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Class java.awt.EventQueue 

java.lang.Object
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public class EventQueue
extends Object
EventQueue is a platform-independent class that queues events, both from the underlying peer classes and from trusted application classes. There is only one EventQueue for the system.

Constructor Index

o EventQueue()

Method Index

o getNextEvent()
Remove an event from the queue and return it.
o peekEvent()
Return the first event without removing it.
o peekEvent(int)
o postEvent(AWTEvent)
Post a 1.1-style event to the EventQueue.

Constructors

o EventQueue 
    method EventQueue() public

Methods

o postEvent 
    method postEvent(theEvent=AWTEvent)  public    protect
Post a 1.1-style event to the EventQueue.

Parameters:
theEvent - an instance of java.awt.AWTEvent, or a subclass of it.
o getNextEvent 
    method getNextEvent() returns AWTEvent public    protect Signals InterruptedException
Remove an event from the queue and return it. This method will block until an event has been posted by another thread.

Returns:
the next AWTEvent
Throws: InterruptedException
if another thread has interrupted this thread.
o peekEvent 
    method peekEvent() returns AWTEvent public    protect
Return the first event without removing it.

Returns:
the first AWTEvent
o peekEvent 
    method peekEvent(id=int) returns AWTEvent public    protect 

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