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Class java.awt.Cursor

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.awt.Cursor

public class Cursor

extends Object

implements Serializable

A class to encapsulate the bitmap representation of the mouse cursor.

See Also:

Component.setCursor(java.awt.Cursor), Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	CROSSHAIR_CURSOR The crosshair cursor type.
static int	CUSTOM_CURSOR The type associated with all custom cursors.
static int	DEFAULT_CURSOR The default cursor type (gets set if no cursor is defined).
static int	E_RESIZE_CURSOR The east-resize cursor type.
static int	HAND_CURSOR The hand cursor type.
static int	MOVE_CURSOR The move cursor type.
static int	N_RESIZE_CURSOR The north-resize cursor type.
protected String	name
static int	NE_RESIZE_CURSOR The north-east-resize cursor type.
static int	NW_RESIZE_CURSOR The north-west-resize cursor type.
protected static Cursor[]	predefined
static int	S_RESIZE_CURSOR The south-resize cursor type.
static int	SE_RESIZE_CURSOR The south-east-resize cursor type.
static int	SW_RESIZE_CURSOR The south-west-resize cursor type.
static int	TEXT_CURSOR The text cursor type.
static int	W_RESIZE_CURSOR The west-resize cursor type.
static int	WAIT_CURSOR The wait cursor type.

Constructor Summary

Cursor(int type)
Creates a new cursor object with the specified type.

Cursor(String name)
Creates a new custom cursor object with the specified name.

Method Summary

static Cursor	getDefaultCursor() Return the system default cursor.
String	getName() Returns the name of this cursor.
static Cursor	getPredefinedCursor(int type) Returns a cursor object with the specified predefined type.
static Cursor	getSystemCustomCursor(String name)
int	getType() Returns the type for this cursor.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this cursor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_CURSOR

public static final int DEFAULT_CURSOR

The default cursor type (gets set if no cursor is defined).

CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

public static final int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

The crosshair cursor type.

TEXT_CURSOR

public static final int TEXT_CURSOR

The text cursor type.

WAIT_CURSOR

public static final int WAIT_CURSOR

The wait cursor type.

SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

The south-west-resize cursor type.

SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

The south-east-resize cursor type.

NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

The north-west-resize cursor type.

NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

The north-east-resize cursor type.

N_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int N_RESIZE_CURSOR

The north-resize cursor type.

S_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int S_RESIZE_CURSOR

The south-resize cursor type.

W_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int W_RESIZE_CURSOR

The west-resize cursor type.

E_RESIZE_CURSOR

public static final int E_RESIZE_CURSOR

The east-resize cursor type.

HAND_CURSOR

public static final int HAND_CURSOR

The hand cursor type.

MOVE_CURSOR

public static final int MOVE_CURSOR

The move cursor type.

predefined

protected static Cursor[] predefined

CUSTOM_CURSOR

public static final int CUSTOM_CURSOR

The type associated with all custom cursors.

name

protected String name

Constructor Detail

Cursor

public Cursor(int type)

Creates a new cursor object with the specified type.

Parameters:

type - the type of cursor

Cursor

protected Cursor(String name)

Creates a new custom cursor object with the specified name.

Note: this constructor should only be used by AWT implementations as part of their support for custom cursors. Applications should use Toolkit.createCustomCursor().

Parameters:

name - the user-visible name of the cursor.

See Also:

Toolkit.createCustomCursor(java.awt.Image, java.awt.Point, java.lang.String)

Method Detail

getPredefinedCursor

public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor(int type)

Returns a cursor object with the specified predefined type.

Parameters:

type - the type of predefined cursor

getSystemCustomCursor

public static Cursor getSystemCustomCursor(String name)
                                    throws AWTException

Returns:

the system specific custom Cursor named Cursor names are, for example: "Invalid.16x16"

getDefaultCursor

public static Cursor getDefaultCursor()

Return the system default cursor.

getType

public int getType()

Returns the type for this cursor.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this cursor.

Returns:

a localized description of this cursor.

Since:

JDK1.2

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this cursor.

Returns:

a string representation of this cursor.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Since:

JDK1.2