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package javax.swing.event;
import java.util.EventObject;
/**
* CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that
* the text caret has changed in the event source.
* <p>
* <strong>Warning:</strong>
* Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
* future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
* appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
* the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage
* of all JavaBeans<sup><font size="-2">TM</font></sup>
* has been added to the <code>java.beans</code> package.
* Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
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* @author Timothy Prinzing
*/
public abstract class CaretEvent extends EventObject {
/**
* Creates a new CaretEvent object.
*
* @param source the object responsible for the event
*/
public CaretEvent(Object source) {
super(source);
}
/**
* Fetches the location of the caret.
*
* @return the dot >= 0
*/
public abstract int getDot();
/**
* Fetches the location of other end of a logical
* selection. If there is no selection, this
* will be the same as dot.
*
* @return the mark >= 0
*/
public abstract int getMark();
}