Module java.desktop

Package java.beans

Class PropertyChangeEvent

java.lang.Object

java.util.EventObject

java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IndexedPropertyChangeEvent

public class PropertyChangeEvent
extends EventObject

A "PropertyChange" event gets delivered whenever a bean changes a "bound" or "constrained" property. A PropertyChangeEvent object is sent as an argument to the PropertyChangeListener and VetoableChangeListener methods.

Normally PropertyChangeEvents are accompanied by the name and the old and new value of the changed property. If the new value is a primitive type (such as int or boolean) it must be wrapped as the corresponding java.lang.* Object type (such as Integer or Boolean).

Null values may be provided for the old and the new values if their true values are not known.

An event source may send a null object as the name to indicate that an arbitrary set of if its properties have changed. In this case the old and new values should also be null.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields declared in class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue)	Constructs a new PropertyChangeEvent.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getNewValue()	Gets the new value for the property, expressed as an Object.
Object	getOldValue()	Gets the old value for the property, expressed as an Object.
Object	getPropagationId()	The "propagationId" field is reserved for future use.
String	getPropertyName()	Gets the programmatic name of the property that was changed.
void	setPropagationId(Object propagationId)	Sets the propagationId object for the event.
String	toString()	Returns a string representation of the object.

Methods declared in class java.util.EventObject

getSource

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PropertyChangeEvent

public PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue)

Constructs a new PropertyChangeEvent.

Parameters:

source - the bean that fired the event

propertyName - the programmatic name of the property that was changed

oldValue - the old value of the property

newValue - the new value of the property

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

Method Details

getPropertyName

public String getPropertyName()

Gets the programmatic name of the property that was changed.

Returns:

The programmatic name of the property that was changed. May be null if multiple properties have changed.

getNewValue

public Object getNewValue()

Gets the new value for the property, expressed as an Object.

Returns:

The new value for the property, expressed as an Object. May be null if multiple properties have changed.

getOldValue

public Object getOldValue()

Gets the old value for the property, expressed as an Object.

Returns:

The old value for the property, expressed as an Object. May be null if multiple properties have changed.

setPropagationId

public void setPropagationId(Object propagationId)

Sets the propagationId object for the event.

Parameters:

propagationId - The propagationId object for the event.

getPropagationId

public Object getPropagationId()

The "propagationId" field is reserved for future use. In Beans 1.0 the sole requirement is that if a listener catches a PropertyChangeEvent and then fires a PropertyChangeEvent of its own, then it should make sure that it propagates the propagationId field from its incoming event to its outgoing event.

Returns:

the propagationId object associated with a bound/constrained property update.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class EventObject

Returns:

a string representation of the object

Since:

1.7