Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 8. Inheritance-Based Event Handling (AWT 1.02 and Before)

• The Original AWT Event Model

  - Overriding Event Handling Methods

  - Propagated Events

  - Event Type Constants

• Event Modifier Constants

• Mouse Button Events

• Of Mice and Buttons

• Monitoring Mouse Events

• Sensing Double Clicking

• Action Events

• Identifying Components by Label - Just Say No

• Shortcomings of the Inheritance-Based Event Model

  - Inheritance Required

  - The Responsibility for Routing Events

  - handleEvent() Switch Statement

• Summary

This chapter covers the original AWT event model. With the advent of the 1.1 version of the JDK, the AWT has introduced a much-improved event model. We've left this chapter in Graphic Java, solely because due to the fact that the AWT still supports the old model. However, ...