AWT MouseMotionAdapter Class

The class MouseMotionAdapter is an abstract (adapter) class for receiving mouse motion events. All methods of this class are empty. This class is convenience class for creating listener objects.
Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter class:
public abstract class MouseMotionAdapter
   extends Object
      implements MouseMotionListener
MouseMotionAdapter() 
void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) 
Invoked when a mouse button is pressed on a component and then dragged.
void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) 
Invoked when the mouse cursor has been moved onto a component but no buttons have been pushed.
This class inherits methods from the following classes:
java.lang.Object
java.lang.Object
Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say D:/ > AWT > com > tutorialspoint > gui >
package com.tutorialspoint.gui;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class AwtAdapterDemo {
   private Frame mainFrame;
   private Label headerLabel;
   private Label statusLabel;
   private Panel controlPanel;

   public AwtAdapterDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){
      AwtAdapterDemo  awtAdapterDemo = new AwtAdapterDemo();        
      awtAdapterDemo.showMouseMotionAdapterDemo();
   }

   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new Frame("Java AWT Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }        
      });    
      headerLabel = new Label();
      headerLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel = new Label();        
      statusLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);

      controlPanel = new Panel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }

   private void showMouseMotionAdapterDemo(){
      headerLabel.setText("Listener in action: MouseMotionAdapter");      

      Panel panel = new Panel();      
      panel.setBackground(Color.magenta);
      panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());        
      panel.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter(){
         public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
            statusLabel.setText("Mouse Moved: ("+e.getX()+", "+e.getY() +")");
         }                
      });

      Label msglabel = new Label();
      msglabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      msglabel.setText("Welcome to TutorialsPoint AWT Tutorial.");
      panel.add(msglabel);

      controlPanel.add(panel);

      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
}
Compile the program using command prompt. Go to D:/ > AWT  and type the following command.
D:\AWT>javac com\tutorialspoint\gui\AwtAdapterDemo.java
If no error comes that means compilation is successful. Run the program using following command.
D:\AWT>java com.tutorialspoint.gui.AwtAdapterDemo
Verify the following output

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