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Applet AWT Button Control

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Applet AWT Button Control   Introduction Java AWT   (Abstract Window Toolkit) is   an API to develop GUI or window-based applications   in java. Java AWT components are platform-dependent i.e. components are displayed according to the view of operating system. AWT is heavyweight i.e. its components are using the resources of OS. The java.awt package provides classes for AWT api such as TextField, Label, TextArea, RadioButton, CheckBox, Choice, List etc. Java AWT Hierarchy The hierarchy of Java AWT classes are given below. Button is a control component that has a label and generates an event when pressed. When a button is pressed and released, AWT sends an instance of ActionEvent to the button, by calling processEvent on the button. The button's processEvent method receives all events for the button; it passes an action event along by calling its own processActionEvent method. The latter method passes the action event on to any action listeners that hav