Package totalcross.ui.event

Class Event

java.lang.Object

totalcross.ui.event.Event

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnimationEvent, ControlEvent, GridEvent, KeyEvent, ListContainerEvent, MediaClipEvent, MultiTouchEvent, PenEvent, PushNotificationEvent, ScanEvent, TimerEvent, UIRobotEvent

public class Event
extends java.lang.Object

Event is the base class for all events.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
boolean	consumed	Set to true to break the event propagation up to the parents
java.lang.Object	target	The target of the event.
int	timeStamp	The event's timestamp.
int	type	The type of event.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Event()	Constructs a new event with the current time stamp
Event(int type, java.lang.Object target, int timeStamp)	Constructs a new event based in the given parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	clearQueue(int type)	Clears the event queue.
static int	getNextAvailableEventId()	Register a new event with the system.
static boolean	isAvailable()	Returns true if there is an event available in the VM event queue.
java.lang.String	toString()
void	touch()	Updates the timeStamp parameter with the current time

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

type

public int type

The type of event.

target

public java.lang.Object target

The target of the event. For user-interface events, this is the control the event is associated with.

timeStamp

public int timeStamp

The event's timestamp.

See Also:

Vm.getTimeStamp()

consumed

public boolean consumed

Set to true to break the event propagation up to the parents

Constructor Detail

Event

public Event(int type,
             java.lang.Object target,
             int timeStamp)

Constructs a new event based in the given parameters.

Event

public Event()

Constructs a new event with the current time stamp

Method Detail

touch

public void touch()

Updates the timeStamp parameter with the current time

getNextAvailableEventId

public static int getNextAvailableEventId()

Register a new event with the system. Use it to avoid conflict of events created by multiple Applications.

isAvailable

public static boolean isAvailable()

Returns true if there is an event available in the VM event queue.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clearQueue

public static void clearQueue(int type)

Clears the event queue.

Parameters:

type - The Event type to be ignored, or 0 to ignore all types.

Since:

TotalCross 1.2