Listeners execution

[Kriti Garg]

hi all,

did any body help me about this,

i have a JButton named editBtn,when i add actionListerner to it ....

editBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {

System.out.println("in first :"+ae.getWhen()+".."+ae.getID());
}


});
editBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
System.out.println("in second :"+ae.getWhen()+".."+ae.getID());
}


});

editBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
System.out.println("in third :"+ae.getWhen()+".."+ae.getID());
}

The output is...

in third
in second
in first

..... from bottom to top always

but when i add Mouse or Key Listener ,like

editBtn.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("mousePressed 1");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("MouseReleased 1");
}


});

editBtn.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("mousePressed 2");
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("MouseReleased 2");
}


});

it is executed from top to bottom

can anybody tell Why?

Thanks
Kriti Garg

[Ben Wood]

Hi Kriti,

Why are you adding more than one listener of each type to the component?

[Kriti Garg]

i was just checking what will happen if i do that.

[Pat Hays]

The reason is that Event methods are executed by thread.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

There's no guarantee in which order event listeners will be invoked. The order may change with each release of the JDK, or may vary by platform. It's a mistake to write listeners that assume they'll be called in a particular order.