MessageEvent.java

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 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
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package com.google.gwt.nextgen.webmessaging.client;

import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.DomEvent;

/**
 * Represents a native mouse wheel event.
 */
public class MessageEvent extends DomEvent<MessageHandler> {

  /**
   * Event type for mouse wheel events. Represents the meta-data associated with
   * this event.
   */
  private static final Type<MessageHandler> TYPE = new Type<MessageHandler>(
      "message", new MessageEvent());

  /**
   * Gets the event type associated with mouse wheel events.
   * 
   * @return the handler type
   */
  public static Type<MessageHandler> getType() {
    return TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * Protected constructor, use
   * {@link DomEvent#fireNativeEvent(com.google.gwt.dom.client.NativeEvent, com.google.gwt.event.shared.HasHandlers)}
   * to fire mouse wheel events.
   */
  protected MessageEvent() {
  }

  @Override
  public final Type<MessageHandler> getAssociatedType() {
    return TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * Get the change in the mouse wheel position along the Y-axis; positive if
   * the mouse wheel is moving north (toward the top of the screen) or negative
   * if the mouse wheel is moving south (toward the bottom of the screen).
   * 
   * Note that delta values are not normalized across browsers or OSes.
   * 
   * @return the delta of the mouse wheel along the y axis
   */
  public int getDeltaY() {
    return getNativeEvent().getMouseWheelVelocityY();
  }

  /**
   * Convenience method that returns <code>true</code> if {@link #getDeltaY()}
   * is a negative value (ie, the velocity is directed toward the top of the
   * screen).
   * 
   * @return true if the velocity is directed toward the top of the screen
   */
  public boolean isNorth() {
    return getDeltaY() < 0;
  }

  /**
   * Convenience method that returns <code>true</code> if {@link #getDeltaY()}
   * is a positive value (ie, the velocity is directed toward the bottom of the
   * screen).
   * 
   * @return true if the velocity is directed toward the bottom of the screen
   */
  public boolean isSouth() {
    return getDeltaY() > 0;
  }

  @Override
  protected void dispatch(MessageHandler handler) {
    //handler.onMouseWheel(this);
  }
}