Uses of Class java.awt.AWTEvent (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2015-05-24

## Uses of Class
java.awt.AWTEvent

- Packages that use AWTEvent
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
  java.awt.event | Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
  java.awt.im | Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework.
  java.awt.im.spi | Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment.
  javax.swing.event | Provides for events fired by Swing components.
  javax.swing.plaf | Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities.

- - ### Uses of AWTEvent in java.awt

    Methods in java.awt that return AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected AWTEvent` | Component.`coalesceEvents(AWTEvent existingEvent, AWTEvent newEvent)` Potentially coalesce an event being posted with an existing event.
    `static AWTEvent` | EventQueue.`getCurrentEvent()` Returns the the event currently being dispatched by the `EventQueue` associated with the calling thread.
    `AWTEvent` | EventQueue.`getNextEvent()` Removes an event from the `EventQueue` and returns it.
    `AWTEvent` | EventQueue.`peekEvent()` Returns the first event on the `EventQueue` without removing it.
    `AWTEvent` | EventQueue.`peekEvent(int id)` Returns the first event with the specified id, if any.

    Methods in java.awt with parameters of type AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected AWTEvent` | Component.`coalesceEvents(AWTEvent existingEvent, AWTEvent newEvent)` Potentially coalesce an event being posted with an existing event.
    `protected void` | EventQueue.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent event)` Dispatches an event.
    `void` | Component.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent e)` Dispatches an event to this component or one of its sub components.
    `void` | MenuComponent.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent e)` Delivers an event to this component or one of its sub components.
    `abstract boolean` | KeyboardFocusManager.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent e)` This method is called by the AWT event dispatcher requesting that the current KeyboardFocusManager dispatch the specified event on its behalf.
    `boolean` | DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent e)` This method is called by the AWT event dispatcher requesting that the current KeyboardFocusManager dispatch the specified event on its behalf.
    `void` | EventQueue.`postEvent(AWTEvent theEvent)` Posts a 1.1-style event to the `EventQueue`.
    `protected void` | Component.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events occurring on this component.
    `protected void` | MenuComponent.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events occurring on this menu component.
    `protected void` | TextComponent.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this text component.
    `protected void` | TextField.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this text field.
    `protected void` | Window.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this window.
    `protected void` | Checkbox.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this check box.
    `protected void` | CheckboxMenuItem.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this check box menu item.
    `protected void` | Button.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this button.
    `protected void` | Choice.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this choice.
    `protected void` | MenuItem.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this menu item.
    `protected void` | Scrollbar.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this scroll bar.
    `protected void` | List.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this scrolling list.
    `protected void` | Container.`processEvent(AWTEvent e)` Processes events on this container.
    `void` | KeyboardFocusManager.`redispatchEvent(Component target, AWTEvent e)` Redispatches an AWTEvent in such a way that the AWT event dispatcher will not recursively request that the KeyboardFocusManager, or any installed KeyEventDispatchers, dispatch the event again.

  - ### Uses of AWTEvent in java.awt.event

    Subclasses of AWTEvent in java.awt.event
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `ActionEvent` A semantic event which indicates that a component-defined action occurred.
    `class` | `AdjustmentEvent` The adjustment event emitted by Adjustable objects like `Scrollbar` and `ScrollPane`.
    `class` | `ComponentEvent` A low-level event which indicates that a component moved, changed size, or changed visibility (also, the root class for the other component-level events).
    `class` | `ContainerEvent` A low-level event which indicates that a container's contents changed because a component was added or removed.
    `class` | `FocusEvent` A low-level event which indicates that a Component has gained or lost the input focus.
    `class` | `HierarchyEvent` An event which indicates a change to the `Component` hierarchy to which `Component` belongs.
    `class` | `InputEvent` The root event class for all component-level input events.
    `class` | `InputMethodEvent` Input method events contain information about text that is being composed using an input method.
    `class` | `InvocationEvent` An event which executes the `run()` method on a `Runnable` when dispatched by the AWT event dispatcher thread.
    `class` | `ItemEvent` A semantic event which indicates that an item was selected or deselected.
    `class` | `KeyEvent` An event which indicates that a keystroke occurred in a component.
    `class` | `MouseEvent` An event which indicates that a mouse action occurred in a component.
    `class` | `MouseWheelEvent` An event which indicates that the mouse wheel was rotated in a component.
    `class` | `PaintEvent` The component-level paint event.
    `class` | `TextEvent` A semantic event which indicates that an object's text changed.
    `class` | `WindowEvent` A low-level event that indicates that a window has changed its status.

    Methods in java.awt.event with parameters of type AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | AWTEventListenerProxy.`eventDispatched(AWTEvent event)` Forwards the AWT event to the listener delegate.
    `void` | AWTEventListener.`eventDispatched(AWTEvent event)` Invoked when an event is dispatched in the AWT.

  - ### Uses of AWTEvent in java.awt.im

    Methods in java.awt.im with parameters of type AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | InputContext.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent event)` Dispatches an event to the active input method.

  - ### Uses of AWTEvent in java.awt.im.spi

    Methods in java.awt.im.spi with parameters of type AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | InputMethod.`dispatchEvent(AWTEvent event)` Dispatches the event to the input method.

  - ### Uses of AWTEvent in javax.swing.event

    Subclasses of AWTEvent in javax.swing.event
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `AncestorEvent` An event reported to a child component that originated from an ancestor in the component hierarchy.
    `class` | `InternalFrameEvent` An `AWTEvent` that adds support for `JInternalFrame` objects as the event source.
    `class` | `MenuDragMouseEvent` MenuDragMouseEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a MouseEvent forwarded to it under drag conditions.
    `class` | `MenuKeyEvent` MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it in a menu tree.

  - ### Uses of AWTEvent in javax.swing.plaf

    Methods in javax.swing.plaf with parameters of type AWTEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | LayerUI.`eventDispatched(AWTEvent e, JLayer<? extends V> l)` Processes `AWTEvent`s for `JLayer` and all its descendants to this `LayerUI` instance.

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