Java Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 15-1
The Methods Defined by
Applet
Event Handling
In Java, GUI programs, such as applets, are event driven. Thus, event handling is at the
core of successful GUI programming. Most events to which your program will respond are
generated by the user. These events are passed to your program in a variety of ways, with
the specific method depending upon the actual event. There are several types of events, in-
cluding those generated by the mouse, the keyboard, and various controls, such as a push
button. AWT-based events are supported by the
java.awt.event
package.
Before we start, it must be mentioned that it is not possible to fully discuss Java's event
handling mechanism. Event handling is a large topic with many special features and attrib-
