event handling with swing (ActionListener)

[stmfc]

KeyListener listens keyboard strokes,
MouseListener listens mouse events, etc.

My question is about ActionListener.
what kind of events does ActionListener listen?

its name does not give much information, or does it listen all possible events?
can you give an example?

[r035198x]

KeyListener listens keyboard strokes,
MouseListener listens mouse events, etc.

My question is about ActionListener.
what kind of events does ActionListener listen?

its name does not give much information, or does it listen all possible events?
can you give an example?

Not all possible events. Most common examples are Button click and enter on a TextField

[stmfc]

Not all possible events. Most common examples are Button click and enter on a TextField

where can i find the full list of these supported events?
i checked the jdk documentation, but could not find there.

[JosAH]

where can i find the full list of these supported events?
i checked the jdk documentation, but could not find there.

Key and Mouse (Motion) events are so called "low level" events. The other events
are "high level" events not directly caused by a device of some sort. The high
level events notify the listeners of bounded (or "vetoable") property changes and
(optionally) required actions. Note that most of Swings JComponents fire quite
a lot of those "high level" events in sequence when something simple such as a
mouse press happens: it could've been on a button that scrolls a list that hides,
exposes a certain element etc.

kind regards,

Jos