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    Event handling in Java involves listening for and responding to user interactions like button clicks or text entry. Events are represented by objects that get fired when something changes in the GUI. Listeners implement interfaces to receive notifications of events from sources like buttons. To handle an event, a class implements the relevant listener interface and registers the component with the listener, overriding interface methods. Common events include action, mouse, and key events.

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    Event handling in Java involves listening for and responding to user interactions like button clicks or text entry. Events are represented by objects that get fired when something changes in the GUI. Listeners implement interfaces to receive notifications of events from sources like buttons. To handle an event, a class implements the relevant listener interface and registers the component with the listener, overriding interface methods. Common events include action, mouse, and key events.

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    Event Handling Notes (OOC 17CS42)

    Event handling

    An event happens when something changes within a graphical user interface.


    We can say that events are objects in Java. It comes under some classes stored in
    java.util.EvenObject.
    For example, events occur when a user clicks on a button, clicks on a combo box, or types
    characters into a text field, etcetera, such as in the following:
    For a button, the event that is fired is the ActionListener.
    For a text field, it's the KeyEvent.
    The following figure clarifies events. When we click on the "click me" button an event is
    generated; that change event generates another frame that shows our message that is passed
    to the program.

    Listener
    This class listens for the events in the application. It controls the application without affecting
    its internal mechanism.
    The Listener interfaces check the continuity of the work, the dispatching of a class must be
    able to rely on each of its listeners to contain the method that is executed when the event
    occurs. It can be easily done in Java by the use of an Interface class. The important point is
    that a class, which is going to be a listener, must implement that interface. They are:
    ServletContextListener and
    HttpSessionListener.
    When a listener is created, by the property of the interface "all the methods of that interface
    must be implemented". Some listeners, like the ActionListener, have only one method.
    Event Handling
    The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) uses event driven programming to do processing of user
    actions, one that underlies all modern window systems programming. Within the AWT, all
    user actions belong to an abstract set of things called events. An event describes, in sufficient
    detail, a particular user action. Rather than the program actively collecting user-generated

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    events, the Java run time notifies the program when an interesting event occurs. Programs
    that handle user interaction in this fashion are said to be event driven.
    Event Handling
    Event Handling provides four types of classes; they are:
    Event Adapters
    Event classes
    Event Sources
    Event Listeners
    1. Event Adapters

    In a program, when a listener has many abstract methods to override, it becomes complex for
    the programmer to override all of them.
    For example, for closing a frame, we must override seven abstract methods of
    WindowListener, but we need only one method of them.
    For reducing complexity, Java provides a class known as "adapters" or adapter class. Adapters
    are abstract classes, that are already being overriden.
    2. Event classes

    Every event source generates an event and is named by a Java class. An event is generated
    when something changes within a graphical user interface.
    For example the event generated by a:
    Button is known as an ActionEvent
    Checkbox is known as an ItemEvent
    All the events are listed in the java.awt.event package.
    3. Event Sources

    Event Sources are responsible for generating events and are called components.
    The source for an event can be a button, TextField or a Frame etcetera.
    Event Listeners

    Events are handled by a special group of interfaces known as "listeners".


    Java Event classes and Listener interfaces

    Event Classes Listener Interfaces


    ActionEvent ActionListener
    MouseEvent MouseListener and MouseMotionListener
    MouseWheelEvent MouseWheelListener
    KeyEvent KeyListener
    ItemEvent ItemListener
    TextEvent TextListener
    AdjustmentEvent AdjustmentListener

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    WindowEvent WindowListener
    ComponentEvent ComponentListener
    ContainerEvent ContainerListener
    FocusEvent FocusListener

    How to perform event handling


    The following is required to perform event handling:
    Implement the Listener interface and override its methods
    Register the component with the listener
    For adding various components we use publics methods, for example:
    Button
    void addActionListener( ActionListener a)
    List
    void addActionListener(ActionListener a)
    void addItemListener(ItemListener a)
    Choice
    void addItemListener(ItemListener x)
    MenuItem
    void addActionListener(ActionListener x)
    TextField
    void addActiontListener(ActionListener x)
    void addTextListener(TextListener x)
    TextArea
    void addTextListener(TextListener x)
    Checkbox
    void addItemListener(ItemListener x)
    Java Examples on Delegation Event Model
    MouseEvents class extends Applet and implements both the MouseListener and
    MouseMotionListener interfaces. These two interfaces contain methods that receive and
    process the various types of mouse events. KeyListener interface is found in java.awt.event
    package. KeyListener is notified whenever you change the state of key. This section contains
    Java programs on handling mouseevent and keyboardevent.

    Keyboard event handling program


    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.applet.*;
    import java.applet.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.awt.*;

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    public class Test extends Applet implements KeyListener


    {
    String msg="";
    public void init()
    {
    addKeyListener(this);
    }
    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent k)
    {
    showStatus("KeyPressed");
    }
    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent k)
    {
    showStatus("KeyRealesed");
    }
    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent k)
    {
    msg = msg+k.getKeyChar();
    repaint();
    }
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
    g.drawString(msg, 20, 40);
    }
    }

    Mouse event handling program


    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    public class MouseApplet extends Applet implements MouseListener
    {
    String msg="Initial Message";
    public void init()
    {
    addMouseListener(this);
    }
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me)
    {
    msg = "Mouse Clicked";
    repaint();
    }

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    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me)


    {
    msg = "Mouse Pressed";
    repaint();
    }
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me)
    {
    msg = "Mouse Released";
    repaint();
    }
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me)
    {
    msg = "Mouse Entered";
    repaint();
    }
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me)
    {
    msg = "Mouse Exited";
    repaint();
    }
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
    g.drawString(msg,20,20);
    }
    }

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    Reference
    1. Mahesh Bhave and Sunil Patekar, "Programming with Java", First Edition, Pearson
    Education,2008, ISBN:9788131720806
    2. Herbert Schildt, The Complete Reference C++, 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.
    3. Stanley B.Lippmann, Josee Lajore, C++ Primer, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2005.
    4. Rajkumar Buyya,S Thamarasi selvi, xingchen chu, Object oriented Programming with java,
    Tata McGraw Hill education private limited.
    5. Richard A Johnson, Introduction to Java Programming and OOAD, CENGAGE Learning.
    6. E Balagurusamy, Programming with Java A primer, Tata McGraw Hill companies.
    7. Sourav Sahay, Object Oriented Programming with C++ , 2nd Ed, Oxford University
    Press,2006 (Chapters 1, 2, 4)
    8. Herbert Schildt, Java The Complete Reference, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2007.
    (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,10, 11, 21, 22, 29, 30)
    9.www.c-sharpcorner.com
    10.www.studytonight.com
    11.www.javatpoint.com

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