/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package java.beans; import java.util.EventObject; /** * An event that indicates that a constraint or a boundary of a property has * changed. */ public class PropertyChangeEvent extends EventObject { private static final long serialVersionUID = 7042693688939648123L; String propertyName; Object oldValue; Object newValue; Object propagationId; /** * The constructor used to create a new {@code PropertyChangeEvent}. * * @param source * the changed bean. * @param propertyName * the changed property, or null to indicate an * unspecified set of the properties has changed. * @param oldValue * the previous value of the property, or null if * the propertyName is null or the * previous value is unknown. * @param newValue * the new value of the property, or null if the * propertyName is null or the new * value is unknown. */ public PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue) { super(source); this.propertyName = propertyName; this.oldValue = oldValue; this.newValue = newValue; } /** * Returns the name of the property that has changed. If an unspecified set * of properties has changed it returns null. * * @return the name of the property that has changed, or null. */ public String getPropertyName() { return propertyName; } /** * Sets the propagationId object. * * @see #getPropagationId() */ public void setPropagationId(Object propagationId) { this.propagationId = propagationId; } /** * Returns the propagationId object. This is reserved for future use. Beans * 1.0 demands that a listener receiving this property and then sending its * own PropertyChangeEvent sets the received propagationId on the new * PropertyChangeEvent's propagationId field. * * @return the propagationId object. */ public Object getPropagationId() { return propagationId; } /** * Returns the old value that the property had. If the old value is unknown * this method returns null. * * @return the old property value or null. */ public Object getOldValue() { return oldValue; } /** * Returns the new value that the property now has. If the new value is * unknown this method returns null. * * @return the old property value or null. */ public Object getNewValue() { return newValue; } }