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DragSourceAdapter.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API4705Fri Aug 26 14:56:48 BST 2005java.awt.dnd

DragSourceAdapter.java

/*
 * @(#)DragSourceAdapter.java	1.6 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.awt.dnd;

/**
 * An abstract adapter class for receiving drag source events. The methods in
 * this class are empty. This class exists only as a convenience for creating
 * listener objects.
 * <p>
 * Extend this class to create a <code>DragSourceEvent</code> listener 
 * and override the methods for the events of interest. (If you implement the 
 * <code>DragSourceListener</code> interface, you have to define all of
 * the methods in it. This abstract class defines null methods for them
 * all, so you only have to define methods for events you care about.)
 * <p>
 * Create a listener object using the extended class and then register it with 
 * a <code>DragSource</code>. When the drag enters, moves over, or exits
 * a drop site, when the drop action changes, and when the drag ends, the
 * relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and the
 * <code>DragSourceEvent</code> is passed to it.
 * <p>
 * The drop site is <i>associated with the previous <code>dragEnter()</code>
 * invocation</i> if the latest invocation of <code>dragEnter()</code> on this
 * adapter corresponds to that drop site and is not followed by a
 * <code>dragExit()</code> invocation on this adapter.
 *
 * @see DragSourceEvent
 * @see DragSourceListener
 * @see DragSourceMotionListener
 *
 * @author David Mendenhall
 * @version 1.6, 12/19/03
 * @since 1.4
 */
public abstract class DragSourceAdapter 
    implements DragSourceListener, DragSourceMotionListener { 

    /**
     * Called as the cursor's hotspot enters a platform-dependent drop site.
     * This method is invoked when all the following conditions are true:
     * <UL>
     * <LI>The cursor's hotspot enters the operable part of 
     * a platform-dependent drop site.
     * <LI>The drop site is active.
     * <LI>The drop site accepts the drag.
     * </UL>
     *
     * @param dsde the <code>DragSourceDragEvent</code>
     */
    public void dragEnter(DragSourceDragEvent dsde) {}

    /**
     * Called as the cursor's hotspot moves over a platform-dependent drop site.
     * This method is invoked when all the following conditions are true:
     * <UL>
     * <LI>The cursor's hotspot has moved, but still intersects the 
     * operable part of the drop site associated with the previous
     * dragEnter() invocation.
     * <LI>The drop site is still active.
     * <LI>The drop site accepts the drag.
     * </UL>
     *
     * @param dsde the <code>DragSourceDragEvent</code>
     */
    public void dragOver(DragSourceDragEvent dsde) {}

    /**
     * Called whenever the mouse is moved during a drag operation.
     * 
     * @param dsde the <code>DragSourceDragEvent</code>
     */
    public void dragMouseMoved(DragSourceDragEvent dsde) {}

    /**
     * Called when the user has modified the drop gesture.
     * This method is invoked when the state of the input
     * device(s) that the user is interacting with changes.
     * Such devices are typically the mouse buttons or keyboard
     * modifiers that the user is interacting with.
     *
     * @param dsde the <code>DragSourceDragEvent</code>
     */
    public void dropActionChanged(DragSourceDragEvent dsde) {}

    /**
     * Called as the cursor's hotspot exits a platform-dependent drop site.
     * This method is invoked when any of the following conditions are true:
     * <UL>
     * <LI>The cursor's hotspot no longer intersects the operable part
     * of the drop site associated with the previous dragEnter() invocation.
     * </UL>
     * OR
     * <UL>
     * <LI>The drop site associated with the previous dragEnter() invocation
     * is no longer active.
     * </UL>
     * OR
     * <UL>
     * <LI> The drop site associated with the previous dragEnter() invocation
     * has rejected the drag. 
     * </UL>
     * 
     * @param dse the <code>DragSourceEvent</code>
     */
    public void dragExit(DragSourceEvent dse) {}

    /**
     * This method is invoked to signify that the Drag and Drop
     * operation is complete. The getDropSuccess() method of
     * the <code>DragSourceDropEvent</code> can be used to 
     * determine the termination state. The getDropAction() method
     * returns the operation that the drop site selected 
     * to apply to the Drop operation. Once this method is complete, the
     * current <code>DragSourceContext</code> and
     * associated resources become invalid.
     *
     * @param dsde the <code>DragSourceDropEvent</code>
     */
    public void dragDropEnd(DragSourceDropEvent dsde) {}
}