java.awt
Class Button

java.lang.Object   
  java.awt.Component   
      java.awt.Button

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver , MenuContainer , Serializable , Accessible

public class Button
extends Component   
implements Accessible   

This class creates a labeled button. The application can cause some action to happen when the button is pushed. This image depicts three views of a "Quit" button as it appears under the Solaris operating system:

The first view shows the button as it appears normally. The second view shows the button when it has input focus. Its outline is darkened to let the user know that it is an active object. The third view shows the button when the user clicks the mouse over the button, and thus requests that an action be performed.

The gesture of clicking on a button with the mouse is associated with one instance of ActionEvent, which is sent out when the mouse is both pressed and released over the button. If an application is interested in knowing when the button has been pressed but not released, as a separate gesture, it can specialize processMouseEvent, or it can register itself as a listener for mouse events by calling addMouseListener. Both of these methods are defined by Component, the abstract superclass of all components.

When a button is pressed and released, AWT sends an instance of ActionEvent to the button, by calling processEvent on the button. The button's processEvent method receives all events for the button; it passes an action event along by calling its own processActionEvent method. The latter method passes the action event on to any action listeners that have registered an interest in action events generated by this button.

If an application wants to perform some action based on a button being pressed and released, it should implement ActionListener and register the new listener to receive events from this button, by calling the button's addActionListener method. The application can make use of the button's action command as a messaging protocol.

Since:

JDK1.0

See Also:

ActionEvent , ActionListener , Component.processMouseEvent(java.awt.event.MouseEvent) , Component.addMouseListener(java.awt.event.MouseListener) , Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

protected class

Button.AccessibleAWTButton This class implements accessibility support for the Button class.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component

Component.AccessibleAWTComponent , Component.BltBufferStrategy , Component.FlipBufferStrategy

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT , CENTER_ALIGNMENT , LEFT_ALIGNMENT , RIGHT_ALIGNMENT , TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT , ALLBITS , ERROR , FRAMEBITS , HEIGHT , PROPERTIES , SOMEBITS , WIDTH

Constructor Summary

Button ()
Constructs a button with an empty string for its label.

Button (String label)
Constructs a button with the specified label.

Method Summary

void	addActionListener (ActionListener l) Adds the specified action listener to receive action events from this button.
void	addNotify () Creates the peer of the button.
AccessibleContext	getAccessibleContext () Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this Button.
String	getActionCommand () Returns the command name of the action event fired by this button.
ActionListener []	getActionListeners () Returns an array of all the action listeners registered on this button.
String	getLabel () Gets the label of this button.
<T extends EventListener > T[]	getListeners (Class <T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this Button.
protected String	paramString () Returns a string representing the state of this Button.
protected void	processActionEvent (ActionEvent e) Processes action events occurring on this button by dispatching them to any registered ActionListener objects.
protected void	processEvent (AWTEvent e) Processes events on this button.
void	removeActionListener (ActionListener l) Removes the specified action listener so that it no longer receives action events from this button.
void	setActionCommand (String command) Sets the command name for the action event fired by this button.
void	setLabel (String label) Sets the button's label to be the specified string.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action , add , addComponentListener , addFocusListener , addHierarchyBoundsListener , addHierarchyListener , addInputMethodListener , addKeyListener , addMouseListener , addMouseMotionListener , addMouseWheelListener , addPropertyChangeListener , addPropertyChangeListener , applyComponentOrientation , areFocusTraversalKeysSet , bounds , checkImage , checkImage , coalesceEvents , contains , contains , createImage , createImage , createVolatileImage , createVolatileImage , deliverEvent , disable , disableEvents , dispatchEvent , doLayout , enable , enable , enableEvents , enableInputMethods , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , firePropertyChange , getAlignmentX , getAlignmentY , getBackground , getBounds , getBounds , getColorModel , getComponentAt , getComponentAt , getComponentListeners , getComponentOrientation , getCursor , getDropTarget , getFocusCycleRootAncestor , getFocusListeners , getFocusTraversalKeys , getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled , getFont , getFontMetrics , getForeground , getGraphics , getGraphicsConfiguration , getHeight , getHierarchyBoundsListeners , getHierarchyListeners , getIgnoreRepaint , getInputContext , getInputMethodListeners , getInputMethodRequests , getKeyListeners , getLocale , getLocation , getLocation , getLocationOnScreen , getMaximumSize , getMinimumSize , getMouseListeners , getMouseMotionListeners , getMousePosition , getMouseWheelListeners , getName , getParent , getPeer , getPreferredSize , getPropertyChangeListeners , getPropertyChangeListeners , getSize , getSize , getToolkit , getTreeLock , getWidth , getX , getY , gotFocus , handleEvent , hasFocus , hide , imageUpdate , inside , invalidate , isBackgroundSet , isCursorSet , isDisplayable , isDoubleBuffered