Java ActionEvent.getWhen()
Syntax
ActionEvent.getWhen() has the following syntax.
public long getWhen()
Example
In the following code shows how to use ActionEvent.getWhen() method.
// www . j a v a 2 s .c om
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.ItemSelectable;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class Main {
public static void main(final String args[]) {
final String labels[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" };
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Selecting JComboBox");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox(labels);
frame.add(comboBox, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
System.out.println("Command: " + actionEvent.getActionCommand());
ItemSelectable is = (ItemSelectable)actionEvent.getSource();
System.out.println(", Selected: " + selectedString(is));
System.out.println(", Selected: " + new Date(actionEvent.getWhen()));
}
};
comboBox.addActionListener(actionListener);
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
static private String selectedString(ItemSelectable is) {
Object selected[] = is.getSelectedObjects();
return ((selected.length == 0) ? "null" : (String)selected[0]);
}
}
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