org.apache.tapestry.event
Class BrowserEvent

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry.event.BrowserEvent

public class BrowserEvent
extends Object

Represents a client side generated browser event.

Author:

jkuhnert

Field Summary

static String	CHAR_CODE
static String	KEYS
static String	LAYER_X
static String	LAYER_Y
static String	NAME
static String	PAGE_X
static String	PAGE_Y
static String	TARGET
static String	TARGET_ATTR_ID
static String	TYPE

Constructor Summary

BrowserEvent(IRequestCycle cycle)
Creates a new browser event that will extract its own parameters.

BrowserEvent(String name, EventTarget target)
Creates a new browser event with the specified name/target properties.

Method Summary

String	getCharCode()
String[]	getKeys()
String	getLayerX()
String	getLayerY()
String	getName() The name of the event that was generated.
String	getPageX()
String	getPageY()
EventTarget	getTarget() Returns the target of the client side event.
String	getType()
static boolean	hasBrowserEvent(IRequestCycle cycle) Utility method to check if the current request contains a browser event.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NAME

public static final String NAME

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TYPE

public static final String TYPE

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KEYS

public static final String KEYS

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CHAR_CODE

public static final String CHAR_CODE

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PAGE_X

public static final String PAGE_X

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PAGE_Y

public static final String PAGE_Y

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LAYER_X

public static final String LAYER_X

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LAYER_Y

public static final String LAYER_Y

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TARGET

public static final String TARGET

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TARGET_ATTR_ID

public static final String TARGET_ATTR_ID

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Constructor Detail

BrowserEvent

public BrowserEvent(IRequestCycle cycle)

Creates a new browser event that will extract its own parameters.

Parameters:

cycle - The request cycle to extract parameters from.

BrowserEvent

public BrowserEvent(String name,
                    EventTarget target)

Creates a new browser event with the specified name/target properties.

Parameters:

name - The name of the event, ie "onClick", "onBlur", etc..

target - The target of the client side event.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of the event that was generated.

Examples would be onClick,onSelect,onLoad,etc....

Returns:

The event name.

getTarget

public EventTarget getTarget()

Returns the target of the client side event.

Returns:

getCharCode

public String getCharCode()

Returns:

the charCode

getKeys

public String[] getKeys()

Returns:

the keys

getLayerX

public String getLayerX()

Returns:

the layerX

getLayerY

public String getLayerY()

Returns:

the layerY

getPageX

public String getPageX()

Returns:

the pageX

getPageY

public String getPageY()

Returns:

the pageY

getType

public String getType()

Returns:

the type

hasBrowserEvent

public static boolean hasBrowserEvent(IRequestCycle cycle)

Utility method to check if the current request contains a browser event.

Parameters:

cycle - The associated request.

Returns:

True if the request contains browser event data.