Re: What is the purpose of dispatchEvent

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From: Joi Ellis
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:00

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Jon Scoleri <jscoleri@webpipe.net> wrote:
> Does dispatchEvent allow me to throw an event on the object's queue to be
> processed after the current chain of events completes?


You want to be inspecting the data model, the PlainDocument behind the
text field.  

See: 
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/textfield.html#validation
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/events/documentlistener.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/example-swing/WholeNumberField.java
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