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| Chapter 20 The java.awt.event Package |

## 20.15 java.awt.event.ItemEvent (JDK 1.1)

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An event of this type indicates that an item within an `ItemSelectable` component has had its selection state changed.

`getItemSelectable()` is a convenient alternative to `getSource()` that returns the `ItemSelectable` object that originated the event. `getItem()` returns an object that represents the item that was selected or deselected.

`getID()` returns the type of the `ItemEvent`. The standard AWT components always generate item events of type `ITEM_STATE_CHANGED`. The `getStateChange()` method returns the new selection state of the item: it returns one of the constants `SELECTED` or `DESELECTED`. (This value can be misleading for `Checkbox` components that are part of a `CheckboxGroup`. If the user attempts to deselect a selected component, a `DESELECTED` event is delivered, but the `CheckboxGroup` immediately re-selects the component to enforce its requirement that at least one `Checkbox` be selected at all times.)

    public class ItemEvent extends AWTEvent {
        // Public Constructor
                public ItemEvent(ItemSelectable source, int id, Object item, int stateChange);
        // Constants
                public static final int DESELECTED;
                public static final int ITEM_FIRST;
                public static final int ITEM_LAST;
                public static final int ITEM_STATE_CHANGED;
                public static final int SELECTED;
        // Public Instance Methods
                public Object getItem();
                public ItemSelectable getItemSelectable();
                public int getStateChange();
                public String paramString();  // Overrides AWTEvent
    }

### Hierarchy:

`Object->EventObject(Serializable)->AWTEvent->ItemEvent`

### Passed To:

`AWTEventMulticaster.itemStateChanged(), Checkbox.processItemEvent(), CheckboxMenuItem.processItemEvent(), Choice.processItemEvent(), ItemListener.itemStateChanged(), List.processItemEvent()`

java.awt.event.InputEvent (JDK 1.1) |  | java.awt.event.ItemListener (JDK 1.1)