A MouseEvent object is passed to every MouseListener or MouseAdapter object which is registered to receive the "interesting" mouse events using the component's addMouseListener method. (MouseAdapter objects implement the MouseListener interf

Alternatively, use the corresponding AWT MouseAdapter class, which implements the MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, and MouseWheelListener interfaces. The following example shows a mouse listener. At the top of the window is a blank area (implemented by

To draw the rectangle, the application must implement an event handler for three kinds of mouse events: mouse presses, mouse drags, and mouse releases. To be informed of all these events, the handler must implement both the MouseListener and MouseMotionLi