java.awt.event
Class ActionEvent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.EventObject
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        +--java.awt.AWTEvent
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              +--java.awt.event.ActionEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ActionEvent

extends AWTEvent

A semantic event which indicates that a component-defined action occured. This high-level event is generated by a component (such as a Button) when the component-specific action occurs (such as being pressed). The event is passed to every every ActionListener object that registered to receive such events using the component's addActionListener method.

The object that implements the ActionListener interface gets this ActionEvent when the event occurs. The listener is therefore spared the details of processing individual mouse movements and mouse clicks, and can instead process a "meaningful" (semantic) event like "button pressed".

Since:

1.1

See Also:

ActionListener, Tutorial: Java 1.1 Event Model, Reference: The Java Class Libraries (update file), Serialized Form

Field Summary
static int	ACTION_FIRST     The first number in the range of ids used for action events.
static int	ACTION_LAST     The last number in the range of ids used for action events.
static int	ACTION_PERFORMED     This event id indicates that a meaningful action occured.
static int	ALT_MASK     The alt modifier.
static int	CTRL_MASK     The control modifier.
static int