Java GUI Development: The Authoritative Solution

Chapter 9. Events and Event Handling

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Events

• Event Type Hierarchy

• Event Types

• Handling Events

• Adapters

• Inner Classes

• Combining Event Sources and Listeners

• Notifying Multiple Listeners

• Using AWT Events

• Using Swing Events

• Swing Action Objects

If you've been reading the chapters of this book in order, at this point you know how to construct a visible GUI with components arranged just the way you want. But your GUI still doesn't really do anything. Your application doesn't as yet respond to external actions.

In order for an application to do anything meaningful, it must be able to respond to events. This process is called event handling. This chapter discusses events and event handling. In it, you will learn exactly how to make your program capable ...