Uses of Interface java.awt.event.AWTEventListener (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-03-16

## Uses of Interface
java.awt.event.AWTEventListener

- Packages that use AWTEventListener
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
  java.awt.event | Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.

- - ### Uses of AWTEventListener in java.awt

    Methods in java.awt that return AWTEventListener
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `AWTEventListener[]` | Toolkit.`getAWTEventListeners()` Returns an array of all the `AWTEventListener`s registered on this toolkit.
    `AWTEventListener[]` | Toolkit.`getAWTEventListeners(long eventMask)` Returns an array of all the `AWTEventListener`s registered on this toolkit which listen to all of the event types specified in the `eventMask` argument.

    Methods in java.awt with parameters of type AWTEventListener
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | Toolkit.`addAWTEventListener(AWTEventListener listener, long eventMask)` Adds an AWTEventListener to receive all AWTEvents dispatched system-wide that conform to the given `eventMask`.
    `void` | Toolkit.`removeAWTEventListener(AWTEventListener listener)` Removes an AWTEventListener from receiving dispatched AWTEvents.

  - ### Uses of AWTEventListener in java.awt.event

    Classes in java.awt.event that implement AWTEventListener
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `AWTEventListenerProxy` A class which extends the `EventListenerProxy` specifically for adding an `AWTEventListener` for a specific event mask.

    Constructors in java.awt.event with parameters of type AWTEventListener
    Constructor and Description
    `AWTEventListenerProxy(long eventMask, AWTEventListener listener)` Constructor which binds the `AWTEventListener` to a specific event mask.

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