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25 package javax.swing.event;
26
27 import java.util.EventObject;
28
29
30 /**
31 * CaretEvent is used to notify interested parties that
32 * the text caret has changed in the event source.
33 * <p>
34 * <strong>Warning:</strong>
35 * Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
36 * future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
37 * appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
38 * the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage
39 * of all JavaBeans™
40 * has been added to the {@code java.beans} package.
41 * Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
42 *
43 * @author Timothy Prinzing
44 */
45 @SuppressWarnings("serial") // Same-version serialization only
46 public abstract class CaretEvent extends EventObject {
47
48 /**
49 * Creates a new CaretEvent object.
50 *
51 * @param source the object responsible for the event
52 */
53 public CaretEvent(Object source) {
54 super(source);
55 }
56
57 /**
58 * Fetches the location of the caret.
59 *
60 * @return the dot >= 0
61 */
62 public abstract int getDot();
63
64 /**
65 * Fetches the location of other end of a logical
66 * selection. If there is no selection, this
67 * will be the same as dot.
68 *
69 * @return the mark >= 0
70 */
71 public abstract int getMark();
72 }
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