.

This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:

source - The ItemSelectable object that originated the event

id - 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 event

stateChange - An integer that indicates whether the item was selected or deselected. For information on allowable values, see the class description for ItemEvent

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

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Method Details

getItemSelectable

public ItemSelectable getItemSelectable()

Returns the originator of the event.

Returns:: the ItemSelectable object that originated the event.

getItem

public Object getItem()

Returns the item affected by the event.

Returns:: the item (object) that was affected by the event

getStateChange

public int getStateChange()

Returns the type of state change (selected or deselected).

Returns:

an integer that indicates whether the item was selected or deselected

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paramString

public String paramString()

Returns a parameter string identifying this item event. This method is useful for event-logging and for debugging.

Overrides:: paramString in class AWTEvent
Returns:: a string identifying the event and its attributes

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