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Class java.util.EventObject

java.lang.Object
    |
    +----java.util.EventObject
Subclasses:
AWTEvent, BeanContextEvent, CaretEvent, ChangeEvent, DragSourceEvent, DropTargetEvent, HttpSessionBindingEvent, HyperlinkEvent, ListDataEvent, ListSelectionEvent, MenuEvent, PopupMenuEvent, PropertyChangeEvent, TableColumnModelEvent, TableModelEvent, TreeExpansionEvent, TreeModelEvent, TreeSelectionEvent, UndoableEditEvent

public class EventObject
extends Object
implements Serializable

The Event class is the abstract root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.

All Event's are constructed with a reference to the object, the "source", that is logically deemed to be the object upon which the Event in question initially occurred upon.


Field Summary
Object  source
 
 

Constructor Summary
 EventObject(Object source)
Constructs a prototypical Event
 

Method Summary
Object  getSource()
 
String  toString()
 
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
 clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

source

protected transient Object source
Constructor Detail

EventObject

public EventObject(Object source)
Constructs a prototypical Event
Parameters:
source - The object that the Event occurred upon.
Method Detail

getSource

public Object getSource()
Returns:
The object that the Event initially occurred upon.

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object

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