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The entire handleEvent mechanism is depricated.  See the
WindowListener interface, WindowAdapter class and the
addWindowListener function of the Window class for the updated
functionality.  These interfaces represent the new way to handle
window events as of JDK 1.1.


On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:41:26 -0700, "Sam C. King"
<samcking@olypen.com> wrote:

>Deprecation:  it is now wrong to use this simple code:
>
>public boolean handleEvent (Event event)
>{
>
>if ( event.id == Event.WINDOW_DESTROY )
>   {
>   setVisible(false);
>   dispose();
>   return true;
>   }
>return super.handleEvent( event );
>}
>
>The deprecation warning comes from the last line:
>return...handleEvent....
>
>So, what are you suppose to do?  There are no working
>examples that I can find.  I found the section on
>WINDOW_CLOSING, but there is just some obscure
>instructions and never the courtsey of a small
>working example.
>Thanks
>Sam   samcking@olypen.com
>

Chris Hill
hillca@cs.purdue.edu