Thamizhselvi

• Jul 23rd, 2007

 

An object that describes a change of state in a source component [ Elements of the GUI] is called event.
When we interact with these Source Components, their state changes then various events to occur.

Example:
Pressing a mouse button, moving a mouse -> Mouse events

Events are supported by the classes and interfaces defined in the
java.awt.event Package.
The event-driven program contains objects with methods that control the various
events and circumstances. This is called as Event Handling.