ActionListener, AdjustmentListener, ComponentListener, ContainerListener, FocusListener, HierarchyBoundsListener, HierarchyListener, InputMethodListener, ItemListener, KeyListener, MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, MouseWheelListener, TextListener, WindowFocusListener, WindowListener, WindowStateListener, EventListener
public class AWTEventMulticaster extends Object implements ComponentListener, ContainerListener, FocusListener, KeyListener, MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, WindowListener, WindowFocusListener, WindowStateListener, ActionListener, ItemListener, AdjustmentListener, TextListener, InputMethodListener, HierarchyListener, HierarchyBoundsListener, MouseWheelListener
AWTEventMulticaster implements efficient and thread-safe multi-cast event dispatching for the AWT events defined in the java.awt.event package. The following example illustrates how to use this class:
 public myComponent extends Component {
     ActionListener actionListener = null;
     public synchronized void addActionListener(ActionListener l) {
         actionListener = AWTEventMulticaster.add(actionListener, l);
     }
     public synchronized void removeActionListener(ActionListener l) {
         actionListener = AWTEventMulticaster.remove(actionListener, l);
     }
     public void processEvent(AWTEvent e) {
         // when event occurs which causes "action" semantic
         ActionListener listener = actionListener;
         if (listener != null) {
             listener.actionPerformed(new ActionEvent());
         }
     }
 }
 
 add and remove methods is the field maintaining the listeners. In addition you must assign the result of the add and remove methods to the field maintaining the listeners.  AWTEventMulticaster is implemented as a pair of 
 EventListeners that are set at construction time. 
 AWTEventMulticaster is immutable. The add and 
 remove methods do not alter AWTEventMulticaster in anyway. If necessary, a new AWTEventMulticaster is created. In this way it is safe to add and remove listeners during the process of an event dispatching. However, event listeners added during the process of an event dispatch operation are not notified of the event currently being dispatched. 
 All of the add methods allow null arguments. If the first argument is null, the second argument is returned. If the first argument is not null and the second argument is null, the first argument is returned. If both arguments are non-null, a new AWTEventMulticaster is created using the two arguments and returned. 
 For the remove methods that take two arguments, the following is returned: 
null, if the first argument is null, or the arguments are equal, by way of ==. AWTEventMulticaster. remove(EventListener) on the first argument, supplying the second argument to the remove(EventListener) method. Swing makes use of EventListenerList for similar logic. Refer to it for details.
| Modifier and Type | Field | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected final EventListener | a | A variable in the event chain (listener-a) | 
| protected final EventListener | b | A variable in the event chain (listener-b) | 
| Modifier | Constructor | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected  | Creates an event multicaster instance which chains listener-a with listener-b. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| void | actionPerformed | Handles the actionPerformed event by invoking the actionPerformed methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| static ActionListener | add | Adds action-listener-a with action-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static AdjustmentListener | add | Adds adjustment-listener-a with adjustment-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ComponentListener | add | Adds component-listener-a with component-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ContainerListener | add | Adds container-listener-a with container-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static FocusListener | add | Adds focus-listener-a with focus-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static HierarchyBoundsListener | add | Adds hierarchy-bounds-listener-a with hierarchy-bounds-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static HierarchyListener | add | Adds hierarchy-listener-a with hierarchy-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static InputMethodListener | add | Adds input-method-listener-a with input-method-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ItemListener | add | Adds item-listener-a with item-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static KeyListener | add | Adds key-listener-a with key-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseListener | add | Adds mouse-listener-a with mouse-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseMotionListener | add | Adds mouse-motion-listener-a with mouse-motion-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseWheelListener | add | Adds mouse-wheel-listener-a with mouse-wheel-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static TextListener | add | Adds text-listener-a with text-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowFocusListener | add | Adds window-focus-listener-a with window-focus-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowListener | add | Adds window-listener-a with window-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowStateListener | add | Adds window-state-listener-a with window-state-listener-b and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| protected static EventListener | addInternal | Returns the resulting multicast listener from adding listener-a and listener-b together. | 
| void | adjustmentValueChanged | Handles the adjustmentValueChanged event by invoking the adjustmentValueChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | ancestorMoved | Handles the ancestorMoved event by invoking the ancestorMoved methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | ancestorResized | Handles the ancestorResized event by invoking the ancestorResized methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | caretPositionChanged | Handles the caretPositionChanged event by invoking the caretPositionChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentAdded | Handles the componentAdded container event by invoking the componentAdded methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentHidden | Handles the componentHidden event by invoking the componentHidden methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentMoved | Handles the componentMoved event by invoking the componentMoved methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentRemoved | Handles the componentRemoved container event by invoking the componentRemoved methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentResized | Handles the componentResized event by invoking the componentResized methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | componentShown | Handles the componentShown event by invoking the componentShown methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | focusGained | Handles the focusGained event by invoking the focusGained methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | focusLost | Handles the focusLost event by invoking the focusLost methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| static <T extends EventListener> | getListeners | Returns an array of all the objects chained as  FooListeners by the specifiedjava.util.EventListener. | 
| void | hierarchyChanged | Handles the hierarchyChanged event by invoking the hierarchyChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | inputMethodTextChanged | Handles the inputMethodTextChanged event by invoking the inputMethodTextChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | itemStateChanged | Handles the itemStateChanged event by invoking the itemStateChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | keyPressed | Handles the keyPressed event by invoking the keyPressed methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | keyReleased | Handles the keyReleased event by invoking the keyReleased methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | keyTyped | Handles the keyTyped event by invoking the keyTyped methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseClicked | Handles the mouseClicked event by invoking the mouseClicked methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseDragged | Handles the mouseDragged event by invoking the mouseDragged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseEntered | Handles the mouseEntered event by invoking the mouseEntered methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseExited | Handles the mouseExited event by invoking the mouseExited methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseMoved | Handles the mouseMoved event by invoking the mouseMoved methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mousePressed | Handles the mousePressed event by invoking the mousePressed methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseReleased | Handles the mouseReleased event by invoking the mouseReleased methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | mouseWheelMoved | Handles the mouseWheelMoved event by invoking the mouseWheelMoved methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| static ActionListener | remove | Removes the old action-listener from action-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static AdjustmentListener | remove | Removes the old adjustment-listener from adjustment-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ComponentListener | remove | Removes the old component-listener from component-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ContainerListener | remove | Removes the old container-listener from container-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static FocusListener | remove | Removes the old focus-listener from focus-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static HierarchyBoundsListener | remove | Removes the old hierarchy-bounds-listener from hierarchy-bounds-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static HierarchyListener | remove | Removes the old hierarchy-listener from hierarchy-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static InputMethodListener | remove | Removes the old input-method-listener from input-method-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static ItemListener | remove | Removes the old item-listener from item-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static KeyListener | remove | Removes the old key-listener from key-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseListener | remove | Removes the old mouse-listener from mouse-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseMotionListener | remove | Removes the old mouse-motion-listener from mouse-motion-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static MouseWheelListener | remove | Removes the old mouse-wheel-listener from mouse-wheel-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static TextListener | remove | Removes the old text-listener from text-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowFocusListener | remove | Removes the old window-focus-listener from window-focus-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowListener | remove | Removes the old window-listener from window-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| static WindowStateListener | remove | Removes the old window-state-listener from window-state-listener-l and returns the resulting multicast listener. | 
| protected EventListener | remove | Removes a listener from this multicaster. | 
| protected static EventListener | removeInternal | Returns the resulting multicast listener after removing the old listener from listener-l. | 
| protected static void | save | Saves a Serializable listener chain to a serialization stream. | 
| protected void | saveInternal | Serialization support. | 
| void | textValueChanged | Invoked when the value of the text has changed. | 
| void | windowActivated | Handles the windowActivated event by invoking the windowActivated methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowClosed | Handles the windowClosed event by invoking the windowClosed methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowClosing | Handles the windowClosing event by invoking the windowClosing methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowDeactivated | Handles the windowDeactivated event by invoking the windowDeactivated methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowDeiconified | Handles the windowDeiconified event by invoking the windowDeiconified methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowGainedFocus | Handles the windowGainedFocus event by invoking the windowGainedFocus methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowIconified | Handles the windowIconified event by invoking the windowIconified methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowLostFocus | Handles the windowLostFocus event by invoking the windowLostFocus methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowOpened | Handles the windowOpened event by invoking the windowOpened methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
| void | windowStateChanged | Handles the windowStateChanged event by invoking the windowStateChanged methods on listener-a and listener-b. | 
protected final EventListener a
protected final EventListener b
protected AWTEventMulticaster(EventListener a, EventListener b)
a and b should not be null, though implementations may vary in choosing whether or not to throw NullPointerException in that case.a - listener-ab - listener-bprotected EventListener remove(EventListener oldl)
 The returned multicaster contains all the listeners in this multicaster with the exception of all occurrences of oldl. If the resulting multicaster contains only one regular listener the regular listener may be returned. If the resulting multicaster is empty, then null may be returned instead. 
 No exception is thrown if oldl is null.
oldl - the listener to be removedpublic void componentResized(ComponentEvent e)
componentResized in interface ComponentListener
e - the component eventpublic void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e)
componentMoved in interface ComponentListener
e - the component eventpublic void componentShown(ComponentEvent e)
componentShown in interface ComponentListener
e - the component eventpublic void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e)
componentHidden in interface ComponentListener
e - the component eventpublic void componentAdded(ContainerEvent e)
componentAdded in interface ContainerListener
e - the component eventpublic void componentRemoved(ContainerEvent e)
componentRemoved in interface ContainerListener
e - the component eventpublic void focusGained(FocusEvent e)
focusGained in interface FocusListener
e - the focus eventpublic void focusLost(FocusEvent e)
focusLost in interface FocusListener
e - the focus eventpublic void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
keyTyped in interface KeyListener
e - the key eventpublic void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
keyPressed in interface KeyListener
e - the key eventpublic void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
keyReleased in interface KeyListener
e - the key eventpublic void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
mouseClicked in interface MouseListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
mousePressed in interface MouseListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
mouseReleased in interface MouseListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
mouseEntered in interface MouseListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
mouseExited in interface MouseListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
mouseDragged in interface MouseMotionListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
mouseMoved in interface MouseMotionListener
e - the mouse eventpublic void windowOpened(WindowEvent e)
windowOpened in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
windowClosing in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowClosed(WindowEvent e)
windowClosed in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowIconified(WindowEvent e)
windowIconified in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e)
windowDeiconified in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowActivated(WindowEvent e)
windowActivated in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e)
windowDeactivated in interface WindowListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent e)
windowStateChanged in interface WindowStateListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowGainedFocus(WindowEvent e)
windowGainedFocus in interface WindowFocusListener
e - the window eventpublic void windowLostFocus(WindowEvent e)
windowLostFocus in interface WindowFocusListener
e - the window eventpublic void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
actionPerformed in interface ActionListener
e - the action eventpublic void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
itemStateChanged in interface ItemListener
e - the item eventpublic void adjustmentValueChanged(AdjustmentEvent e)
adjustmentValueChanged in interface AdjustmentListener
e - the adjustment eventpublic void textValueChanged(TextEvent e)
TextListenertextValueChanged in interface TextListener
e - the event to be processedpublic void inputMethodTextChanged(InputMethodEvent e)
inputMethodTextChanged in interface InputMethodListener
e - the item eventpublic void caretPositionChanged(InputMethodEvent e)
caretPositionChanged in interface InputMethodListener
e - the item eventpublic void hierarchyChanged(HierarchyEvent e)
hierarchyChanged in interface HierarchyListener
e - the item eventpublic void ancestorMoved(HierarchyEvent e)
ancestorMoved in interface HierarchyBoundsListener
e - the item eventpublic void ancestorResized(HierarchyEvent e)
ancestorResized in interface HierarchyBoundsListener
e - the item eventpublic void mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e)
mouseWheelMoved in interface MouseWheelListener
e - the mouse eventpublic static ComponentListener add(ComponentListener a, ComponentListener b)
a - component-listener-ab - component-listener-bpublic static ContainerListener add(ContainerListener a, ContainerListener b)
a - container-listener-ab - container-listener-bpublic static FocusListener add(FocusListener a, FocusListener b)
a - focus-listener-ab - focus-listener-bpublic static KeyListener add(KeyListener a, KeyListener b)
a - key-listener-ab - key-listener-bpublic static MouseListener add(MouseListener a, MouseListener b)
a - mouse-listener-ab - mouse-listener-bpublic static MouseMotionListener add(MouseMotionListener a, MouseMotionListener b)
a - mouse-motion-listener-ab - mouse-motion-listener-bpublic static WindowListener add(WindowListener a, WindowListener b)
a - window-listener-ab - window-listener-bpublic static WindowStateListener add(WindowStateListener a, WindowStateListener b)
a - window-state-listener-ab - window-state-listener-bpublic static WindowFocusListener add(WindowFocusListener a, WindowFocusListener b)
a - window-focus-listener-ab - window-focus-listener-bpublic static ActionListener add(ActionListener a, ActionListener b)
a - action-listener-ab - action-listener-bpublic static ItemListener add(ItemListener a, ItemListener b)
a - item-listener-ab - item-listener-bpublic static AdjustmentListener add(AdjustmentListener a, AdjustmentListener b)
a - adjustment-listener-ab - adjustment-listener-bpublic static TextListener add(TextListener a, TextListener b)
a - text-listener-ab - text-listener-bpublic static InputMethodListener add(InputMethodListener a, InputMethodListener b)
a - input-method-listener-ab - input-method-listener-bpublic static HierarchyListener add(HierarchyListener a, HierarchyListener b)
a - hierarchy-listener-ab - hierarchy-listener-bpublic static HierarchyBoundsListener add(HierarchyBoundsListener a, HierarchyBoundsListener b)
a - hierarchy-bounds-listener-ab - hierarchy-bounds-listener-bpublic static MouseWheelListener add(MouseWheelListener a, MouseWheelListener b)
a - mouse-wheel-listener-ab - mouse-wheel-listener-bpublic static ComponentListener remove(ComponentListener l, ComponentListener oldl)
l - component-listener-loldl - the component-listener being removedpublic static ContainerListener remove(ContainerListener l, ContainerListener oldl)
l - container-listener-loldl - the container-listener being removedpublic static FocusListener remove(FocusListener l, FocusListener oldl)
l - focus-listener-loldl - the focus-listener being removedpublic static KeyListener remove(KeyListener l, KeyListener oldl)
l - key-listener-loldl - the key-listener being removedpublic static MouseListener remove(MouseListener l, MouseListener oldl)
l - mouse-listener-loldl - the mouse-listener being removedpublic static MouseMotionListener remove(MouseMotionListener l, MouseMotionListener oldl)
l - mouse-motion-listener-loldl - the mouse-motion-listener being removedpublic static WindowListener remove(WindowListener l, WindowListener oldl)
l - window-listener-loldl - the window-listener being removedpublic static WindowStateListener remove(WindowStateListener l, WindowStateListener oldl)
l - window-state-listener-loldl - the window-state-listener being removedpublic static WindowFocusListener remove(WindowFocusListener l, WindowFocusListener oldl)
l - window-focus-listener-loldl - the window-focus-listener being removedpublic static ActionListener remove(ActionListener l, ActionListener oldl)
l - action-listener-loldl - the action-listener being removedpublic static ItemListener remove(ItemListener l, ItemListener oldl)
l - item-listener-loldl - the item-listener being removedpublic static AdjustmentListener remove(AdjustmentListener l, AdjustmentListener oldl)
l - adjustment-listener-loldl - the adjustment-listener being removedpublic static TextListener remove(TextListener l, TextListener oldl)
l - text-listener-loldl - the text-listener being removedpublic static InputMethodListener remove(InputMethodListener l, InputMethodListener oldl)
l - input-method-listener-loldl - the input-method-listener being removedpublic static HierarchyListener remove(HierarchyListener l, HierarchyListener oldl)
l - hierarchy-listener-loldl - the hierarchy-listener being removedpublic static HierarchyBoundsListener remove(HierarchyBoundsListener l, HierarchyBoundsListener oldl)
l - hierarchy-bounds-listener-loldl - the hierarchy-bounds-listener being removedpublic static MouseWheelListener remove(MouseWheelListener l, MouseWheelListener oldl)
l - mouse-wheel-listener-loldl - the mouse-wheel-listener being removedprotected static EventListener addInternal(EventListener a, EventListener b)
a - event listener-ab - event listener-bprotected static EventListener removeInternal(EventListener l, EventListener oldl)
l - the listener being removed fromoldl - the listener being removedprotected void saveInternal(ObjectOutputStream s, String k) throws IOException
s - the stream to save tok - a prefix stream to put before each serializable listenerIOException - if serialization failsprotected static void save(ObjectOutputStream s, String k, EventListener l) throws IOException
s - the stream to save tok - a prefix stream to put before each serializable listenerl - the listener chain to saveIOException - if serialization failspublic static <T extends EventListener> T[] getListeners(EventListener l, Class<T> listenerType)
FooListeners by the specified java.util.EventListener. FooListeners are chained by the AWTEventMulticaster using the addFooListener method. If a null listener is specified, this method returns an empty array. If the specified listener is not an instance of AWTEventMulticaster, this method returns an array which contains only the specified listener. If no such listeners are chained, this method returns an empty array.T - the listener typel - the specified java.util.EventListener
listenerType - the type of listeners requested; this parameter should specify an interface that descends from java.util.EventListener
FooListeners by the specified multicast listener, or an empty array if no such listeners have been chained by the specified multicast listenerNullPointerException - if the specified listenertype parameter is null
ClassCastException - if listenerType doesn't specify a class or interface that implements java.util.EventListener
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