Class EventObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AppEvent, AWTEvent, BeanContextEvent, CaretEvent, ChangeEvent, ConnectionEvent, DragGestureEvent, DragSourceEvent, DropTargetEvent, FlavorEvent, HandshakeCompletedEvent, HyperlinkEvent, LineEvent, ListDataEvent, ListSelectionEvent, MenuEvent, NamingEvent, NamingExceptionEvent, NodeChangeEvent, Notification, PopupMenuEvent, PreferenceChangeEvent, PrintEvent, PropertyChangeEvent, RowSetEvent, RowSorterEvent, SSLSessionBindingEvent, StatementEvent, TableColumnModelEvent, TableModelEvent, TreeExpansionEvent, TreeModelEvent, TreeSelectionEvent, UndoableEditEvent, UnsolicitedNotificationEvent

public class EventObject
extends Object
implements Serializable

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Field Summary

  Fields

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

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  EventObject​(Object source)	Constructs a prototypical Event.

• Method Summary

  All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Object	getSource()	The object on which the Event initially occurred.
  String	toString()	Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

  Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

• Field Details

  • source

    protected transient Object source
    The object on which the Event initially occurred.

• Constructor Details

  • EventObject

    public EventObject​(Object source)
    Constructs a prototypical Event.

    Parameters:

    source - the object on which the Event initially occurred

    Throws:

    IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

• Method Details

  • getSource

    public Object getSource()
    The object on which the Event initially occurred.

    Returns:

    the object on which the Event initially occurred

  • toString

    public String toString()
    Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    a String representation of this EventObject

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