Event source and listener : Event « Swing Event « Java Tutorial

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.EventListener;
import java.util.EventObject;

abstract class TestEventSource {
  public abstract void addListener(TestEventListener l);

  public abstract void removeListener(TestEventListener l);

  public abstract void fireEvent(java.util.EventObject o);

  public void test() {
    addListener(new TestEventListener("A"));
    fireEvent(new java.util.EventObject(this));
  }
}

class TestEventListener implements EventListener {
  String id;

  public TestEventListener(String id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  public void handleEvent(EventObject o) {
    System.out.println(id + " called");
    if (id.equals("C")) {
      ((TestEventSource) o.getSource()).removeListener(this);
    }
  }
}

public class Main extends TestEventSource {
  ArrayList listeners = new ArrayList();
  public void addListener(TestEventListener l) {
    listeners.add(l);
  }
  public void removeListener(TestEventListener l) {
    listeners.remove(l);
  }
  public void fireEvent(EventObject o) {
    for (int i = 0; i < listeners.size(); i++) {
      TestEventListener l = (TestEventListener) listeners.get(i);
      l.handleEvent(o);
    }
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Main pfles = new Main();
    pfles.test();
  }

}

15.1.Event
	15.1.1.	In the event model, there are three participants
	15.1.2.	Subclasses of AWTEvent
	15.1.3.	ActionEvent Example with One Button That Demonstrates Sources, Events, and Their Listeners
	15.1.4.	Enabling Other Low-level Events
	15.1.5.	Event mask
	15.1.6.	Managing Listener Lists with AWTEventMulticaster
	15.1.7.	Semantic Events
	15.1.8.	Semantic Event Listeners
	15.1.9.	Managing Listener Lists with EventListenerList
	15.1.10.	Writing a Listener as an Anonymous Class
	15.1.11.	Writing a listener as a nested class
	15.1.12.	Creating a Custom Event
	15.1.13.	Event object has information about an event, that has happened.
	15.1.14.	implements AWTEventListener
	15.1.15.	int java.awt.AWTEvent.getID()
	15.1.16.	Event source and listener
	15.1.17.	Process On Swing Event Thread