javax.faces.event
Class ActionEvent

java.lang.Object
  java.util.EventObject
      javax.faces.event.FacesEvent
          javax.faces.event.ActionEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ActionEvent
extends FacesEvent

An ActionEvent represents the activation of a user interface component (such as a UICommand).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

 

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject
source

 

Constructor Summary
ActionEvent(UIComponent component)           Construct a new event object from the specified source component and action command.

 

Method Summary
boolean	isAppropriateListener(FacesListener listener)           Return true if this FacesListener is an instance of a listener class that this event supports.
void	processListener(FacesListener listener)           Broadcast this FacesEvent to the specified FacesListener, by whatever mechanism is appropriate.

 

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.event.FacesEvent
getComponent, getPhaseId, queue, setPhaseId

 

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject
getSource, toString

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

 

Constructor Detail

ActionEvent

public ActionEvent(UIComponent component)

Construct a new event object from the specified source component and action command.

Parameters:

component - Source UIComponent for this event

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if component is null

isAppropriateListener

public boolean isAppropriateListener(FacesListener listener)

Description copied from class: FacesEvent

Return true if this FacesListener is an instance of a listener class that this event supports. Typically, this will be accomplished by an "instanceof" check on the listener class.

Specified by:

isAppropriateListener in class FacesEvent

Parameters:

listener - FacesListener to evaluate

processListener

public void processListener(FacesListener listener)

Description copied from class: FacesEvent

Broadcast this FacesEvent to the specified FacesListener, by whatever mechanism is appropriate. Typically, this will be accomplished by calling an event processing method, and passing this FacesEvent as a paramter.

Specified by:

processListener in class FacesEvent

Parameters:

listener - FacesListener to send this FacesEvent to

Throws:

AbortProcessingException - Signal the JavaServer Faces implementation that no further processing on the current event should be performed