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| Chapter 21 java.awt.event Reference |  |

# ContainerEvent

## Name

ContainerEvent

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## Description

Container events are fired off when a component is added to or removed from a container. The AWT automatically deals with adding components to containers; these events are provided only for notification.

## Class Definition

    public class java.awt.event.ContainerEvent
       extends java.awt.event.ComponentEvent {
      // Constants
      public final static int COMPONENT_ADDED;
      public final static int COMPONENT_REMOVED;
      public final static int CONTAINER_FIRST;
      public final static int CONTAINER_LAST;
      // Constructors
      public ContainerEvent (Component source, int id, Component child);
      // Instance Methods
      public Component getChild();
      public Container getContainer();
      public String paramString();
    }

## Constants

### COMPONENT_ADDED

#### public final static int COMPONENT_ADDED

Event type ID indicating that a component was added to a container.

### CONTAINER_FIRST

#### public final static int CONTAINER_FIRST

Specifies the beginning range of container event ID values.

### CONTAINER_LAST

#### public final static int CONTAINER_LAST

Specifies the ending range of container event ID values.

### COMPONENT_REMOVED

#### public final static int COMPONENT_REMOVED

Event type ID indicating that a component was removed from a container.

## Constructors

### ContainerEvent

#### public ContainerEvent (Component source, int id, Component child)

Parameters

  source

    The object that generated the event.

  id

    The event type ID of the event.

  child

    The component that was added or removed.

Description

  Constructs a `ContainerEvent` with the given characteristics.

## Instance Methods

### getChild

#### public Component getChild()

Returns

  The component that is being added or removed.

### getContainer

#### public Container getContainer()

Returns

  The container for this event.

### paramString

#### public String paramString()

Returns

  String with current settings of the `ContainerEvent`.

Overrides

  `ComponentEvent``.paramString()`

Description

  Helper method for `toString()` to generate string of current settings.

## See Also

`Component`, `ComponentEvent`, `Container`, `ContainerAdapter`, `ContainerListener`

ContainerAdapter |  |  | ContainerListener