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Class com.sun.java.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.EventObject
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        +--com.sun.java.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent

public class HyperlinkEvent

extends EventObject

HyperlinkEvent is used to notify interested parties that something has happened with respect to a hypertext link.

Warning: serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between Swing1.0 applications. It will not be possible to load serialized Swing1.0 objects with future releases of Swing. The JDK1.2 release of Swing will be the compatibility baseline for the serialized form of Swing objects.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner Class Summary

static

HyperlinkEvent.EventType

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

HyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL u, String desc)
Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

HyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL u)
Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

Method Summary

String	getDescription() Get the description of the link as a string.
HyperlinkEvent.EventType	getEventType() Gets the type of event.
URL	getURL() Gets the URL that the link refers to.

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource , toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HyperlinkEvent

public HyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                      HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                      URL u)

Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

Parameters:

source - the object responsible for the event

type - the event type

u - the affected URL

HyperlinkEvent

public HyperlinkEvent(Object source,
                      HyperlinkEvent.EventType type,
                      URL u,
                      String desc)

Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

Parameters:

source - the object responsible for the event

type - the event type

u - the affected URL

Method Detail

getEventType

public HyperlinkEvent.EventType getEventType()

Gets the type of event.

Returns:

the type

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Get the description of the link as a string. This may be useful if a URL can't be formed from the description, in which case the associated URL would be null.

getURL

public URL getURL()

Gets the URL that the link refers to.

Returns:

the URL