How does one determine if an EventObject is a MouseEvent an ActionEvent or something else?

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How does one determine if an EventObject is a MouseEvent an ActionEvent or something else?

Is there a simple way to check the type of an EventObject?

How did you reach a situation where you need to check the type of event? If you provided some background to your question, it will probably become apparent where you should have cast the event. — Rainbolt, Mar 05 '14 at 18:03
possible duplicate of [How to determine an object's class (in Java)?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/541749/how-to-determine-an-objects-class-in-java) — Rainbolt, Mar 05 '14 at 18:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 18:00

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You can use the instanceof keyword.

public boolean isActionEvent(EventObject o){
   return o instanceof ActionEvent;
}

answered Mar 05 '14 at 18:00

Kevin Workman

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 05 '14 at 18:03

1

you can use the instanceof operator.

objectname instanceof EventObjectName

edited Mar 05 '14 at 18:03

Not a bug

answered Mar 05 '14 at 18:00

rogue-one

2 Answers2