bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/common/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Event.java

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package org.eclipse.swt.widgets;


import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*;

/**
 * Instances of this class provide a description of a particular
 * event which occurred within SWT. The SWT <em>untyped listener</em>
 * API uses these instances for all event dispatching.
 * <p>
 * Note: For a given event, only the fields which are appropriate
 * will be filled in. The contents of the fields which are not used
 * by the event are unspecified.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see Listener
 * @see org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent
 */

public class Event {
	
	/**
	 * the display where the event occurred
	 * 
	 * @since 2.0 
	 */	
	public Display display;
		
	/**
	 * the widget that issued the event
	 */
	public Widget widget;
	
	/**
	 * the type of event, as defined by the event type constants
	 * in class <code>SWT</code>
	 *
	 * @see SWT
	 */
	public int type;
	
	/**
	 * the event specific detail field, as defined by the detail constants
	 * in class <code>SWT</code>
	 * 
	 * @see SWT
	 */
	public int detail;
	
	/**
	 * the item that the event occurred in (can be null)
	 */
	public Widget item;
	
	/**
	 * the graphics context to use when painting
	 * that is configured to use the colors, font and
	 * damaged region of the control.  It is valid
	 * only during the paint and must not be disposed
	 */
	public GC gc;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event type, the x offset of the bounding
	 * rectangle of the region that requires painting or the
	 * widget-relative, x coordinate of the pointer at the
	 * time the mouse button was pressed or released
	 */
	public int x;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event type, the y offset of the bounding
	 * rectangle of the  region that requires painting or the
	 * widget-relative, y coordinate of the pointer at the
	 * time the mouse button was pressed or released
	 */
	public int y;
	
	/**
	 * the width of the bounding rectangle of the 
	 * region that requires painting
	 */
	public int width;
	
	/**
	 * the height of the bounding rectangle of the 
	 * region that requires painting
	 */
	public int height;

	/**
	 * the number of following paint events which
     * are pending which may always be zero on
	 * some platforms
	 */
	public int count;
	
	/**
	 * the time that the event occurred.
	 * 
	 * NOTE: This field is an unsigned integer and should
	 * be AND'ed with 0xFFFFFFFFL so that it can be treated
	 * as a signed long.
	 */	
	public int time;
	
	/**
	 * the button that was pressed or released; 1 for the
	 * first button, 2 for the second button, and 3 for the
	 * third button, etc.
	 */	
	public int button;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event, the character represented by the key
	 * that was typed.  This is the final character that results
	 * after all modifiers have been applied.  For example, when the
	 * user types Ctrl+A, the character value is 0x01 (NUL).  It is
	 * important that applications do not attempt to modify the character
	 * value based on a stateMask (such as SWT.CTRL) or the resulting
 	 * character will not be correct.
	 */
	public char character;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event, the key code of the key that was typed,
	 * as defined by the key code constants in class <code>SWT</code>.
	 * When the character field of the event is ambiguous, this field
	 * contains the unicode value of the original character.  For example,
	 * typing Ctrl+M or Return both result in the character '\r' but the
	 * keyCode field will also contain '\r' when Return was typed.
	 * 
	 * @see SWT
	 */
	public int keyCode;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event, the state of the keyboard modifier
	 * keys and mouse masks at the time the event was generated.
	 * 
	 * @see SWT
	 */
	public int stateMask;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event, the range of text being modified.
	 * Setting these fields has no effect.
	 */
	public int start, end;
	
	/**
	 * depending on the event, the new text that will be inserted.
	 * Setting this field will change the text that is about to
	 * be inserted or deleted.
	 */
	public String text;

	/**
	 * depending on the event, a flag indicating whether the operation
	 * should be allowed.  Setting this field to false will cancel the
	 * operation.
	 */
	public boolean doit = true;
	
	/**
	 * a field for application use
	 */
	public Object data;
	
/**
* Gets the bounds.
* <p>
* @return a rectangle that is the bounds.
*/
public Rectangle getBounds () {
	return new Rectangle (x, y, width, height);
}

/**
* Sets the bounds.
* <p>
* @param x the new x position
* @param y the new y position
* @param width the new width
* @param height the new height
*/
public void setBounds (Rectangle rect) {
	this.x = rect.x;
	this.y = rect.y;
	this.width = rect.width;
	this.height = rect.height;
}

/**
* Returns a string representation of the object.
*
* @return a string representation of the object
*/
public String toString () {
	return "Event {type=" + type + ",widget=" + widget + ",x=" + x + ",y=" + y + ",width=" + width + ",height=" + height + "}";  //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$ //$NON-NLS-5$ //$NON-NLS-6$ //$NON-NLS-7$
}
}