HANDLING EXCEPTIONS AND EVENTS - Java Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design - page 764

void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e);
//This method executes when a mouse button is released
//on a component.

}

public class MouseAdapter implements MouseListener
{

void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
}

void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
{
}

void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
{
}

void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
}

void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
{
}

}

To register a MouseListener object to a GUI component, you use the method
addMouseListener . The MouseListener object being registered is passed as a para-
meter to the method addMouseListener .
In addition to the GUI components with which you have worked, Chapter 12 introduces
other GUI components such as check boxes, option buttons, menu items, and lists. These
GUI components also generate events. Table 11-13 summarizes the various events
generated by GUI components. It also shows the GUI component, the listener interface,
and the name of the method of the interface to handle the event.

TABLE 11-13 Events Generated by a GUI Component, the Listener Interface, and the
Name of the Method of the Interface to Handle the Event

GUI Component Event Generated Listener Interface Listener Method

actionPerformed

JButtton ActionEvent ActionListener

JCheckBox ItemEvent ItemListener itemStateChanged

JCheckboxMenuItem ItemEvent ItemListener itemStateChanged

JChoice ItemEvent ItemListener itemStateChanged

JComponent ComponentEvent ComponentListener componentHidden

JComponent ComponentEvent ComponentListener componentMoved