Module java.desktop
Package java.awt.event

# Class KeyAdapter

java.lang.Object
java.awt.event.KeyAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `KeyListener`, `EventListener`

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `BasicComboBoxUI.KeyHandler`, `BasicComboPopup.InvocationKeyHandler`, `BasicTreeUI.KeyHandler`

public abstract class KeyAdapter extends Object implements KeyListener
An abstract adapter class for receiving keyboard events. The methods in this class are empty. This class exists as convenience for creating listener objects.

Extend this class to create a `KeyEvent` listener and override the methods for the events of interest. (If you implement the `KeyListener` interface, you have to define all of the methods in it. This abstract class defines null methods for them all, so you can only have to define methods for events you care about.)

Create a listener object using the extended class and then register it with a component using the component's `addKeyListener` method. When a key is pressed, released, or typed, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and the `KeyEvent` is passed to it.

Since:
  1.1
See Also:
  - `KeyEvent`
  - `KeyListener`
  - Tutorial: Writing a Key Listener

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier
Constructor
Description
`protected`
`KeyAdapter()`
Constructs a `KeyAdapter`.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`void`
`keyPressed(KeyEvent e)`
Invoked when a key has been pressed.
`void`
`keyReleased(KeyEvent e)`
Invoked when a key has been released.
`void`
`keyTyped(KeyEvent e)`
Invoked when a key has been typed.

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### KeyAdapter

protected KeyAdapter()
Constructs a `KeyAdapter`.

## Method Details

### keyTyped

public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)
Invoked when a key has been typed. This event occurs when a key press is followed by a key release.

Specified by:
  `keyTyped` in interface `KeyListener`
Parameters:
  `e` - the event to be processed

### keyPressed

public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
Invoked when a key has been pressed.

Specified by:
  `keyPressed` in interface `KeyListener`
Parameters:
  `e` - the event to be processed

### keyReleased

public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
Invoked when a key has been released.

Specified by:
  `keyReleased` in interface `KeyListener`
Parameters:
  `e` - the event to be processed