public class

MenuKeyEvent

extends KeyEvent
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.util.EventObject
     ↳ java.awt.AWTEvent
       ↳ java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
         ↳ java.awt.event.InputEvent
           ↳ java.awt.event.KeyEvent
             ↳ javax.swing.event.MenuKeyEvent

Class Overview

MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it in a menu tree.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeansTM has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From class java.awt.event.KeyEvent
From class java.awt.event.InputEvent
From class java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
From class java.awt.AWTEvent
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Inherited Fields
From class java.awt.AWTEvent
From class java.util.EventObject
Public Constructors
MenuKeyEvent(Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int keyCode, char keyChar, MenuElement[] p, MenuSelectionManager m)
Constructs a MenuKeyEvent object.
Public Methods
MenuSelectionManager getMenuSelectionManager()
Returns the current menu selection manager.
MenuElement[] getPath()
Returns the path to the menu item referenced by this event.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.awt.event.KeyEvent
From class java.awt.event.InputEvent
From class java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
From class java.awt.AWTEvent
From class java.util.EventObject
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public MenuKeyEvent (Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int keyCode, char keyChar, MenuElement[] p, MenuSelectionManager m)

Constructs a MenuKeyEvent object.

Parameters
source the Component that originated the event (typically this)
id an int specifying the type of event, as defined in KeyEvent
when a long identifying the time the event occurred
modifiers an int specifying any modifier keys held down, as specified in InputEvent
keyCode an int specifying the specific key that was pressed
keyChar a char specifying the key's character value, if any -- null if the key has no character value
p an array of MenuElement objects specifying a path to a menu item affected by the drag
m a MenuSelectionManager object that handles selections

Public Methods

public MenuSelectionManager getMenuSelectionManager ()

Returns the current menu selection manager.

Returns
  • a MenuSelectionManager object

public MenuElement[] getPath ()

Returns the path to the menu item referenced by this event.

Returns
  • an array of MenuElement objects representing the path value