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Class java.util.EventObject 

java.lang.Object
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    +----java.util.EventObject
public class EventObject
extends Object
implements Serializable

The Event class is the abstract root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.

All Event's are constructed with a reference to the object, the "source", that is logically deemed to be the object upon which the Event in question initially occurred upon.

Variable Index

o source

Constructor Index

o EventObject(Object)
Constructs a prototypical Event

Method Index

o getSource()
o toString()
Returns a string representation of the object.

Variables

o source 
protected transient Object source

Constructors

o EventObject 
public EventObject(Object source)
Constructs a prototypical Event

Parameters:
source - The object that the Event occurred upon.

Methods

o getSource 
public Object getSource()
Returns:
The object that the Event initially occurred upon.
o toString 
public String toString()
Returns a string representation of the object.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
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