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AncestorEvent.java

/*
 * @(#)AncestorEvent.java	1.19 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
package javax.swing.event;

import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * An event reported to a child component that originated from an
 * ancestor in the component hierarchy.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Warning:</strong>
 * 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 JavaBeans<sup><font size="-2">TM</font></sup>
 * has been added to the <code>java.beans</code> package.
 * Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
 *
 * @version 1.19 12/19/03
 * @author Dave Moore
 */
public class AncestorEvent extends AWTEvent {
    /**
     * An ancestor-component was added to the hierarchy of
     * visible objects (made visible), and is currently being displayed.
     */
    public static final int ANCESTOR_ADDED = 1;
    /**
     * An ancestor-component was removed from the hierarchy
     * of visible objects (hidden) and is no longer being displayed.
     */
    public static final int ANCESTOR_REMOVED = 2;
    /** An ancestor-component changed its position on the screen. */
    public static final int ANCESTOR_MOVED = 3;

    Container ancestor;
    Container ancestorParent;

    /**
     * Constructs an AncestorEvent object to identify a change
     * in an ancestor-component's display-status.
     *
     * @param source          the JComponent that originated the event
     *                        (typically <code>this</code>)
     * @param id              an int specifying {@link #ANCESTOR_ADDED}, 
     *                        {@link #ANCESTOR_REMOVED} or {@link #ANCESTOR_MOVED}
     * @param ancestor        a Container object specifying the ancestor-component
     *                        whose display-status changed
     * @param ancestorParent  a Container object specifying the ancestor's parent
     */
    public AncestorEvent(JComponent source, int id, Container ancestor, Container ancestorParent) {
        super(source, id);
        this.ancestor = ancestor;
        this.ancestorParent = ancestorParent;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the ancestor that the event actually occurred on.
     */
    public Container getAncestor() {
        return ancestor;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the parent of the ancestor the event actually occurred on.
     * This is most interesting in an ANCESTOR_REMOVED event, as
     * the ancestor may no longer be in the component hierarchy.
     */
    public Container getAncestorParent() {
        return ancestorParent;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the component that the listener was added to.
     */
    public JComponent getComponent() {
        return (JComponent)getSource();
    }
}