HierarchyEvent.getChangeFlags() has the following syntax.
public long getChangeFlags()
In the following code shows how to use HierarchyEvent.getChangeFlags() method.
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.HierarchyEvent; import java.awt.event.HierarchyListener; /*from ww w .j a va2 s. c om*/ import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JSplitPane; public class Main { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame horizontalFrame = new JFrame(); horizontalFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JComponent topButton = new JButton("Left"); JComponent bottomButton = new JButton("Right"); final JSplitPane splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT); HierarchyListener hierarchyListener = new HierarchyListener() { public void hierarchyChanged(HierarchyEvent e) { long flags = e.getChangeFlags(); System.out.println(e.getSource()); if ((flags & HierarchyEvent.SHOWING_CHANGED) == HierarchyEvent.SHOWING_CHANGED) { splitPane.setDividerLocation(.75); } } }; splitPane.addHierarchyListener(hierarchyListener); splitPane.setTopComponent(topButton); splitPane.setBottomComponent(bottomButton); horizontalFrame.add(splitPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); horizontalFrame.setSize(150, 150); horizontalFrame.setVisible(true); } }