Package org.geotools.swing.event

Interface MapMouseEventDispatcher

All Superinterfaces:
EventListener, MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, MouseWheelListener
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultMapMouseEventDispatcher
public interface MapMouseEventDispatcher extends MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, MouseWheelListener
Takes Java AWT mouse events received by a map pane and converts them to MapMouseEvents which add world location data. The resulting events are then dispatched to MapMouseListeners by the methods overriden from the AWT listener interfaces.
Since:
8.0
Author:
Michael Bedward

  • Method Details

    • addMouseListener

      boolean addMouseListener(MapMouseListener listener)
      Adds a listener for map pane mouse events.
      Parameters:
      listener - the new listener
      Returns:
      true if successful; false otherwise
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the listener is null

    • removeMouseListener

      boolean removeMouseListener(MapMouseListener listener)
      Removes the given listener.
      Parameters:
      listener - the listener to remove
      Returns:
      true if successful; false otherwise
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the listener is null

    • removeAllListeners

      void removeAllListeners()
      Removes all listeners.

    • convertEvent

      MapMouseEvent convertEvent(MouseEvent ev)
      Converts an incoming Java AWT mouse event to a MapMouseEvent.
      Parameters:
      ev - the input event

    • convertEvent

      MapMouseEvent convertEvent(MouseWheelEvent ev)
      Converts an incoming Java AWT mouse wheel event to a MapMouseEvent.
      Parameters:
      ev - the input event