Java AWT Container Event

Introduction

The Class ContainerEvent represents that a container's contents changed because a component was added or removed.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.ContainerEvent class:
public class ContainerEvent
   extends ComponentEvent

Field

Following are the fields for java.awt.Component class:
  • static int COMPONENT_ADDED -- This event indicates that a component was added to the container.
  • static int COMPONENT_REMOVED -- This event indicates that a component was removed from the container.
  • static int CONTAINER_FIRST -- The first number in the range of ids used for container events.
  • static int CONTAINER_LAST -- The last number in the range of ids used for container events.

Class constructors

S.N. Constructor & Description
1 ContainerEvent(Component source, int id, Component child) Constructs a ContainerEvent object.

Class methods

S.N. Method & Description
1 Component getChild()Returns the component that was affected by the event.
2 Container getContainer()Returns the originator of the event.
3 String paramString() Returns a parameter string identifying this event.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes:
  • java.awt.ComponentEvent
  • java.awt.AWTEvent
  • java.util.EventObject
  • java.lang.Object