SWING: ComponentListener Interface Cheat Sheet

Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.ComponentListener interface

public interface ComponentListener
   extends EventListener

# Methods

void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e)	Invoked when the component has been made invisible.
void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e)	Invoked when the component’s position changes.
void componentResized(ComponentEvent e)	Invoked when the component’s size changes.
void componentShown(ComponentEvent e)	Invoked when the component has been made visible.

# Methods Inherited

java.awt.EventListener

# ComponentListener Example

SwingListenerDemo.java

package com.simplecheatsheet.gui;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class SwingListenerDemo {
   private JFrame mainFrame;
   private JLabel headerLabel;
   private JLabel statusLabel;
   private JPanel controlPanel;
   public SwingListenerDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }
   public static void main(String[] args){
      SwingListenerDemo  swingListenerDemo = new SwingListenerDemo();  
      swingListenerDemo.showComponentListenerDemo();
   }
   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new JFrame("Java SWING Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      headerLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER );
      statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);        
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }        
      });    
      controlPanel = new JPanel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
   private void showComponentListenerDemo(){
      headerLabel.setText("Listener in action: ComponentListener");      
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();      
      panel.setBackground(Color.magenta);            
      JLabel msglabel = 
      new JLabel("Welcome to TutorialsPoint SWING Tutorial.",JLabel.CENTER);        
      panel.add(msglabel);
      msglabel.addComponentListener(new CustomComponentListener());      
      controlPanel.add(panel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
   class CustomComponentListener implements ComponentListener {
      public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e) {
         statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() + " resized. ");
      }
      public void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e) {
         statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() + " moved. ");
      }
      public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {
         statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() + " shown. ");
      }
      public void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e) {
         statusLabel.setText(statusLabel.getText() 
            + e.getComponent().getClass().getSimpleName() + " hidden. ");
      }
   }
}