AWT FocusAdapter Class

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FocusAdapter

Introduction

The class FocusAdapter is an abstract (adapter) class for receiving keyboard focus events. All methods of this class are empty. This class is a convenient class for creating listener objects.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.FocusAdapter class:

public abstract class FocusAdapter
   extends Object
      implements FocusListener

Class constructors

S.N.Constructor & Description
1FocusAdapter()

Class methods

S.N.Method & Description
1void focusGained(FocusEvent e)Invoked when a component gains the keyboard focus.
2focusLost(FocusEvent e)Invoked when a component loses the keyboard focus.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes:

  • java.lang.Object

FocusAdapter Example

Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say D:/ > AWT > com > adglob > gui >AwtAdapterDemo.java

package com.adglob.gui;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class AwtAdapterDemo {
   private Frame mainFrame;
   private Label headerLabel;
   private Label statusLabel;
   private Panel controlPanel;

   public AwtAdapterDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){
      AwtAdapterDemo  awtAdapterDemo = new AwtAdapterDemo();        
      awtAdapterDemo.showFocusAdapterDemo();
   }

   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new Frame("Java AWT Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }        
      });    
      headerLabel = new Label();
      headerLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel = new Label();        
      statusLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);

      controlPanel = new Panel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }

   private void showFocusAdapterDemo(){

      headerLabel.setText("Listener in action: FocusAdapter");      

      Button okButton = new Button("OK");
      Button cancelButton = new Button("Cancel");
      okButton.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
         public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
            statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() 
            + " gained focus. ");
         }
      });  
      
      cancelButton.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
         public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
            statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() 
            + " lost focus. ");
         }
      });  
      
      controlPanel.add(okButton);
      controlPanel.add(cancelButton);     
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
}

Compile the program using command prompt. Go to D:/ > AWT and type the following command.

D:\AWT>javac com\adglob\gui\AwtAdapterDemo.java

If no error comes that means compilation is successful. Run the program using following command.

D:\AWT>java com.adglob.gui.AwtAdapterDemo

Verify the following output

FocusAdapter

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