com.maverick.events
Class EventObject

java.lang.Object
  com.maverick.events.EventObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

Event

public class EventObject

extends java.lang.Object

The root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.

All Events 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.

Since:

JDK1.1

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object

source The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Constructor Summary

EventObject(java.lang.Object source)
Constructs a prototypical Event.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getSource() The object on which the Event initially occurred.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

source

protected transient java.lang.Object source

The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Constructor Detail

EventObject

public EventObject(java.lang.Object source)

Constructs a prototypical Event.

Parameters:

source - The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if source is null.

Method Detail

getSource

public java.lang.Object getSource()

The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Returns:

The object on which the Event initially occurred.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of this EventObject.

Returns:

A a String representation of this EventObject.