gcc/libjava/java/beans/PropertyChangeEvent.java
Mark Wielaard 92aaa24628 Add license clarification.
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/* java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent
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package java.beans;
/**
** PropertyChangeEvents are fired in the PropertyChange
** and VetoableChange event classes. They represent the
** old and new values as well as the source Bean.<P>
**
** If the old or new value is a primitive type, it must
** be wrapped in the appropriate wrapper type
** (java.lang.Integer for int, etc., etc.).<P>
**
** If the old or new values are unknown (although why
** that would be I do not know), they may be null.<P>
**
** Right now Sun put in a propagationId, reserved for
** future use. Read the comments on the constructor
** and on setPropagationId for more information.
**
** @author John Keiser
** @since JDK1.1
** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
**/
public class PropertyChangeEvent extends java.util.EventObject {
String propertyName;
Object oldValue;
Object newValue;
Object propagationId;
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7042693688939648123L;
/** Create a new PropertyChangeEvent. Remember that if
** you received a PropertyChangeEvent and are sending
** a new one, you should also set the propagation ID
** from the old PropertyChangeEvent.
** @param source the Bean containing the property.
** @param propertyName the property's name.
** @param oldValue the old value of the property.
** @param newValue the new value of the property.
**/
public PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldVal, Object newVal) {
super(source);
this.propertyName = propertyName;
oldValue = oldVal;
newValue = newVal;
}
/** Get the property name.
** @return the property name.
**/
public String getPropertyName() {
return propertyName;
}
/** Get the property's old value.
** @return the property's old value.
**/
public Object getOldValue() {
return oldValue;
}
/** Get the property's new value.
** @return the property's new value.
**/
public Object getNewValue() {
return newValue;
}
/** Set the propagation ID. This is a way for the event
** to be passed from hand to hand and retain a little
** extra state. Right now it is unused, but it should
** be propagated anyway so that future versions of
** JavaBeans can use it, for God knows what.
** @param propagationId the propagation ID.
**/
public void setPropagationId(Object propagationId) {
this.propagationId = propagationId;
}
/** Get the propagation ID.
** @return the propagation ID.
**/
public Object getPropagationId() {
return propagationId;
}
}