com.droplets.api.event
Class ActionEvent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.EventObject
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        +--com.droplets.api.event.ActionEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ActionEvent

extends java.util.EventObject

Event fired when a user performs an action on a component. The types of actions that cause this event to be fired are determined by the specific components.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

ActionEvent(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.String action, java.lang.String args)
Constructs a new ActionEvent.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAction() Gets the action string.
java.lang.String	getActionCommand() Gets the action command.
java.lang.String	getArgs() Gets the action-specific arguments.
Component	getSourceComponent() Type-safe method to return the source object of this event, since we know it's a Component.

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionEvent

public ActionEvent(java.lang.Object source,
                   java.lang.String action,
                   java.lang.String args)

Constructs a new ActionEvent.

Parameters:

source - the component or object on which the action was taken

action - indicates what action was taken

args - action-specific arguments

Method Detail

getSourceComponent

public Component getSourceComponent()

Type-safe method to return the source object of this event, since we know it's a Component.

Returns:

the component on which the action occurred

getActionCommand

public java.lang.String getActionCommand()

Gets the action command. This method is identical to getAction(), and is included only as a convenience to those familiar with the java.awt.event.ActionEvent class.

Returns:

the action command.

getAction

public java.lang.String getAction()

Gets the action string.

Returns:

the action string

getArgs

public java.lang.String getArgs()

Gets the action-specific arguments.

Returns:

the action-specific arguments