During DnD operations it is possible that a user may wish to drop the subject of the operation on a region of a scrollable GUI control that is not currently visible to the user.
DragGestureListenerThe listener interface for receiving drag gesture events.
DragSourceListenerThe DragSourceListener
defines the event interface for originators of Drag and Drop operations to track the state of the user's gesture, and to provide appropriate "drag over" feedback to the user throughout the Drag and Drop operation.
A listener interface for receiving mouse motion events during a drag operation.
DropTargetListenerThe DropTargetListener
interface is the callback interface used by the DropTarget
class to provide notification of DnD operations that involve the subject DropTarget
.
This class contains constant values representing the type of action(s) to be performed by a Drag and Drop operation.
DragGestureEventA DragGestureEvent
is passed to DragGestureListener
's dragGestureRecognized() method when a particular DragGestureRecognizer
detects that a platform dependent drag initiating gesture has occurred on the Component
that it is tracking.
The DragGestureRecognizer
is an abstract base class for the specification of a platform-dependent listener that can be associated with a particular Component
in order to identify platform-dependent drag initiating gestures.
The DragSource
is the entity responsible for the initiation of the Drag and Drop operation, and may be used in a number of scenarios: 1 default instance per JVM for the lifetime of that JVM.
An abstract adapter class for receiving drag source events.
DragSourceContextThe DragSourceContext
class is responsible for managing the initiator side of the Drag and Drop protocol.
The DragSourceDragEvent
is delivered from the DragSourceContextPeer
, via the DragSourceContext
, to the DragSourceListener
registered with that DragSourceContext
and with its associated DragSource
.
The DragSourceDropEvent
is delivered from the DragSourceContextPeer
, via the DragSourceContext
, to the dragDropEnd
method of DragSourceListener
s registered with that DragSourceContext
and with its associated DragSource
.
This class is the base class for DragSourceDragEvent
and DragSourceDropEvent
.
The DropTarget
is associated with a Component
when that Component
wishes to accept drops during Drag and Drop operations.
this protected nested class implements autoscrolling
DropTargetAdapterAn abstract adapter class for receiving drop target events.
DropTargetContextA DropTargetContext
is created whenever the logical cursor associated with a Drag and Drop operation coincides with the visible geometry of a Component
associated with a DropTarget
.
The DropTargetDragEvent
is delivered to a DropTargetListener
via its dragEnter() and dragOver() methods.
The DropTargetDropEvent
is delivered via the DropTargetListener
drop() method.
The DropTargetEvent
is the base class for both the DropTargetDragEvent
and the DropTargetDropEvent
.
This abstract subclass of DragGestureRecognizer
defines a DragGestureRecognizer
for mouse-based gestures.
This exception is thrown by various methods in the java.awt.dnd package.
Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI. Normally driven by a physical gesture of a human user using an appropriate input device, Drag and Drop provides both a mechanism to enable continuous feedback regarding the possible outcome of any subsequent data transfer to the user during navigation over the presentation elements in the GUI, and the facilities to provide for any subsequent data negotiation and transfer.
This package defines the classes and interfaces necessary to perform Drag and Drop operations in Java. It defines classes for the drag-source and the drop-target, as well as events for transferring the data being dragged. This package also provides a means for giving visual feedback to the user throughout the duration of the Drag and Drop operation.
A typical Drag and Drop operation can be decomposed into the following states (not entirely sequentially):
DragSource
comes into existence, associated with some presentation element (Component
) in the GUI, to initiate a Drag and Drop of some potentially Transferable
data.DropTarget
(s) come into/go out of existence, associated with presentation elements in the GUI (Components), potentially capable of consuming Transferable
data types.DragGestureRecognizer
is obtained from the DragSource
and is associated with a Component
in order to track and identify any Drag initiating gesture by the user over the Component
.Component
, which the registered DragGestureRecognizer
detects, and notifies its DragGestureListener
of.
Note: Although this API consistently refers to the stimulus for a drag and drop operation being a physical gesture by a human user, this does not preclude a programmatically driven DnD operation given the appropriate implementation of a DragSource
. This package contains the abstract class MouseDragGestureRecognizer
for recognizing mouse device gestures. Other abstract subclasses may be provided by the platform to support other input devices or particular Component
class semantics.
DragGestureListener
causes the DragSource
to initiate the Drag and Drop operation on behalf of the user, perhaps animating the GUI Cursor and/or rendering an Image
of the item(s) that are the subject of the operation.Component
(s) in the GUI with associated DropTarget
(s), the DragSource
receives notifications in order to provide "Drag Over" feedback effects, and the DropTarget
(s) receive notifications in order to provide "Drag Under" feedback effects based upon the operation(s) supported and the data type(s) involved.The gesture itself moves a logical cursor across the GUI hierarchy, intersecting the geometry of GUI Component(s), possibly resulting in the logical "Drag" cursor entering, crossing, and subsequently leaving Component
(s) and associated DropTarget
(s).
The DragSource
object manifests "Drag Over" feedback to the user, in the typical case by animating the GUI Cursor
associated with the logical cursor.
DropTarget
objects manifest "Drag Under" feedback to the user, in the typical case, by rendering animations into their associated GUI Component
(s) under the GUI Cursor.
The determination of the feedback effects, and the ultimate success or failure of the data transfer, should one occur, is parameterized as follows:
DragSource
and DropTarget
: Copy, Move or Reference(link).DragSource
and the set of data types comprehensible by the DropTarget
.DragSource
and DropTarget
receive notifications that include, and result in the type negotiation and transfer of, the information associated with the DragSource
via a Transferable
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