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MouseAdapter (New)

Name

MouseAdapter (New)

[Graphic: Figure from the text]

Description

The MouseAdapter class implements the methods of MouseListener with empty functions. It may be easier for you to extend MouseAdapter, overriding only those methods you are interested in, than to implement MouseListener and provide the empty functions yourself.

Class Definition

public abstract class java.awt.event.MouseAdapter
   extends java.lang.Object
   implements java.awt.event.MouseListener {
  // Instance Methods
  public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e);
  public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e);
  public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e);
  public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e);
  public void mouseReleased (MouseEvent e);
}

Instance Methods

mouseClicked

public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e)

Parameters

e

The event that has occurred.

Description

Does nothing. Override this function to be notified when the mouse button is clicked (pressed and released).

mouseEntered

public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e)

Parameters

e

The event that has occurred.

Description

Does nothing. Override this function to be notified when the user moves the mouse cursor into a component.

mouseExited

public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e)

Parameters

e

The event that has occurred.

Description

Does nothing. Override this function to be notified when the moves the mouse cursor out of a component.

mousePressed

public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e)

Parameters

e

The event that has occurred.

Description

Does nothing. Override this function to be notified when the mouse button is pressed.

mouseReleased

public void mouseReleased (MouseEvent e)

Parameters

e

The event that has occurred.

Description

Does nothing. Override this function to be notified when the mouse button is released.

See Also

MouseEvent, MouseListener


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