EventObject.java

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 * @(#)EventObject.java	1.22 06/10/10
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package java.util;

/**
 * <p>
 * The root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.
 * <p>
 * All Events are constructed with a reference to the object, the "source",
 * that is logically deemed to be the object upon which the Event in question
 * initially occurred upon.
 * 
 * @since JDK1.1
 */

public class EventObject implements java.io.Serializable {
    /**
     * The object on which the Event initially occurred.
     */
    protected transient Object  source;

    /**
     * Constructs a prototypical Event.
     *
     * @param    source    The object on which the Event initially occurred.
     */
    public EventObject(Object source) {
	if (source == null)
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("null source");

        this.source = source;
    }

    /**
     * The object on which the Event initially occurred.
     *
     * @return   The object on which the Event initially occurred.
     */
    public Object getSource() {
        return source;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a String representation of this EventObject.
     *
     * @return  A a String representation of this EventObject.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return getClass().getName() + "[source=" + source + "]";
    }
}