CaretEvent (Java SE 19 & JDK 19) (original) (raw)

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[Serializable](../../../../java.base/java/io/Serializable.html "interface in java.io")

public abstract class CaretEvent extends EventObject

CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that the text caret has changed in the event source.

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 applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

• Field Summary

• Constructor Summary

Constructors
Creates a new CaretEvent object.

• Method Summary

abstract int
[getDot](#getDot%28%29)()
Fetches the location of the caret.
abstract int
[getMark](#getMark%28%29)()
Fetches the location of other end of a logical selection.

• Constructor Details

  • CaretEvent

  public CaretEvent(Object source)
  Creates a new CaretEvent object.
  Parameters:
  source - the object responsible for the event

• Method Details

  • getDot

  public abstract int getDot()
  Fetches the location of the caret.
  Returns:
  the dot >= 0

  • getMark

  public abstract int getMark()
  Fetches the location of other end of a logical selection. If there is no selection, this will be the same as dot.
  Returns:
  the mark >= 0