Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.awt.event
Class WindowEvent

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.EventObject
      extended by java.awt.AWTEvent
          extended by java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
              extended by java.awt.event.WindowEvent
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class WindowEvent
extends ComponentEvent

A low-level event that indicates that a window has changed its status. This low-level event is generated by a Window object when it is opened, closed, activated, deactivated, iconified, or deiconified, or when focus is transfered into or out of the Window.

The event is passed to every WindowListener or WindowAdapter object which registered to receive such events using the window's addWindowListener method. (WindowAdapter objects implement the WindowListener interface.) Each such listener object gets this WindowEvent when the event occurs.

Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
WindowAdapter, WindowListener, Tutorial: Writing a Window Listener, Serialized Form

Field Summary
static int WINDOW_ACTIVATED
          The window-activated event type.
static int WINDOW_CLOSED
          The window closed event.
static int WINDOW_CLOSING
          The "window is closing" event.
static int WINDOW_DEACTIVATED
          The window-deactivated event type.
static int WINDOW_DEICONIFIED
          The window deiconified event type.
static int WINDOW_FIRST
          The first number in the range of ids used for window events.
static int WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS
          The window-gained-focus event type.
static int WINDOW_ICONIFIED
          The window iconified event.
static int WINDOW_LAST
          The last number in the range of ids used for window events.
static int WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS
          The window-lost-focus event type.
static int WINDOW_OPENED
          The window opened event.
static int WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED
          The window-state-changed event type.
 
Fields inherited from class java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
COMPONENT_FIRST, COMPONENT_HIDDEN, COMPONENT_LAST, COMPONENT_MOVED, COMPONENT_RESIZED, COMPONENT_SHOWN
 
Fields inherited from class java.awt.AWTEvent
ACTION_EVENT_MASK, ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK, COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK, consumed, CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK, FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK, id, INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK, INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK, ITEM_EVENT_MASK, KEY_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK, PAINT_EVENT_MASK, RESERVED_ID_MAX, TEXT_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK
 
Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject
source
 
Constructor Summary
WindowEvent(Window source, int id)
          Constructs a WindowEvent object.
WindowEvent(Window source, int id, int oldState, int newState)
          Constructs a WindowEvent object with the specified previous and new window states.
WindowEvent(Window source, int id, Window opposite)
          Constructs a WindowEvent object with the specified opposite Window.
WindowEvent(Window source, int id, Window opposite, int oldState, int newState)
          Constructs a WindowEvent object.
 
Method Summary
 int getNewState()
          For WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED events returns the new state of the window.
 int getOldState()
          For WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED events returns the previous state of the window.
 Window getOppositeWindow()
          Returns the other Window involved in this focus or activation change.
 Window getWindow()
          Returns the originator of the event.
 String paramString()
          Returns a parameter string identifying this event.
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
getComponent
 
Methods inherited from class java.awt.AWTEvent
consume, getID, isConsumed, setSource, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject
getSource
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

WINDOW_FIRST

public static final int WINDOW_FIRST
The first number in the range of ids used for window events.

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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_OPENED

public static final int WINDOW_OPENED
The window opened event. This event is delivered only the first time a window is made visible.

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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_CLOSING

public static final int WINDOW_CLOSING
The "window is closing" event. This event is delivered when the user attempts to close the window from the window's system menu. If the program does not explicitly hide or dispose the window while processing this event, the window close operation will be cancelled.

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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_CLOSED

public static final int WINDOW_CLOSED
The window closed event. This event is delivered after the window has been closed as the result of a call to dispose.

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WINDOW_ICONIFIED

public static final int WINDOW_ICONIFIED
The window iconified event. This event is delivered when the window has been changed from a normal to a minimized state. For many platforms, a minimized window is displayed as the icon specified in the window's iconImage property.

See Also:
Frame.setIconImage(java.awt.Image), Constant Field Values

WINDOW_DEICONIFIED

public static final int WINDOW_DEICONIFIED
The window deiconified event type. This event is delivered when the window has been changed from a minimized to a normal state.

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WINDOW_ACTIVATED

public static final int WINDOW_ACTIVATED
The window-activated event type. This event is delivered when the Window becomes the active Window. Only a Frame or a Dialog can be the active Window. The native windowing system may denote the active Window or its children with special decorations, such as a highlighted title bar. The active Window is always either the focused Window, or the first Frame or Dialog that is an owner of the focused Window.

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WINDOW_DEACTIVATED

public static final int WINDOW_DEACTIVATED
The window-deactivated event type. This event is delivered when the Window is no longer the active Window. Only a Frame or a Dialog can be the active Window. The native windowing system may denote the active Window or its children with special decorations, such as a highlighted title bar. The active Window is always either the focused Window, or the first Frame or Dialog that is an owner of the focused Window.

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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS

public static final int WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS
The window-gained-focus event type. This event is delivered when the Window becomes the focused Window, which means that the Window, or one of its subcomponents, will receive keyboard events.

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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS

public static final int WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS
The window-lost-focus event type. This event is delivered when a Window is no longer the focused Window, which means keyboard events will no longer be delivered to the Window or any of its subcomponents.

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WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED

public static final int WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED
The window-state-changed event type. This event is delivered when a Window's state is changed by virtue of it being iconified, maximized etc.

Since:
1.4
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Constant Field Values

WINDOW_LAST

public static final int WINDOW_LAST
The last number in the range of ids used for window events.

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Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

WindowEvent

public WindowEvent(Window source,
                   int id,
                   Window opposite,
                   int oldState,
                   int newState)
Constructs a WindowEvent object.

Note that passing in an invalid id results in unspecified behavior. This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:
source - the Window object that originated the event
id - an integer indicating the type of event.
opposite - the other window involved in the focus or activation change, or null
oldState - previous state of the window for window state change event
newState - new state of the window for window state change event
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if source is null
Since:
1.4

WindowEvent

public WindowEvent(Window source,
                   int id,
                   Window opposite)
Constructs a WindowEvent object with the specified opposite Window. The opposite Window is the other Window involved in this focus or activation change. For a WINDOW_ACTIVATED or WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS event, this is the Window that lost activation or focus. For a WINDOW_DEACTIVATED or WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS event, this is the Window that gained activation or focus. If this focus change occurs with a native application, with a Java application in a different VM, or with no other Window, then the opposite Window is null.

Note that passing in an invalid id results in unspecified behavior. This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:
source - the Window object that originated the event
id - WINDOW_ACTIVATED, WINDOW_DEACTIVATED, WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS, or WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS. It is expected that this constructor will not be used for other WindowEvent types because the opposite Window of such events will always be null
opposite - the other Window involved in the focus or activation change, or null
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if source is null
Since:
1.4

WindowEvent

public WindowEvent(Window source,
                   int id,
                   int oldState,
                   int newState)
Constructs a WindowEvent object with the specified previous and new window states.

Note that passing in an invalid id results in unspecified behavior. This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:
source - the Window object that originated the event
id - WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED event type. It is expected that this constructor will not be used for other WindowEvent types, because the previous and new window states are meaningless for other event types.
oldState - an integer representing the previous window state
newState - an integer representing the new window state
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if source is null
Since:
1.4

WindowEvent

public WindowEvent(Window source,
                   int id)
Constructs a WindowEvent object.

Note that passing in an invalid id results in unspecified behavior. This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:
source - the Window object that originated the event
id - an integer indicating the type of event
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if source is null
Method Detail

getWindow

public Window getWindow()
Returns the originator of the event.

Returns:
the Window object that originated the event

getOppositeWindow

public Window getOppositeWindow()
Returns the other Window involved in this focus or activation change. For a WINDOW_ACTIVATED or WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS event, this is the Window that lost activation or focus. For a WINDOW_DEACTIVATED or WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS event, this is the Window that gained activation or focus. For any other type of WindowEvent, or if the focus or activation change occurs with a native application, with a Java application in a different VM or context, or with no other Window, null is returned.

Returns:
the other Window involved in the focus or activation change, or null
Since:
1.4

getOldState

public int getOldState()
For WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED events returns the previous state of the window. The state is represented as a bitwise mask.

Returns:
a bitwise mask of the previous window state
Since:
1.4
See Also:
Frame.getExtendedState()

getNewState

public int getNewState()
For WINDOW_STATE_CHANGED events returns the new state of the window. The state is represented as a bitwise mask.

Returns:
a bitwise mask of the new window state
Since:
1.4
See Also:
Frame.getExtendedState()

paramString

public String paramString()
Returns a parameter string identifying this event. This method is useful for event-logging and for debugging.

Overrides:
paramString in class ComponentEvent
Returns:
a string identifying the event and its attributes

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Standard Ed. 6

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