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* Normally PropertyChangeEvents are accompanied by the name and the old * and new value of the changed property. If the new value is a primitive * type (such as int or boolean) it must be wrapped as the * corresponding java.lang.* Object type (such as Integer or Boolean). *
* Null values may be provided for the old and the new values if their * true values are not known. *
* An event source may send a null object as the name to indicate that an * arbitrary set of if its properties have changed. In this case the * old and new values should also be null. */ public class PropertyChangeEvent extends EventObject { private static final long serialVersionUID = 7042693688939648123L; /** * Constructs a new {@code PropertyChangeEvent}. * * @param source the bean that fired the event * @param propertyName the programmatic name of the property that was changed * @param oldValue the old value of the property * @param newValue the new value of the property * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code source} is {@code null} */ public PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue) { super(source); this.propertyName = propertyName; this.newValue = newValue; this.oldValue = oldValue; } /** * Gets the programmatic name of the property that was changed. * * @return The programmatic name of the property that was changed. * May be null if multiple properties have changed. */ public String getPropertyName() { return propertyName; } /** * Gets the new value for the property, expressed as an Object. * * @return The new value for the property, expressed as an Object. * May be null if multiple properties have changed. */ public Object getNewValue() { return newValue; } /** * Gets the old value for the property, expressed as an Object. * * @return The old value for the property, expressed as an Object. * May be null if multiple properties have changed. */ public Object getOldValue() { return oldValue; } /** * Sets the propagationId object for the event. * * @param propagationId The propagationId object for the event. */ public void setPropagationId(Object propagationId) { this.propagationId = propagationId; } /** * The "propagationId" field is reserved for future use. In Beans 1.0 * the sole requirement is that if a listener catches a PropertyChangeEvent * and then fires a PropertyChangeEvent of its own, then it should * make sure that it propagates the propagationId field from its * incoming event to its outgoing event. * * @return the propagationId object associated with a bound/constrained * property update. */ public Object getPropagationId() { return propagationId; } /** * name of the property that changed. May be null, if not known. * @serial */ private String propertyName; /** * New value for property. May be null if not known. * @serial */ private Object newValue; /** * Previous value for property. May be null if not known. * @serial */ private Object oldValue; /** * Propagation ID. May be null. * @serial * @see #getPropagationId */ private Object propagationId; /** * Returns a string representation of the object. * * @return a string representation of the object * * @since 1.7 */ public String toString() { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(getClass().getName()); sb.append("[propertyName=").append(getPropertyName()); appendTo(sb); sb.append("; oldValue=").append(getOldValue()); sb.append("; newValue=").append(getNewValue()); sb.append("; propagationId=").append(getPropagationId()); sb.append("; source=").append(getSource()); return sb.append("]").toString(); } void appendTo(StringBuilder sb) { } }