java.lang.Object
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+----java.awt.Component
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+----java.awt.Button
This class creates a labeled button. The application can cause
some action to happen when the button is pushed. This image
depicts three views of a "Quit" button as it appears
under the Solaris operating system:
The first view shows the button as it appears normally. The second view shows the button when it has input focus. Its outline is darkened to let the user know that it is an active object. The third view shows the button when the user clicks the mouse over the button, and thus requests that an action be performed.
The gesture of clicking on a button with the mouse
is associated with one instance of ActionEvent,
which is sent out when the mouse is both pressed and released
over the button. If an application is interested in knowing
when the button has been pressed but not released, as a separate
gesture, it can specialize processMouseEvent,
or it can register itself as a listener for mouse events by
calling addMouseListener. Both of these methods are
defined by Component, the abstract superclass of
all components.
When a button is pressed and released, AWT sends an instance
of ActionEvent to the button, by calling
processEvent on the button. The button's
processEvent method receives all events
for the button; it passes an action event along by
calling its own processActionEvent method.
The latter method passes the action event on to any action
listeners that have registered an interest in action
events generated by this button.
If an application wants to perform some action based on
a button being pressed and released, it should implement
ActionListener and register the new listener
to receive events from this button, by calling the button's
addActionListener method. The application can
make use of the button's action command as a messaging protocol.
ActionListener objects.
public Button()
public Button(String label)
public void addNotify()
public String getLabel()
null
if the button has no label.
public synchronized void setLabel(String label)
null
if the button has no label.
public void setActionCommand(String command)
public String getActionCommand()
public synchronized void addActionListener(ActionListener l)
public synchronized void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e)
ActionEvent, this method invokes
the processActionEvent method. Otherwise,
it invokes processEvent on the superclass.
protected void processActionEvent(ActionEvent e)
ActionListener objects.
This method is not called unless action events are enabled for this button. Action events are enabled when one of the following occurs:
ActionListener object is registered
via addActionListener.
enableEvents.
protected String paramString()
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