/* * @(#)ContainerEvent.java 1.18 03/12/19 * * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */ package java.awt.event; import java.awt.AWTEvent; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Component; /** * A low-level event which indicates that a container's contents * changed because a component was added or removed. *

* Container events are provided for notification purposes ONLY; * The AWT will automatically handle changes to the containers * contents internally so that the program works properly regardless of * whether the program is receiving these events or not. *

* This low-level event is generated by a container object (such as a * Panel) when a component is added to it or removed from it. * The event is passed to every ContainerListener * or ContainerAdapter object which registered to receive such * events using the component's addContainerListener method. * (ContainerAdapter objects implement the * ContainerListener interface.) Each such listener object * gets this ContainerEvent when the event occurs. * * @see ContainerAdapter * @see ContainerListener * @see Tutorial: Writing a Container Listener * @see Reference: The Java Class Libraries (update file) * * @author Tim Prinzing * @author Amy Fowler * @version 1.18 12/19/03 * @since 1.1 */ public class ContainerEvent extends ComponentEvent { /** * The first number in the range of ids used for container events. */ public static final int CONTAINER_FIRST = 300; /** * The last number in the range of ids used for container events. */ public static final int CONTAINER_LAST = 301; /** * This event indicates that a component was added to the container. */ public static final int COMPONENT_ADDED = CONTAINER_FIRST; /** * This event indicates that a component was removed from the container. */ public static final int COMPONENT_REMOVED = 1 + CONTAINER_FIRST; /** * The non-null component that is being added or * removed from the Container. * * @serial * @see #getChild() */ Component child; /* * JDK 1.1 serialVersionUID */ private static final long serialVersionUID = -4114942250539772041L; /** * Constructs a ContainerEvent object. *

Note that passing in an invalid id results in * unspecified behavior. This method throws an * IllegalArgumentException if source * is null. * * @param source the Component object (container) * that originated the event * @param id an integer indicating the type of event * @param child the component that was added or removed * @throws IllegalArgumentException if source is null */ public ContainerEvent(Component source, int id, Component child) { super(source, id); this.child = child; } /** * Returns the originator of the event. * * @return the Container object that originated * the event, or null if the object is not a * Container. */ public Container getContainer() { return (source instanceof Container) ? (Container)source : null; } /** * Returns the component that was affected by the event. * * @return the Component object that was added or removed */ public Component getChild() { return child; } /** * Returns a parameter string identifying this event. * This method is useful for event-logging and for debugging. * * @return a string identifying the event and its attributes */ public String paramString() { String typeStr; switch(id) { case COMPONENT_ADDED: typeStr = "COMPONENT_ADDED"; break; case COMPONENT_REMOVED: typeStr = "COMPONENT_REMOVED"; break; default: typeStr = "unknown type"; } return typeStr + ",child="+child.getName(); } }