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package java.beans;
import java.util.EventObject;
/**
* An event that indicates that a constraint or a boundary of a property has
* changed.
*/
public class PropertyChangeEvent extends EventObject {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7042693688939648123L;
String propertyName;
Object oldValue;
Object newValue;
Object propagationId;
/**
* The constructor used to create a new {@code PropertyChangeEvent}.
*
* @param source
* the changed bean.
* @param propertyName
* the changed property, or <code>null</code> to indicate an
* unspecified set of the properties has changed.
* @param oldValue
* the previous value of the property, or <code>null</code> if
* the <code>propertyName</code> is <code>null</code> or the
* previous value is unknown.
* @param newValue
* the new value of the property, or <code>null</code> if the
* <code>propertyName</code> is <code>null</code> or the new
* value is unknown.
*/
public PropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName,
Object oldValue, Object newValue) {
super(source);
this.propertyName = propertyName;
this.oldValue = oldValue;
this.newValue = newValue;
}
/**
* Returns the name of the property that has changed. If an unspecified set
* of properties has changed it returns null.
*
* @return the name of the property that has changed, or null.
*/
public String getPropertyName() {
return propertyName;
}
/**
* Sets the propagationId object.
*
* @see #getPropagationId()
*/
public void setPropagationId(Object propagationId) {
this.propagationId = propagationId;
}
/**
* Returns the propagationId object. This is reserved for future use. Beans
* 1.0 demands that a listener receiving this property and then sending its
* own PropertyChangeEvent sets the received propagationId on the new
* PropertyChangeEvent's propagationId field.
*
* @return the propagationId object.
*/
public Object getPropagationId() {
return propagationId;
}
/**
* Returns the old value that the property had. If the old value is unknown
* this method returns null.
*
* @return the old property value or null.
*/
public Object getOldValue() {
return oldValue;
}
/**
* Returns the new value that the property now has. If the new value is
* unknown this method returns null.
*
* @return the old property value or null.
*/
public Object getNewValue() {
return newValue;
}
}