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ContainerEvent.java

/*
 * @(#)ContainerEvent.java	1.20 06/04/13
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.awt.event;

import java.awt.AWTEvent;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Component;

/**
 * A low-level event which indicates that a container's contents
 * changed because a component was added or removed.
 * <P>
 * Container events are provided for notification purposes ONLY;
 * The AWT will automatically handle changes to the containers
 * contents internally so that the program works properly regardless of
 * whether the program is receiving these events or not.
 * <P>
 * This low-level event is generated by a container object (such as a 
 * Panel) when a component is added to it or removed from it. 
 * The event is passed to every <code>ContainerListener</code>
 * or <code>ContainerAdapter</code> object which registered to receive such
 * events using the component's <code>addContainerListener</code> method.
 * (<code>ContainerAdapter</code> objects implement the 
 * <code>ContainerListener</code> interface.) Each such listener object 
 * gets this <code>ContainerEvent</code> when the event occurs.
 *
 * @see ContainerAdapter
 * @see ContainerListener
 * @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/post1.0/ui/containerlistener.html">Tutorial: Writing a Container Listener</a>
 *
 * @author Tim Prinzing
 * @author Amy Fowler
 * @version 1.20 04/13/06
 * @since 1.1
 */
public class ContainerEvent extends ComponentEvent {

    /**
     * The first number in the range of ids used for container events.
     */
    public static final int CONTAINER_FIRST		= 300;

    /**
     * The last number in the range of ids used for container events.
     */
    public static final int CONTAINER_LAST		= 301;

   /**
     * This event indicates that a component was added to the container.
     */
    public static final int COMPONENT_ADDED	= CONTAINER_FIRST;

    /**
     * This event indicates that a component was removed from the container.
     */
    public static final int COMPONENT_REMOVED = 1 + CONTAINER_FIRST;

    /**
     * The non-null component that is being added or
     * removed from the Container.
     *
     * @serial
     * @see #getChild()
     */
    Component child;

    /*
     * JDK 1.1 serialVersionUID 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4114942250539772041L;

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>ContainerEvent</code> object.
     * <p>Note that passing in an invalid <code>id</code> results in
     * unspecified behavior. This method throws an
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if <code>source</code>
     * is <code>null</code>.
     * 
     * @param source the <code>Component</code> object (container)
     *               that originated the event
     * @param id     an integer indicating the type of event
     * @param child  the component that was added or removed
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>source</code> is null
     */
    public ContainerEvent(Component source, int id, Component child) {
        super(source, id);
        this.child = child;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the originator of the event.
     *
     * @return the <code>Container</code> object that originated 
     * the event, or <code>null</code> if the object is not a 
     * <code>Container</code>.  
     */
    public Container getContainer() {
        return (source instanceof Container) ? (Container)source : null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the component that was affected by the event.
     *
     * @return the Component object that was added or removed
     */
    public Component getChild() {
        return child;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a parameter string identifying this event.
     * This method is useful for event-logging and for debugging.
     *
     * @return a string identifying the event and its attributes
     */
    public String paramString() {
        String typeStr;
        switch(id) {
          case COMPONENT_ADDED:
              typeStr = "COMPONENT_ADDED";
              break;
          case COMPONENT_REMOVED:
              typeStr = "COMPONENT_REMOVED";
              break;
          default:
              typeStr = "unknown type";
        }
        return typeStr + ",child="+child.getName();
    }
}