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Class com.sun.java.swing.event.CaretEvent 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.util.EventObject
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           +----com.sun.java.swing.event.CaretEvent
public abstract class CaretEvent
extends EventObject
CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that the text caret has changed in the event source.

Warning: serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between Swing1.0 applications. It will not be possible to load serialized Swing1.0 objects with future releases of Swing. The JDK1.2 release of Swing will be the compatibility baseline for the serialized form of Swing objects.

Constructor Index

o CaretEvent(Object)
Creates a new CaretEvent object.

Method Index

o getDot()
Fetches the location of the caret.
o getMark()
Fetches the location of other end of a logical selection.

Constructors

o CaretEvent 
 public CaretEvent(Object source)
Creates a new CaretEvent object.

Parameters:
source - the object responsible for the event

Methods

o getDot 
 public abstract int getDot()
Fetches the location of the caret.

Returns:
the dot >= 0
o getMark 
 public abstract int getMark()
Fetches the location of other end of a logical selection. If there is no selection, this will be the same as dot.

Returns:
the mark >= 0 
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