Package javax.swing.event

Provides for events fired by Swing components. It contains event classes and corresponding event listener interfaces for events fired by Swing components in addition to those events in the java.awt.event package.

Note: Most of the Swing API is not thread safe. For details, see Concurrency in Swing, a section in The Java Tutorial.

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Since:
1.2
Interface Summary
Interface Description
AncestorListener

AncestorListener Interface to support notification when changes occur to a JComponent or one of its ancestors.

CaretListener

Listener for changes in the caret position of a text component.

CellEditorListener

CellEditorListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a CellEditor

ChangeListener

Defines an object which listens for ChangeEvents.

DocumentEvent

Interface for document change notifications.

DocumentEvent.ElementChange

Describes changes made to a specific element.

DocumentListener

Interface for an observer to register to receive notifications of changes to a text document.

HyperlinkListener

HyperlinkListener

InternalFrameListener

The listener interface for receiving internal frame events.

ListDataListener

ListDataListener

ListSelectionListener

The listener that's notified when a lists selection value changes.

MenuDragMouseListener

Defines a menu mouse-drag listener.

MenuKeyListener

MenuKeyListener

MenuListener

Defines a listener for menu events.

MouseInputListener

A listener implementing all the methods in both the MouseListener and MouseMotionListener interfaces.

PopupMenuListener

A popup menu listener

RowSorterListener

RowSorterListeners are notified of changes to a RowSorter.

TableColumnModelListener

TableColumnModelListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TableColumnModel.

TableModelListener

TableModelListener defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TableModel.

TreeExpansionListener

The listener that's notified when a tree expands or collapses a node.

TreeModelListener

Defines the interface for an object that listens to changes in a TreeModel.

TreeSelectionListener

The listener that's notified when the selection in a TreeSelectionModel changes.

TreeWillExpandListener

The listener that's notified when a tree expands or collapses a node.

UndoableEditListener

Interface implemented by a class interested in hearing about undoable operations.

Class Summary
Class Description
AncestorEvent

An event reported to a child component that originated from an ancestor in the component hierarchy.

CaretEvent

CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that the text caret has changed in the event source.

ChangeEvent

ChangeEvent is used to notify interested parties that state has changed in the event source.

DocumentEvent.EventType

Enumeration for document event types

EventListenerList

A class that holds a list of EventListeners.

HyperlinkEvent

HyperlinkEvent is used to notify interested parties that something has happened with respect to a hypertext link.

HyperlinkEvent.EventType

Defines the ENTERED, EXITED, and ACTIVATED event types, along with their string representations, returned by toString().

InternalFrameAdapter

An abstract adapter class for receiving internal frame events.

InternalFrameEvent

An AWTEvent that adds support for JInternalFrame objects as the event source.

ListDataEvent

Defines an event that encapsulates changes to a list.

ListSelectionEvent

An event that characterizes a change in selection.

MenuDragMouseEvent

MenuDragMouseEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a MouseEvent forwarded to it under drag conditions.

MenuEvent

MenuEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu which is the event source has been posted, selected, or canceled.

MenuKeyEvent

MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it in a menu tree.

MouseInputAdapter

An empty implementation of the MouseInputListener interface, provided as a convenience to simplify the task of creating listeners, by extending and implementing only the methods of interest.

PopupMenuEvent

PopupMenuEvent only contains the source of the event which is the JPopupMenu sending the event

RowSorterEvent

RowSorterEvent provides notification of changes to a RowSorter.

SwingPropertyChangeSupport

This subclass of java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport is almost identical in functionality.

TableColumnModelEvent

TableColumnModelEvent is used to notify listeners that a table column model has changed, such as a column was added, removed, or moved.

TableModelEvent

TableModelEvent is used to notify listeners that a table model has changed.

TreeExpansionEvent

An event used to identify a single path in a tree.

TreeModelEvent

Encapsulates information describing changes to a tree model, and used to notify tree model listeners of the change.

TreeSelectionEvent

An event that characterizes a change in the current selection.

UndoableEditEvent

An event indicating that an operation which can be undone has occurred.

Enum Summary
Enum Description
RowSorterEvent.Type

Enumeration of the types of RowSorterEvents.