GP.Reactors
Class MouseInteractor

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Reactor

public abstract class MouseInteractor

extends java.lang.Object

implements Reactor

This is a mouse interactor that allows you to define actions that happen when the mouse is moved, or its button is pressed or released. You must override thos class to use it.

Constructor Summary

MouseInteractor()
Build a mouse interactor within the applet.

MouseInteractor(Graphic graphic)
Builds a mouse interactor within a graphic.

Method Summary

void	ButtonMotion() Override this method to perform an action while the mouse is being moved with the button pressed.
void	ButtonPress() Override this method to perform an action when the mouse button is pressed.
void	ButtonRelease() Override this method to perform an action when the mouse button is released
Position	GetPosition() Use this function to get the position of the mouse at the time of the call.
void	TurnOff() This method is used to make this interactor stop listening to mouse events.
void	TurnOn() This method is used to cause this reactor to listen to mouse events.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MouseInteractor

public MouseInteractor()

Build a mouse interactor within the applet.

MouseInteractor

public MouseInteractor(Graphic graphic)

Builds a mouse interactor within a graphic.

Parameters:

container - graphic in which the mouse interactor will respond

Method Detail

ButtonPress

public void ButtonPress()

Override this method to perform an action when the mouse button is pressed.

ButtonRelease

public void ButtonRelease()

Override this method to perform an action when the mouse button is released

ButtonMotion

public void ButtonMotion()

Override this method to perform an action while the mouse is being moved with the button pressed. This method is called until the button is released whether the mouse is inside the graphic or not.

GetPosition

public Position GetPosition()

Use this function to get the position of the mouse at the time of the call.

Returns:

The position of the mouse.

TurnOff

public void TurnOff()

This method is used to make this interactor stop listening to mouse events.

Specified by:

TurnOff in interface Reactor

TurnOn

public void TurnOn()

This method is used to cause this reactor to listen to mouse events.

Specified by:

TurnOn in interface Reactor