JavaTM 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.6.0
javax.swing.event
Class CaretEvent
java.lang.Object
java.util.EventObject
javax.swing.event.CaretEvent
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable
public abstract class CaretEvent - extends EventObject
CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that
the text caret has changed in the event source.
Warning:
Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage
of all JavaBeansTM
has been added to the java.beans package.
Please see XMLEncoder .
Method Summary |
abstract int |
getDot()
Fetches the location of the caret. |
abstract int |
getMark()
Fetches the location of other end of a logical
selection. |
CaretEvent
public CaretEvent(Object source)
- Creates a new CaretEvent object.
- Parameters:
source - the object responsible for the event
getDot
public abstract int getDot()
- Fetches the location of the caret.
- Returns:
- the dot >= 0
getMark
public abstract int getMark()
- Fetches the location of other end of a logical
selection. If there is no selection, this
will be the same as dot.
- Returns:
- the mark >= 0
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