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Cursor (New)

Name

Cursor (New)

[Graphic: Figure from the text]

Description

The Cursor class represents the mouse pointer. It encapsulates information that used to be in java.awt.Frame in the 1.0.2 release.

Class Definition

public class java.awt.Cursor
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements java.io.Serializable {
  // Constants
  public final static int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR;
  public final static int DEFAULT_CURSOR;
  public final static int E_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int HAND_CURSOR;
  public final static int MOVE_CURSOR;
  public final static int N_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int S_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int TEXT_CURSOR;
  public final static int W_RESIZE_CURSOR;
  public final static int WAIT_CURSOR;
  // Class Variables
  protected static Cursor[] predefined;
  // Class Methods
  public static Cursor getDefaultCursor();
  public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor (int type);
  // Constructors
  public Cursor (int type);
  // Instance Methods
  public int getType();
}

Constants

CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

public final static int CROSSHAIR_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that looks like a crosshair.

DEFAULT_CURSOR

public final static int DEFAULT_CURSOR

Constant representing the platform's default cursor.

E_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int E_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing the cursor for resizing an object on the left.

HAND_CURSOR

public final static int HAND_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that looks like a hand.

MOVE_CURSOR

public final static int MOVE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor used to move an object.

N_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int N_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top.

NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int NE_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top left corner.

NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int NW_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the top right corner.

S_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int S_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom.

SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int SE_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom left corner.

SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int SW_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the bottom right corner.

TEXT_CURSOR

public final static int TEXT_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor used within text.

W_RESIZE_CURSOR

public final static int W_RESIZE_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor for resizing an object on the right side.

WAIT_CURSOR

public final static int WAIT_CURSOR

Constant representing a cursor that indicates the program is busy.

Class Variables

predefined

protected static Cursor[] predefined

An array of cursor instances corresponding to the predefined cursor types.

Class Methods

getDefaultCursor

public static Cursor getDefaultCursor()

Returns

The default system cursor.

getPredefinedCursor

public static Cursor getPredefinedCursor (int type)

Parameters

type

One of the type constants defined in this class.

Returns

A Cursor object with the specified type.

Constructors

Cursor

public Cursor (int type)

Parameters

type

One of the type constants defined in this class.

Description

Constructs a Cursor object with the specified type.

Instance Methods

getType

public int getType()

Returns

The type of cursor.

See Also

Frame


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