Event Handling Model of AWT
Event object
Event handling
methods
Event source
Event listener
Action Events on Buttons
ActionEvent
actionPerformed(..)
Button
ActionListener
How to Attach an Event Listener
to an Event Source
o is an event source
h is an event listener of type XXX
o.addXXX(h)
where XXX is one of the following:
ComponentListener
ActionListener
FocusListener
MouseListener
MouseMotionListener
TextListener
KeyListener
AdjustmentListener
WindowListener
ItemListener
The ActionListener Interface
interface ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e);
}
Possible event sources
Button
List
TextField
MenuItem
Example
Hello
World
(version
1)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestButtonAction {
public static void main(String[] args){
Frame f = new Frame("TestButton");
f.setSize(200,200);
Button hw = new Button("Hello World!");
f.add(hw);
hw.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.exit(0);
}
});
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
Example
Hello World (version 2)
class MyFrame extends Frame implements ActionListener {
Button hw;
public MyFrame(){
super("Test Button");
setSize(200,200);
hw = new Button("Hello World!");
add(hw);
hw.addActionListener(this);
show();
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent o){
System.exit(0);
}
}
Example
Hello World (version 3)
class MyFrame extends Frame {
Button hw;
public MyFrame(){
super("Test Button");
setSize(200,200);
hw = new Button("Hello World!");
add(hw);
hw.addActionListener(new MyActionListener());
show();
class MyActionListener implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent o){
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
}
Revisit CardLayout
Flip Cards
MenuItem bp = new MenuItem("Flip to Button Panel");
bp.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
CardLayout layout = (CardLayout)f.getLayout();
layout.show(f,"ButtonPanel");
}
});
How to Use FileDialog?
Menu m1 = new Menu("File");
MenuItem open = new MenuItem("Open"); m1.add(open);
mb.add(m1);
final TextArea ta = new TextArea(10,10);
f.add(ta);
open.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(f, "Open File", FileDialog.LOAD)
dialog.show();
ta.append(dialog.getFile()+"\n");
}
});
MouseListener
mouseClicked(MouseEvent)
Invoked when the mouse has been clicked on a component.
mouseEntered(MouseEvent)
Invoked when the mouse enters a component.
mouseExited(MouseEvent)
Invoked when the mouse exits a component.
mousePressed(MouseEvent)
Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a componen
mouseReleased(MouseEvent)
Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a compone
MouseAdapter
class MouseAdapter implements MouseListener {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e){}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e){}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e){}
}
Example
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class TestMouseListener {
public static void main(String[] args){
Frame f = new Frame("TestMouseListener");
f.setSize(500,500);
f.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
System.out.println("Mouse clicked: ("+e.getX()+","+e.getY
}
....
}
MouseMotionListener
mouseDragged(MouseEvent)
Invoked when a mouse button is pressed on a
component and then dragged.
