Class NEWTEvent

Method Details

• getEventType

  public final short getEventType()

  Returns the event type of this event.

• getWhen

  public final long getWhen()

  Returns the timestamp, in milliseconds, of this event.

• setAttachment

  public final void setAttachment(Object attachment)

  Attach the passed object to this event.
  If an object was previously attached, it will be replaced.
  Attachments to NEWT events allow users to pass on information from one custom listener to another, ie custom listener to listener communication.

  Parameters:

  attachment - User application specific object

• getAttachment

  public final Object getAttachment()

  Returns:

  The user application specific attachment, or null

• isConsumed

  public final boolean isConsumed()

  Returns true if this events has been consumed, otherwise false.

  See Also:

  • setConsumed(boolean)

• setConsumed

  public final void setConsumed(boolean consumed)

  If consumed is true, this event is marked as consumed, ie. the event will not be propagated any further to potential other event listener. Otherwise the event will be propagated to other event listener, the default.

  The event is marked as being consumed while attaching the consumedTag.

  Events with platform specific actions will be supressed if marked as consumed. Examples are:

  • KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE on Android's BACK button w/ Activity::finish()
  • KeyEvent.VK_HOME on Android's HOME button w/ Intend.ACTION_MAIN[Intend.CATEGORY_HOME]

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class EventObject

• toString

  public StringBuilder toString(StringBuilder sb)

• toHexString

  public static String toHexString(short hex)